My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~H. Fred Dale
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Best Herbs for Indoor Growing
In recent years, many new varieties of herbs have been introduced, some of which do better indoors than the traditional varieties. Here are 10 herbs notable for their consistent, compact growth habit and strong flavor. |
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Here's to Rose of Sharon
I first noticed the hardy shrub called rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) while traveling one midsummer across the southern plains. I saw it over and over again, blooming bravely in dooryard gardens despite the sizzling heat |
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Squash Bug
Squash bugs are found throughout the United States. Adult bugs are flat-backed, brown, about 1/2 inch long; the immature nymphs are shaped like adults but are whitish with black legs. |
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Edible Landscaping - How to: Start an Edible Garden with Your Child
One of the joys of having an edible landscape and edible gardens is to share them with your children and grand children. When experienced gardeners look back at how and when they got started gardening, it often involved a parent, aunt, uncle, or grandparent taking them under their wing in the garden. |
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Gardening with Butterflies in Mind
Gardening for butterflies is a suspenseful art, a bit like holding a picnic and wondering if your invited guests will show up. It's because butterflies are choosy insects. Any gardener can have aphids, but red admirals, painted ladies and tiger swallowtails insist upon certain amenities, such as sunshine and shelter from wind. |
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Plant Milkweed to Help Monarch Butterflies
Monarch butterflies are amazing creatures. These strikingly colored, orange, white, and black butterflies migrate up to three thousand miles every year to spend the winter roosting in large groups in mild winter areas of Mexico and California. Unfortunately, they are also in deep trouble. Over the past twenty years, the number of monarchs has dropped precipitously due in large part to loss of habitat. |
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Healthy Gardening- Amaranth
Amaranth- this beautiful jewel in the yard- is considered a weed by most of us here in the United States, yet contains more vitamins, minerals and protein than nearly any other green leafy or garden vegetable. The goal of my writing today is to encourage you to consider adding amaranth to your garden and to your cuisine. |
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Rose (Rosa 'Ash Wednesday')
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3" Bloom shape: Other Petal count: full: 26-40 petals Rose bloom color: White and white blend Rebloom: Good Class: Other Extra Color Info: White brushed with gray Growth Habit: Climbing to 12-18 feet Fragrance: Mild Hybridizer & year: Reimer Kordes, 1955 Plant Habit: Shrub Life cycle: Perennial Sun Requirements: Full Sun Plant Height: 12-18 feet Leaves: Deciduous Flowers: Showy, Fragrant Flower Color: White Flower Time: Spring, Summer, Fall Uses: Cut Flower Wildlife Attractant: Bees Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem, Cuttings: Tip Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
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Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Reckless Child')
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel Year Of Registration: 2018 Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2019 Seedling Number: 11-85A Classification: Tall Bearded (TB) Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm) Bloom Season: Mid Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled Bloom Color Classification: Black, White Bloom Color Description: Blue white standards aging white, 1/16" tan gilt rim, wider at base; black purple falls, white upper central area heavily striated purple Beard Color: Deep chrome yellow Style Arm Color: White, lemon yellow crests striated lavender Awards: Honorable Mention Life cycle: Perennial Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade Flowers: Showy Underground structures: Rhizome Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed Propagation: Other methods: Division Ploidy: Tetraploid Parentage: Reckless Abandon X Superhero
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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Primal Scream')
Hybridizer: Hanson-C. Year of Registration or Introduction: 1994 Foliage type: Dormant Scape height: 34 inches Bloom size: 7.5 inches Bloom time: Midseason-Late Plant Traits: Diurnal Rust Resistance: Shows Resistance Rust Resistance Decimal Score: 2.0 Fertility: Pod Fertile, Pollen Fertile Bloom Traits: Self Bloom Form: Unusual Form, Unusual Form - Cascade, Unusual Form - Crispate Color description: orange tangerine self with green throat AHS Awards: Stout Silver Medal, Award of Merit, Honorable Mention, L/W, PC Plant Habit: Herb/Forb Life cycle: Perennial Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade Flowers: Showy Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed Propagation: Other methods: Division Ploidy: Tetraploid Parentage: Tangerine Parfait x Mauna Loa
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Bigleaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla 'Brestenburg')
Plant Habit: Shrub Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade, Partial or Dappled Shade Water Preferences: Mesic Plant Height: 3 feet Plant Spread: 3 feet Leaves: Deciduous Fruit: Dehiscent Flowers: Showy, Blooms on old wood Flower Time: Summer Wildlife Attractant: Bees Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem, Cuttings: Cane, Division Pollinators: Bees
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Canna Lily (Canna Sunscape™ Sun Splash)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb Life cycle: Perennial Sun Requirements: Full Sun, Full Sun to Partial Shade Flowers: Showy Flower Time: Summer, Late summer or early fall Underground structures: Rhizome Propagation: Other methods: Division, Offsets Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
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Photo by Johannian
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Photo by Joy
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Photo by adknative "Russell Lupine (Lupinus regalis) mixed colours"
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Photo by romalu "Grown indoors, acquired 2 1/2 years ago as a 5-inch pot of 6-inch cuttings."
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Photo by Joy
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The hum of bees is the voice of the garden. ~Elizabeth Lawrence
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