Innovation & Research: 2007

Greening Winter

No matter one's faith, we all enjoy the decorations that are symbols of religious and cultural holidays celebrated around the winter solstice - the shortest day and longest night of the year in the northern hemisphere...(click here for complete article)

Urban Wildlife

For many, animals and birds of the urban environment are such part of everyday life that they are barely noticed. Others actively attract wildlife with feeders, houses or water features, remaining engaged in and sensitive to the natural world...(click here for complete article)

Japanese Yew

Juniper

Golden Raindrops Crabapple

Fall IS For Planting

With the right kind of weather, Fall is the ideal landscaping season. The early fall soil is usually warmer and mor workable than spring soils, and there can be more time to work outside. Cool air helps the plants avoid stress, and rains are usually just enough to povide moisture but not too muddy. Plants are slowing down and preparing for winter, and respond well to transplanting...

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Flame Amur Maple

For More Information:

Fantasy, Facts, and Fall Color
Fall Color at the Morton Arboretum
The Science of Color in Autumn Leaves
Those Brilliant Fall Outfits May Be Saving Trees
Fall color is important part of tourism in some areas of the Northeast:
New Hampshire
Maine
Vermont
Tourists Get High-Tech Foliage Reports

Foliage Updates
Wisconsin Fall Foliage Updates
The Foliage Network Fall Foliage updates
Normal Peak Times for Fall Color (A map of peak fall color in the United States)
USDA Forest Service Fall Foliage Report
Fall Foliage Updates by Phone

Oakleaf Hydrangea

Ginkgo Leaves

Oakleaf Hydrangea

Resources:

The Rose's Kiss - A Natural History of Flowers by Perter Bernhardt
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan

Gold Drop Potentilla

Garden Jubilee™ Firecracker Rose

Common Witchhazel

Pink Diamond Hydrangea

Falling For Hydrangea

Hydrangea are popular shrubs in the landscape for their obvious beauty and many uses. Extended blooming of huge inflorescences brighten up any sight in summer and adds interest to the fall landscape...
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Limelight Hydrangea

Smooth Hydrangea

Annabelle Hydrangea

Mission (Techny) Arborvitae

Holmstrup Arborvitae

May's Delight® Crabapple

April Showers Bring May's Delight®
Spring brings delight - moist dark soils, fresh new plant growth, sweet smelling gardens, and buzzing bees tempted by bright blossoms on flowering trees. One of the most widely planted flowering trees is the crabapple, because of the may variations in flower color, fruit, leaf and bark among the species and cultivars. McHenry County Nursery is delighted to have added to this collection a new hybrid Malus x 'Beeson' May's Delight® ...
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