Morning Glory Flower Shop

Business name:

Morning Glory Flower Shop

Address:

1135 Central Ave

City:

Wilmette

State:

Illinois

Zip Code:

60091

Phone number:

(847) 256-2575

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A double whammy: two corpse flowers produce stinky scent in rare dual blossoming at the Chicago Botanic Garden

Indonesia."We've come to every single one," Kristin Missil of Wilmette said. "We love the corpse flowers.""They are beautiful and big," added daughter Elle Missil, 12. "These are different than any other plant. Most plants smell pretty good."Gloria Newton of Lake Forest also came to take a look."I've never seen anything like this, especially with the pollination," Newton said. "The magnitude of the process and size of these flowers is amazing."Corpse flowers don't always blossom as expected. The garden's Spike failed to bloom in August 2015, but Alice did so a month later, followed by Sprout in April 2016.Garden senior scientist Greg Mueller said the reason why so many titan arums in the garden's collection have bloomed "is they are all the same age, so they are just mature and ready to bloom."He added he had no idea when the next one will bloom and did not know how often it would occur.Vitt said she doesn't expect another bloom anytime soon."Every time one of these plants blooms, it provides another opportunity to learn more about their life history, which we would never learn unless we were in the jungle islands of Sumatra," Vitt said. "This is a wonderful experience."Daniel I. Dorfman is a freelancer for Pioneer Press. (Chicago Tribune)

2017 guide to plant sales, garden walks in Chicago suburbs

Another tour, 11 a.m. June 6, will feature later flowers and plants. See www.cantigny.org.Go Green Wilmette, in partnership with Go Green Glencoe, holds its annual online pre-order Native Plant Sale through May 5. The plant pickup and in-person sale is 10 a.m.-2 p.m. May 13 at West Park, 3555 Lake Ave., Wilmette, and 9 a.m.-noon May 13 at the greenhouses behind the Takiff Center, 999 Green Bay Road, Glencoe. For information and online order form, see www.gogreenwilmette.org.Downers Grove Organic Gardeners hold a Plant Sale 9 a.m.-1 p.m. May 6, at Hummer Park, 4833 Fairview Ave., Downers Grove. Vegetables, herb, native perennials and more available. For a plant list see www.dgorganicgardeners.blogspot.com.Skokie Park District holds a Wildflower Walking Tour 9:30 am.-11 a.m. May 6 at Emily Oaks Nature Center, 4650 Brummel St., Skokie. For ages 16 and older. $5 for residents; $6 for non-residents. Call 847-674-1400, ext. 2500 or see www.skokieparks.org.Oak Park Conservatory, 615 Garfield St., Oak Park, holds its Annual Spring Plant Sale 8 a.m.-4 p.m. May 6 and noon to 3 p.m. May 7. Large selection of vegetables, herbs and flowers, including many unique varieties, grown in Conservatory greenhouses. See pdop.org or call 708-725-2400.Citizens for Conservation holds its 21st annual Native Plant Sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. May 6-7 in the Good Shepherd Hospital barn area, east of the hospital, at 450 W. Highway 22, in Lake Barrington, across from CFC headquarters. Huge selection of robust, hardy native plants, including perennials, ferns, sedges, grasses. More at 847-382-7283 or citizensforconservation.org.Lilac Time comes to Lilacia Park, 150 S. Park Ave., Lombard, May 6-21, whilethe lilacs bloom. Events include family activities, a wine walk, heritage tours, and a Lilac Parade, 1:30 p.m. May 21, starting at Main and Wilson. Complete festival information at www.lombardlilacparade.com. During the festivities, the Lombard Garden Club holds its Lilac Bush Sale from 3-7 p.m. on May 11, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on May 12 and from 8 a.m.- "sold out" on May 13, at Lilacia Park. Call 630-495-0022 or see www.lombardgardenclub.org.Cantigny Park, 1S151 Winfield Road, Wheaton, holds a Greenhouse Open House, highlighting all its new growth, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. May 7. The event is free with the $10 parking fee. See www.cantigny.org.Lake County Forest Preserves holds "Spring Beauties: Birds and Blooms," a beginner birdwalk and wildflower walk, at 10 a.m. May 7 starting at the Classroom Cabins, Ryerson Conservation Area, 21950 N. Riverwoods Road, Riverwoods.$1 per person, no registration required. Walk is for families with children age 8 and up. See www.lcfpd.org.Little Garden Club of Wilmette holds a Garden Walk from 8:30-10:30 a.m. May 7 and May 21 at Gillson Park Wildflower Preserve, NE corner of Michigan and Washington, Wilmette. Meet at the top of the Wallace Bowl for a tour of this unusual garden and learn about native plants that thrive in local yard and gardens. Free. Call Piper Rothschild, Civics Chair, (847... (Chicago Tribune)

2017 guide to plant sales, garden walks in Chicago suburbs ...

