 If you want to be happy for a lifetime be a gardener.
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Weeds: Chickweed
Chickweed (Stellaria media) is a widespread, hardy annual often found in moist, fertile garden soil. In mild winter climates it begins blooming before winter ends. Edible but not very tasty, chickweed plants form dense 3-inch-tall mats of foliage studded with starry white flowers. |
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Create a Rain Garden
When a thunderstorm unleashes a torrent of rain, all that water landing on impervious surfaces like roofs, driveways, and walkways often runs off into the nearest storm drain and from there eventually to local waterways, or it goes directly into nearby streams, rivers, and lakes. Even when the rain lands on lawns, gardens, or other vegetated surfaces, so much comes down so quickly in a thunderstorm that much of the needed water runs off rather than soaking into the ground. |
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Dividing Perennials
When an established perennial produces fewer flowers, or the center of the plant looks sickly while the margins thrive, it could be time to divide the plant. |
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Tomato Hornworm
This pest is found throughout the United States. These large, fat caterpillars feed voraciously on the leaves and fruits of tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, and potatoes. |
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To Your Health
What we can do now to protect the health of ourselves, our families and our communities? Let's look to the garden. |
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Choosing Tomato Varieties
If you're just starting out in a small backyard or community garden, try growing only a few tomato plants at |
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Weeds: Dandelion
Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is a perennial weed with a strong taproot that can make itself at home almost anywhere. No lawn or garden can escape dandelion seeds that blow on the wind from spring to fall. |
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Echinopsis Hybrid (Echinopsis 'Los Angeles')
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: Up to 18 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Spring, Late spring or early summer
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger, Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
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Money Tree (Pachira aquatica)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade, Partial or Dappled Shade, Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Wet, Wet Mesic, Mesic
Plant Height: To 60 feet in its native habitat.
Leaves: Evergreen, Broadleaf
Fruit: Edible to birds, Other
Flowers: Showy, Fragrant, Other
Flower Color: Other
Bloom Size: 3"-4"
Flower Time: Year Round
Underground structures: Taproot
Suitable Locations: Street Tree, Houseplant
Uses: Shade Tree, Flowering Tree
Edible Parts: Fruit, Flowers, Leaves
Eating Methods: Raw, Cooked
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger, Needs excellent drainage in pots
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Green Birdflower (Crotalaria cunninghamii)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 4 to 5 feet
Plant Spread: 4 to 5 feet
Leaves: Evergreen, Other
Fruit: Other
Flowers: Showy, Other
Flower Color: Other, Green
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer, Summer, Late summer or early fall
Dynamic Accumulator: Nitrogen fixer
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Scarify seeds
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Various insects
Conservation status: Least Concern (LC)
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Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris (Iris 'Bow Tie')
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2010
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2010
Seedling Number: O310A
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 13 inches (33 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Violet, Wine
Bloom Color Description: Medium slate violet standards; medium dark red plum falls, wide blended and veined red violet band
Beard Color: Orange in throat, grey orange in middle, light blue at end
Style Arm Color: Medium slate violet
Fragrance: Pronounced, Spicy
Awards: Honorable Mention
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Flowers: Showy, Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Amphidiploid
Parentage: Zooboomafoo X Devoted
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"Deep Purple, probably Thomas Edison, blooming early with March start."
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"Clematis - Duchess Of Edinburgh 009"
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