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August 21, 2021 - Issue #527 Read in Browser


Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.

ARTICLES TO READ


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Fall Tree Care

When thinking about fall tree maintenance, think unstaking and untying, unwrapping, unmulching and unbinding.
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Growing Herbs Indoors

Everyone seems to want to grow herbs these days. And why not? Even just a few pots of herbs indoors can supply you with wonderful flavors and herbal gifts through the rest of the year.
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Plant Care: Yarrows

Check out our plant care and collection of varities of Yarrows.
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Best Herbs for Teas

Here are my picks for the most flavorful and widely adapted "tea" plants for home gardens, along with tips for harvesting and my favorite recipes. All of these plants grow well throughout the United States. They are hardy perennials (up to -20oF) that do well in sun or part shade, except where noted.
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Bigger roots make bigger fruits

The key to a healthy root system starts with the soil, and the key to a healthy soil is having a soil rich with beneficial microbes. Lack of balanced nutrition and beneficial microbes in soil results in stressed plants, which attract pathogens and predatory insects. In order to grow healthy, stress free plants, it is critical to understand what is happening in the rhizosphere. The rhizosphere is the tiny layer between the roots and soil, where all interaction between microbes and plants take place.
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Avoiding and Solving Common Bulb Problems

No wonder bulbs are so popular in the garden -- they return year after year and are among the most carefree garden plants. To ensure repeat appearances, choose healthy bulbs and plant them correctly.
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The Lovely Dogwood

The beloved flowering dogwood tree, found in home gardens across the country, is just one of the many types of dogwoods. Some species are native to the United States.

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Desert Rose (Adenium obesum subsp. obesum)

"This is "MD Addie's" Second bloom for the year, after producing multiple seedpods. There is another small seedpod."
Desert Rose (<i>Adenium obesum subsp. obesum</i>)

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Roses (Rosa)

"Front walkway"
Roses (<i>Rosa</i>)

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Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Bois Precieux')

Tall Bearded Iris (<i>Iris</i> 'Bois Precieux')

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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Limitless')

Daylily (<i>Hemerocallis</i> 'Limitless')

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Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Vanity')

"Vanity"
Tall Bearded Iris (<i>Iris</i> 'Vanity')

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Gasteraloe (XGasteraloe 'Flow')

Gasteraloe (<i>XGasteraloe</i> 'Flow')

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Sticky Nightshade (Solanum sisymbriifolium)

Sticky Nightshade (<i>Solanum sisymbriifolium</i>)

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Clematis 'Roguchi'

<i>Clematis</i> 'Roguchi'

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Can't wait for flowers in spring? You don't have to! Fall-flowering colchicum will bloom while the bulb is still dormant, often just weeks after planting. Get that springtime feeling yet this fall, and order now!

THE NUMBERS FROM LAST WEEK


725 members joined.
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1,060 photos posted to the plant database.
826 plants added to personal inventory lists.

If you enjoy the fragrance of a rose, you must accept the thorns which it bears. -Issac Hayes
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