Another tour, 11 a.m. June 6, will feature later flowers and plants. See www.cantigny.org.Go Green Wilmette, in partnership with Go Green Glencoe, holds its annual online pre-order Native Plant Sale through May 5. The plant pickup and in-person sale is 10 a.m.-2 p.m. May 13 at West Park, 3555 Lake Ave., Wilmette, and 9 a.m.-noon May 13 at the greenhouses behind the Takiff Center, 999 Green Bay Road, Glencoe. For information and online order form, see www.gogreenwilmette.org.Downers Grove Organic Gardeners hold a Plant Sale 9 a.m.-1 p.m. May 6, at Hummer Park, 4833 Fairview Ave., Downers Grove. Vegetables, herb, native perennials and more available. For a plant list see www.dgorganicgardeners.blogspot.com.Skokie Park District holds a Wildflower Walking Tour 9:30 am.-11 a.m. May 6 at Emily Oaks Nature Center, 4650 Brummel St., Skokie. For ages 16 and older. $5 for residents; $6 for non-residents. Call 847-674-1400, ext. 2500 or see www.skokieparks.org.Oak Park Conservatory, 615 Garfield St., Oak Park, holds its Annual Spring Plant Sale 8 a.m.-4 p.m. May 6 and noon to 3 p.m. May 7. Large selection of vegetables, herbs and flowers, including many unique varieties, grown in Conservatory greenhouses. See pdop.org or call 708-725-2400.Citizens for Conservation holds its 21st annual Native Plant Sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. May 6-7 in the Good Shepherd Hospital barn area, east of the hospital, at 450 W. Highway 22, in Lake Barrington, across from CFC headquarters. Huge selection of robust, hardy native plants, including perennials, ferns, sedges, grasses. More at 847-382-7283 or citizensforconservation.org.Lilac Time comes to Lilacia Park, 150 S. Park Ave., Lombard, May 6-21, whilethe lilacs bloom. Events include family activities, a wine walk, heritage tours, and a Lilac Parade, 1:30 p.m. May 21, starting at Main and Wilson. Complete festival information at www.lombardlilacparade.com. During the festivities, the Lombard Garden Club holds its Lilac Bush Sale from 3-7 p.m. on May 11, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on May 12 and from 8 a.m.- "sold out" on May 13, at Lilacia Park. Call 630-495-0022 or see www.lombardgardenclub.org.Cantigny Park, 1S151 Winfield Road, Wheaton, holds a Greenhouse Open House, highlighting all its new growth, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. May 7. The event is free with the $10 parking fee. See www.cantigny.org.Lake County Forest Preserves holds "Spring Beauties: Birds and Blooms," a beginner birdwalk and wildflower walk, at 10 a.m. May 7 starting at the Classroom Cabins, Ryerson Conservation Area, 21950 N. Riverwoods Road, Riverwoods.$1 per person, no registration required. Walk is for families with children age 8 and up. See www.lcfpd.org.Little Garden Club of Wilmette holds a Garden Walk from 8:30-10:30 a.m. May 7 and May 21 at Gillson... (Chicago Tribune)

Fix up your fall container gardens

This is a peak time for color,” says Ingrid McGuire, container gardening expert at the Chalet Garden Center in Wilmette, Ill. “We sell a lot of the Pelee mums (Chrysanthemum x morifolium ‘Pelee’), and they start out red and go to orange, gold and then yellow.” She’s also planted perennials in containers. “I like Heuchera, yarrow, coneflowers and Rudbeckia. I like to focus on a lot of texture and fall color. There are a lot of new Heucheras coming out in beautiful colors like caramel, deep purple and rust.” For other colorful foliage, McGuire may include common or golden sage or ‘Chocolate Chip’ ajuga. “I’ll start with two main plants — something that strikes my eye or is unusual — and I’ll build around them.” There’s a short window of time before very cold weather, McGuire says, but there’s a bonus to refreshing fall containers — it’s less work. “You don’t have to fertilize plants in pots or remove the spent flowers, except for pansies. Remove finished pansy flowers, so they’ll continue to bloom even when the temperatures drop.” And, because the air temperature is cooler, plants are not as str... (Duluth News Tribune)

John Cleese delivers for Random Acts of Flowers

Modesto Tico Valle is the CEO of the Center on Halsted welcomed Cleese and his flowers, along with Joanie Bayhack of Wilmette, executive director of RAF and Brooke MacLean of Lake Forest, RAF Chicago's Board chairman. More information at rafchicago.org or call 847-430-4751. Recommended article from FiveFilters.org: Most Labour MPs in the UK Are Revolting. (Chicago Tribune)

Moms get Random Acts of Flowers deliveries in May

FTD/Pro Flowers are being refashioned into bouquets in RAF's Evanston warehouse. "We also need vases," noted Joanie Bayhack of Wilmette, executive director of RAF Chicago. Teams of volunteers have delivered to neonatal nurseries at Prentice of Northwestern Memorial, Mount Sinai, University of Chicago Medical Center, Rush University Medical Center, Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Condell Advocate Medical Center, Presence Health Saints Mary and Elizabeth, 11 Advocate Medical Group locations and four Ronald McDonald Houses. "Flowers bring such universal joy to all of us," said Bayhack. "It was wonderful to bring the joy of flowers and a moment of comfort to mothers with babies in neonatal nurseries." More at rafchicago.org ... (Chicago Tribune)