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While a volunteer crew was planting perennials at Remember Me Rose Garden, plans for a visitors center and a monument to ...

The Chicago Botanic Garden runs multi‑year, side‑by‑side trials to evaluate which ornamental plants perform consistently in Midwest conditions, providing evidence-based guidance. These Chicago ...

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Every June, when the days stretch long and the heat settles in for good, I start thinking about the plants that can truly ...

The four-lined plant bug is a common but little-known garden bug that can cause a lot of "mysterious" leaf damage.

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