Articles filed under Gardening
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Salvia nemerosa varieties are mainstays in the MidwestMar 17, 2019 7:00 am - The National Garden Bureau has decreed that 2019 is the year of Salvia nemerosa. These are not the annual types of salvia, like Victoria Blue, that we love to use in sum...
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Lavender is the all-purpose Swiss army knife of fragrant herbsMar 17, 2019 7:00 am - Lavender is a species with a Mediterranean ancestry, but it has been hybridized to such an extent than it can survive Toronto winters. This perennial evergreen shrub is ...
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Place orders for annual Conservation Plant SaleMar 11, 2019 11:00 pm - The Kane-DuPage Soil and Water Conservation District is taking orders for its annual Conservation Plant Sale. Each spring, bare root evergreen tree seedlings, deciduous...
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Your spring containers can contain tasty choicesMar 10, 2019 7:00 am - Lettuce is one of the easiest vegetables to grow in containers. Start some from seed indoors now to transplant in a few weeks or sow seeds directly in containers early i...
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Branches also make interesting tabletop displaysMar 10, 2019 6:05 am - Branches with interesting foliage, as well as flowering branches, can be forced. They then make beautiful displays to have in your home. First, prune those branches that...
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DuPage Friends of Extension to host spring celebrationMar 07, 2019 10:00 pm - After this long winter, are you itching to get in the garden? Then mark your calendars for Saturday, March 30, to attend "Celebrating Spring." Hosted by the DuPage Frien...
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New members of Lombard Garden Club receive traditional tea cup and saucer as giftMar 07, 2019 10:00 pm - For many, many years, the traditional gift to a new member of the Lombard Garden Club was a beautiful flowered tea cup and saucer. The tradition of this welcome is stil...
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Antique Apple Tree Grafting Seminar now slated for March 17Mar 07, 2019 10:00 pm - Weather delayed delivery of the root stock for Garfield Farm Museum's 32nd annual Antique Apple Tree Grafting Seminar so it has been rescheduled to 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Mar...
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Constable: Pussy willows about to fire first shot in war on winterMar 05, 2019 4:30 am - The email's subject line - "Looking for Spring" - warms my heart. Surely, Stacy L. Iwanicki, natural resources education coordinator with the Illinois Department of Natu...
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Will our suburban trees survive in a warmer climate?Mar 03, 2019 7:00 am - Q. What plants and shrubs are now being recommended for our changing climate, USDA Zone 5b? A. We are fortunate to have some information about this because in 2016, the ...