 Flower gardens reflect the care they get.
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Garden.org Member Survey
We're looking into expanding NGA's research division to better serve small to medium sized gardening companies, and to that end we want to put together a panel of gardeners who we can survey from time to time so that companies can learn more about their customers, and serve them better. As we contemplate putting that panel together, we have made a survey of our own and we would be grateful for anybody who would respond to it. (And, as a side benefit, this survey is also the first one we've run on Garden.org so it's a kind of a beta test for our survey software we wrote these past couple weeks.) |
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How to Grow and Care for Dahlias
Dahlias are quick-growing, heat-loving plants that produce abundant flowers on sturdy stems. There are hundreds of varieties with flowers in a wide range of sizes, colors, and shapes. |
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Growing Marjoram
Shakespeare knew his herbs, and characterized them in his work. In All's Well that Ends Well, someone gives a compliment, describing another as, "the sweet marjoram of the salad, or rather the herb of grace." |
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Growing Sage
Sage is for more than seasoning your Thanksgiving turkey. Harvest fresh leaves from your kitchen garden to flavor meat and bean dishes, or toss the blossoms into salad! You can even wire dried sprigs to a frame to create an aromatic wreath or swag. |
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Use Succession Planting to Extend Your Harvest
Succession planting is all about planning ahead and being able to take advantage of space as it opens up in the garden. As spring planted crops like peas, lettuce, and cole crops finish up, be ready to fill their places in the garden with another crop to continue the harvest. |
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Garden Prep for Tomatoes
Where you plant your tomatoes in the garden is important. Tomatoes need at least six to eight hours of sun a day to produce well -- and full sun is best, especially in cooler, more northern climates. Tomato roots won't do well in soggy soil -- a sunny, well-drained part of your garden is best. |
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Growing Citrus
Most people don't realize just how large the citrus family is. What you see in the supermarket is only a small portion of what can be grown. Pummelos, blood oranges, limequats, and myriad mandarin varieties offer exciting new taste experiences and landscape possibilities. |
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Twoleaf Nightshade (Solanum diphyllum)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: 4 to 6 feet
Plant Spread: 3 to 4 feet
Fruit: Showy, Edible to birds, Other
Fruiting Time: Late spring or early summer, Summer
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Color: White, Other
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring, Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Toxicity: Other
Pollinators: Bees, Flies, Wasps
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Pacific Coast Iris (Iris 'Wilder Ranch')
Hybridizer: Joseph Ghio
Year Of Registration: 2013
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2013
Seedling Number: KP-166N3
Classification: Pacific Coast
Registered Height: 12 inches (30 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Blue, Copper/Brown, Violet
Bloom Color Description: Henna standards; toast falls, blue edge, neon violet signals
Style Arm Color: Henna
Awards: Honorable Mention
Life cycle: Perennial
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Parentage: HP-163D, Mandalay Bay sibling, X IP-139H2, Silent Witness sibling
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Pagoda Flower (Clerodendrum paniculatum)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 3 to 5 feet (.9-1.5m)
Plant Spread: 3 to 5 feet (.9-1.5m)
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Orange, Other
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer, Late summer or early fall, Fall, Other
Wildlife Attractant: Hummingbirds, Butterflies, Bees
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem, Cuttings: Root, Other
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
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Wall Germander (Teucrium chamaedrys)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun, Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic, Dry Mesic, Dry
Plant Height: 15-20 cm
Plant Spread: 20 cm
Leaves: Fragrant, Evergreen, Broadleaf
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer, Summer, Late summer or early fall
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic, Alpine Gardening
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge, Groundcover, Medicinal Herb, Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies, Bees
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light, Suitable for wintersowing, Start indoors, Sow in situ, Can handle transplanting, Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem, Layering, Division
Pollinators: Self, Bees
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Lavender Blue Baby')
Hybridizer: Carpenter-J.
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1996
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 28 inches
Bloom size: 5.5 inches
Bloom time: Early midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom, Diurnal
Fertility: Pod Fertile, Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: lavender blue with lavender blue eyezone and green throat
AHS Awards: Stout Silver Medal, Award of Merit, Honorable Mention, DCS, LEP
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Flowers: Showy, Fragrant
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Diploid
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