 When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.
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Fun Garden Art to Make With Children!
Need some easy garden art projects to do with your children or grandkids? These two easy projects will delight them! They can use their imagination and come up with some great face pot and miniature gardens in a glass ideas! |
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Find your Zone
Exactly which USDA hardiness zone are you in? Well, it depends. Use our zone map and article to help. |
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Editor's note: Speaking of USDA zones... we get asked from time to time why we often don't include hardiness zones for the plants that we feature in our newsletter. For many of our plants, we do have hardiness zone information on our website (for each plant we feature you can click on the plant name to see it on the website, where you will find many more pictures and often additional information). For some plants, we simply don't yet have hardiness information for various reasons. Our database of plants has been a collaborative project for our members for the past 11 years, and is still under construction and always will be. Also, it's worth noting that hardiness zones only deal with a plant's ability to survive the winter, they don't help as much in knowing if a plant is good for your specific region.
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Weed Control
The appeal of toxic herbicides is powerful when you're faced with a garden rapidly dominated by fast-growing weeds. |
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The Little Bulbs
Fall is bulb planting season, and while many gardeners focus on the showy blooms of tulips and daffodils I have a personal preference for what people call the little bulbs. (Some people call them minor bulbs, but that doesn't seem fair, considering how lovely and low maintenance they are). |
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The Cole Crop Family
Gardeners often group broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower and kohlrabi together as "cole crops". Cole is the German word for cabbage, hence the term "cole slaw". Cole crops are hardy and grow best in cool weather. An easy way to remember this is to think how much "cole" sounds like "cold" or "cool". |
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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'South Seas')
AHS link: http://www.daylilies.org/DaylilyDB/detail.php?id=161007
Hybridizer: Moldovan
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1993
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 30 inches
Bloom size: 5.5 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Extended Bloom, Rebloom, Nocturnal
Rust Resistance: Shows Susceptibility
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: tangerine coral with red coral band above yellow green throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention
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: Tetraploid
Parentage: Chicago Apache x Ming Porcelain
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Florist Gloxinia (Sinningia speciosa 'Violacea')
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade, Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 8-12 inches
Plant Spread: 8-12 inches
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Purple
Bloom Size: 3"-4"
Flower Time: Spring, Late spring or early summer, Late fall or early winter
Underground structures: Tuber
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Leaf
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant
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Aloe 'Crimson Dragon'
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Leaves: Unusual foliage color, Evergreen, Broadleaf
Flowers: Showy
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Hummingbirds
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights, Tolerates poor soil
Parentage: ERT 03 x Red Des
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"8 inch pot, year-old propagation"
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"2nd season bloom of my seedgrown Maui's Beauty seedling!"
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"My Pink Pearl, grafted desert rose."
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