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Custom Landscape designs in the Glen Ellyn and Wheaton Il areas: a classic landscape renovation for year-round interest and color….
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Vintage and historic landscaping in Wheaton Il, and Glen Ellyn, It’s time to dust off those landscape plans, or start ...
Consider more landscapes, and less lawn: beneficial not just in less humdrum lawn, but better for habitat (less chems).
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Interesting article and numbers in this NYT article:By Ronda KaysenSpring is here, and that means millions of Americans will soon ...
Witch-hazels: an overlooked shrub group
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The Witch-hazels are a fascinating group belonging to the family Hammemalis: found on several continents including North America with the ...
Native trees of Illinois: The Famous White oak of McNab Illinois. The State Champion oak tree – and what a tree it is!
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An incredible specimen. And the photo does not do justice. This White Oak (native to Illinois and the Midwest ) ...
The newest Illinois state champion tree: the lg. 200 year old Cottonwood near Byron Il. (plus the previous state champ…the giant bald cypress of the Shawnee, est to be nearly 1250 yrs old)
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The Champ- a huge, two-stemmed Cottonwood (Champ trees are determined by their height, trunk circumference, and crown spread (points x ...
Awesome winter landscapes (scenes from the forests and natural areas of Winfield, and West Chicago) …all flocked in snow from the late November 2018 blizzard!
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Winfield Mounds F.P. after the blizzard, flocked by snow. This healthy forest is managed and burned often….” you can see ...
Coldest, snowiest, wettest fall in a century!
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Read on PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL1332 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2018 …A Look Back at the ...
Elasticity seen in various species during and after the heavy snows of late November 2018
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We all saw the effects of this crazy late fall blizzard: bent trees (almost strictly mulberry, boxelder and white pine ...
An effort to preserve ancient oaks (and restore the woodlands)
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We care deeply about the preservation and care of centuries -old oaks such as this behemoth (Bur oak) and the ...
Milkweed (time to rename this one- it ain’t no stinkin weed!) Its actually a fantastic plant for your garden, and it helps save an imperiled species. Whats not to like? Except the weed part in it name?
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One of our more common milkweeds, and a life line to the struggling monarch populations. Plant more milkweed! Maxlandscape plants ...