GARDEN WALK REPORT He who plants a garden, plants happiness. Chinese Proverb The day was perfect–part sun, not too hot. The Butterfly Weed was still in bloom, joined by Prairie Coreopsis and Wild Quinine, mentioned last week. The Purple Prairie Clover, also mentioned last week, was a big hit. Visitors were fascinated [...]
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Why Not Let Nature Take its Course?
Why Not Let Nature Take its Course? Of the nearly 900 introduced weeds known to have appeared spontaneously in the Chicago region, scarcely 150 are generally successful, yet they dominate more than 95% of the vegetated landscape. These weeds are highly adapted to the kinds of disturbances and landscape alterations that have characterized sedentary agricultural [...]
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GARDEN WALK
June 15, 2012 • Categories: Pat's Comments • by PatHill
I’m so excited–my gardens are included on the Garden Walk this year. Normally, my garden would look like this on June 23: But they already look like this today, Friday, June 15–will they last another week in the coming 90 degree heat? Whoever named Butterfly Bush (Buddleia davidii) was a marketing genius; whoever [...]
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