ARTICLES TO READ
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If your garden has heavy clay soil, you know what a challenge it can pose to plants, not to mention gardeners. Heavy clay drains slowly, meaning it stays saturated longer after rain or irrigation. Then, when the sun finally comes out and the soil dries, it forms a hard, cracked surface.
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Persuading your Christmas Cactus to pump out the lush and delicately colored flowers that originally tempted you to bring them home takes a little special attention. However, with just a modicum of care, they will reward you with an abundance of color that few winter bloomers can match.
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Harvesting corn is a matter of picking the ears at peak flavor. Here's how to know when to harvest.
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Rosemary means dew of the sea, an appropriate name for this popular garden herb, watered by the ocean mists in its native habitat along the arid coastline of the
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Winter-blooming heaths add a splash of color to gardens throughout winter. These hardy, low-growing plants produce a wide variety of bell-shaped or tubular pale pink, reddish purple, and magenta flowers for what seems like an eternity -- October and November into April and May.
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Poinsettias are a strange plant, different from almost anything we purposely grow. It has a highly unusual beauty, with colorful bracts being the main focal point, brought on by a curious ritual of alternating light and darkness. It is poisonous and, other than its ornamental nature, isn't particularly useful, but it does bring a beauty and color at a time of year when little else is growing, and that makes it the most popular December garden purchase in the country.
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Dwarf and weeping ornamental trees are hot. With yard sizes of new homes getting smaller, homeowners are looking for attractive trees that will fit in small spaces. Breeders have responded by creating many dwarf and weeping versions of popular flowering trees.
Redbuds (Cercis) are the latest tree to undergo this attention. The ?Covey? redbud (Cercis canadensis ?Covey?) produces bright purplish pink flowers in early spring. The tree has an umbrella form so when in bloom it looks like a cascade of color. It?s hardy in USDA zones 5 to 9.
Another small redbud is the ?Ace of Hearts? (Cercis canadensis ?Ace of Hearts?). Featuring the same purplish pink flowers, this variety has small, heart-shaped leaves that are spaced close together, giving the tree a bushy appearance. It?s hardy in USDA zones 4 to 9.
Both redbuds grow less than 10 feet tall and wide at maturity, can be grown in full sun or part shade, and have yellow fall foliage color.
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A garden always has a point.
No winter wind shall chill my gardening heart.
