 Look deep into nature and you will understand everything better. -Albert Einstein.
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How to Grow and Care for Peas
Green peas are a garden favorite. Whether you grow English peas for shelling, or edible-podded snow and snap peas, there's nothing like the taste of fresh, sweet peas in spring. |
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Growing Bleeding Heart (Dicentra)
Bleeding heart has attractive mounded foliage with arching stems of delicate, heart-shaped flowers in spring. It thrives in moist woodland gardens along with ferns and other shade-lovers. |
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Care and Harvest of Strawberries
You won't be idle until your first harvest. You must not let the new plants set berries in their first year. They will try to fruit, but you must pick off the blossoms as they appear. This way, instead of fruiting, the mother plants will produce vigorous daughters that will yield well the following year. |
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Growing Basil
Featured in cuisines across the globe, basil is an indispensable flavoring. Plant seeds or transplants after all danger of frost has passed and soil is warm, and it will yield an abundant harvest within weeks. |
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Double Daffodil (Narcissus 'Tamar Double White')
Division: Division 4 - Double
Color: Perianth (Petals): White
Color: Corona (Cups): Yellow
Description: see comments below
Bloom season: VL - Very Late Spring
Height classification: Standard (12.8" to 26.6")
Special Classes: Intermediates List, ADS Historics
Hybridizer: Unknown
Year of registration: Registered/flowering pre 1880
Country of Origin: Unknown
Origin of name: see comments below
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 12-26 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White, Yellow
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Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic, Dry Mesic, Dry
Plant Height: 16 inches
Plant Spread: 12 inches
Flowers: Showy, Fragrant
Flower Color: White, Pink, Red, Bi-Color, Purple
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer, Summer, Late summer or early fall, Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Hummingbirds, Butterflies, Bees
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Bees, Moths and Butterflies
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Too Pink to Think')
AHS link: http://www.daylilies.org/DaylilyDB/detail.php?id=175713
Hybridizer: Elliott-S.
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2014
Foliage type: Semi-evergreen
Scape height: 28 inches
Bloom size: 7 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Diurnal
Bud Count: 26-30
Branching: 4-way
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: very pink self with an intense green throat
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: Diploid
Parentage: Webster's Pink Wonder x Aaron's Dinner Plate
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Rose (Rosa 'Royal Kate')
Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Bloom shape: High-centered
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Medium pink
Rebloom: Good
Class: Hybrid tea
Growth Habit: Medium, 3-4 feet, upright
Fragrance: Moderate
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Plant Height: 3-4 feet
Plant Spread: 3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy, Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
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: Unknown
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Dahlia 'Junkyard Dog'
Form: Novelty Open (NO)
Color: Dark Blend (DB)
Year Introduced: 2004
Country of Origin: United States
Hybridizer or Originator: Gitts, N
ADS Classification Code: 8613
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Flowers: Showy
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division, Other
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
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"Primula acaulis subsp. acaulis 'Miss Indigo'"
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"Top dressing purple for a pop of color."
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 I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose I would always greet it in a garden. — Ruth Stout
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