 Advice From a Sunflower
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How to Grow and Care for Roses
Roses are shrubs with prickly stems, pinnate compound leaves, and ornamental flowers, usually fragrant. This standard definition conveys none of the charm that has inspired poets, painters, sculptors, architects, and designers for centuries. The rose may be the most prominent plant in the arts, decor, and symbolism. |
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Seed Starting Tips
There are three excellent reasons to start plants from seed. First, you'll have many more varieties to choose from. Garden centers and greenhouses usually only offer the most popular plants and leave many new or old-fashioned varieties off the table. Starting plants from seed also can be much less expensive than buying only started plants. And finally, you have the joy and satisfaction of starting your own plants and watching them grow under your care. You have the added benefit of being able to give away extra plants if more germinate and survive than you have room for. |
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Potato Planting
Grow great potatoes. We'll show you how. Potatoes can be planted very early in the season -- almost as soon as the frost is out of the ground and you're able to work the soil. In the North, you can plant your first crop of early maturing potatoes in April, usually six to eight weeks before the last frost. |
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Let's Grow Peas
One of the best spring vegetables to grow is green peas. Because they're not always available in grocery stores, growing them yourself is the best way to be sure you'll get to enjoy these tasty treats. Plus, since they're an early spring vegetable, growing peas is a great way to start your vegetable gardening season. |
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Prune Your Roses
Pruning has four main goals: remove dead twigs and branches; remove weak, damaged, and useless branches; open the plant to improve air circulation; and create an attractive shape. We're here to help you prune your roses. |
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Naturally Rot-Resistant Woods
Twenty years ago, when I bought my present house in southern Vermont, one of the first things I did was put in raspberry beds and a sizable garden. To support the berry canes and fence the garden off from deer, I cut and split 8-foot posts of black locust, a local tree that I knew to be rot-resistant. In fact, old-timers told me that locust posts would last 60 years in the ground. |
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Sponsored by Jung Seed Shrubs are the foundation of many landscapes. Jung Seed Co has two new shrubs this year, LacetteTM Fragrant Sumac and Little Missy Boxwood, both with mounding habits, which will add structure and sophistication to your design. FREE SHIPPING on orders $100+ thru 3/31/22.
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Florist Kalanchoe (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade, Partial or Dappled Shade
Plant Height: 18 inches
Plant Spread: 18 inches
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White, Yellow, Orange, Pink, Red, Bi-Color, Purple
Flower Time: Other
Suitable Locations: Houseplant, Xeriscapic
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Hummingbirds, Butterflies, Bees
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous, Roots are poisonous, Other
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem, Cuttings: Tip
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon, Suitable in 3 gallon or larger, Needs excellent drainage in pots
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Walking Iris (Neomarica candida)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade, Partial Shade to Full Shade
Flower Color: Bi-Color
Flower Time: Spring, Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Groundcover
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Division
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Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'High Desert')
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2014
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2015
Seedling Number: 09-88C
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: White, Wine, Yellow
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Chrome lemon standards; martius yellow falls paling to warm white in center, narrow dark greyed red purple band, veined shoulders and dart below beards
Beard Color: Mustard orange and light purple
Style Arm Color: Goldenrod
Awards: Honorable Mention, Award of Merit
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: 02-92A: (Inside Track x Spice Lord) X Reckless Abandon
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Rose (Rosa 'Gold Glow')
Bloom size: Very large: 6" or more
Petal count: very full: 40+ petals
Rose bloom color: Medium yellow
Rebloom: Good
Class: Hybrid tea
Growth Habit: Medium, 3-4 feet, upright
Fragrance: Moderate
Hybridizer & year: Anthony Perry, 1959
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 7 and warmer
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Plant Height: 3-4 feet
Plant Spread: 2-3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy, Fragrant
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Spring, Summer, Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem, Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Parentage: Fred Howard x Sutter's Gold
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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Explosion in the Paint Factory')
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2013
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 38 inches
Bloom size: 7 inches
Bloom time: Late
Plant Traits: Diurnal
Bud Count: 16-20
Branching: 4-way
Bloom Traits: Dotted, Stippled, Streaked or Variegated
Bloom Form: Unusual Form, Unusual Form - Cascade, Unusual Form - Crispate, Unusual Form - Spatulate
Color description: yellow with variable, red, broken, overlay
AHS Awards: Award of Merit, Honorable Mention, ESF, L/W, RWM
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: Flying Trapeze x Webster's Aggie
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"Flower prior to fully opening"
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"variable in form and color... compare to the other photos I shared of blooms from the same plant"
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"Moth orchid bloom opened in time for Valentine's Day."
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"- A good show of blossoms for the whole summer."
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