 The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway. Michael Pollan
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Asparagus season starts in January and February in warmer areas and will continue into spring across the country, but a new technique from Taiwan can extend the asparagus-harvesting season wherever you live.
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Even in winter we can still grow fresh herbs. In most regions the herb garden is now dormant, but with a little planning you can grow many culinary herbs indoors this winter. An indoor herb garden is not only functional, it can be attractive and provide a remembrance of summer during the dark days of winter.
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There is no better way to brighten up a shady spot than by planting hostas. Although the plants bear tall spikes of white or lavender flowers in midsummer, hosta are planted primarily for the season-long show of their striking foliage.
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Eliminating weeds and getting the soil ready for your flowers and vegetables are important first steps in growing a successful garden. Time spent in preparation reduces the time you'll have to spend maintaining and weeding your garden over the course of the growing season.
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Holding a place of honor in Asia, peonies are worthy of a spot in your garden. Colors range from white through shades of pink, magenta, red, and yellow, as well as variable hues. But descriptions alone don't do justice to the way they look. Each petal has numerous shades that give the flower a look of shimmering silk. We'll help you find the perfect variety to grow.
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Whether single-colored or intricately patterned, daylilies (Hemerocallis) are practically unmatched for their adaptability and versatility in the garden.
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In the realm of gardening, instant gratification is an elusive matter. For the most part, nature forces her rhythms on our desires. But find a way to speed up the seasons, and you can nudge spring-flowering tulips to bloom in winter.
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Peonies are renowned for their large, colorful, bowl-shaped, flowers and dark green foliage. Once established, these beauties are some of the longest-lived and most reliable garden plants.
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FROM THE "YOU-LEARN-SOMETHING-NEW-EVERYDAY" DEPARTMENT...
Regular visitors to our website at Garden.org know that we change out the top website photo every day to showcase a new plant. One day this week we had an unusual banner posted by member @lauriemorningglory that showed spots of cedar-apple rust:
She explained that this rust requires two different plant hosts to complete their lifecycle. This particular one starts in a structure called a gall, which appears on a juniper tree:
Finally, in the spring when there is rainy weather, these galls sporulate (produce spores) and produce these orange gelatinous fingers which will produce the fungal spores that infect the apple, hawthorn, pear, or whatever the alternate host is.
Thank you Laurie for sharing these fascinating photos and educating the members about this interesting lifeform.
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LOVELY PHOTO BY JBCPHOTOS"Amazon Room pool at SF Conservatory of Flowers"
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LOVELY PHOTO BY UAZZOGARDENS"The Master’s Voice [all rights to Theresa Maris]"
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LOVELY PHOTO BY VALERY33
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LOVELY PHOTO BY ANNKNCALIF"Lady Bird's blooms can reach 5-6 inches and is one of the brightest orange roses in my garden."
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LOVELY PHOTO BY KENTPFEIFFER
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LOVELY PHOTO BY ANNKNCALIF"Prospero is a very fragrant, shade tolerant, and a good bloomer in 9b Northern California."
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LOVELY PHOTO BY ARCTANGENT"Rudbeckia laciniata: Ailanthus webworm, Atteva aurea, on a green-headed coneflower. This is actually a moth, though it resembles a beetle when at rest. In flight, it looks like a wasp. #insects"
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LOVELY PHOTO BY DAISYI
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LOVELY PHOTO BY SHIVE1
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LOVELY PHOTO BY VALLEYLYNN
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THE NUMBERS FROM LAST WEEK
1,265 members joined.
4,720 posts written in our forums.
1,073 photos posted to the plant database.
861 plants added to personal inventory lists.
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 Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. Oscar Wilde
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