 Autumn, the year's last loveliest smile. ~William Cullen Bryant
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Plan Now for Spring Color
If you want the beauty and joy of colorful tulip and daffodil flowers in your yard next spring, now is the time to start the process. Once planted these hardy bulbs can liven your spring garden for years to come -- usually many years in the case of daffodils; generally several seasons in the case of many tulips. |  |
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How to Grow and Care for Garlic
With a strong, pungent flavor, garlic is prized for its wide and indispensable use as a kitchen herb. You can buy garlic bulbs or sets from garden stores or mail-order sources. There are three types of garlic: Elephant, hardneck and softneck. |  |
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Fall Garden To-Dos
The cooler, shorter days of fall are upon us but there's still plenty to look forward to in the fall food garden. Kale, leeks, Brussels sprouts, spinach and other hardy crops offer lots of good eating and many of these late-season crops taste sweeter after a light frost. Fall is also a great time to improve your soil and protect it over the winter, and reduce the likelihood of insect and disease problems next year. |  |
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Drying Flowers From Your Garden
Long after the season for cut flowers has passed, dried versions of summer's bounty let you continue to enjoy color from your garden. Flowers that dry well are typically colorful, compact, strong-stemmed, and relatively low in moisture content. Most flowers can be preserved by air-drying them in bunches. However, fragile and moist blooms such as anemones, |  |
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Animal Fencing
Fencing is the only sure-fired way to keep wild and domestic animals out of a prized garden long term. Although it can be expensive for large animals such as deer, it may be the only way to protect your yard from costly damage. |  |
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Landscaping with Birds in Mind
Although attracting birds to feeders brings hours of birdwatching pleasure, a welcoming landscape is the single best way to encourage the widest variety of birds to visit and reside in your yard year-round. Even in small spaces, you can lure birds with just a single tree, some fruit-bearing shrubs, flowers, a birdbath, and a bird feeder. |  |
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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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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
Flower Time: Spring, Late spring or early summer
Uses: Groundcover, Cut Flower, Will Naturalize, Erosion control, Provides winter interest
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies, Bees
Resistances: Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant, Squirrels, Gophers/Voles
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous, Roots are poisonous
Pollinators: Bees, Flies, Moths and Butterflies
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon, Suitable in 3 gallon or larger, Needs excellent drainage in pots
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Orange (Citrus x aurantium 'Valencia')
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Fruit: Showy, Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy, Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Spring, Late winter or early spring
Edible Parts: Fruit
Pollinators: Various insects
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Monk Orchid (Oeceoclades maculata)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade, Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9a -6.7 °C (20 °F) to -3.9 °C (25 °F)
Plant Height: 6 - 8 inches
Leaves: Other
Fruit: Other
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Other
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall, Late fall or early winter, Fall
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Resistances: Humidity tolerant, Drought tolerant
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
Conservation status: Least Concern (LC)
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Wax Plant (Hoya camphorifolia)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent, Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 10a -1.1 °C (30 °F) to +1.7 °C (35 °F)
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink, Other
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer, Summer
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Uses: Houseplant
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
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Jumpseed (Persicaria virginiana 'Lance Corporal')
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade, Partial or Dappled Shade, Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Plant Height: 16-24 inches
Plant Spread: 16-32 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Red
Flower Time: Summer, Late summer or early fall
Resistances: Drought tolerant
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"Navarro's Nursery"
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"TWO TO TANGO"
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"My moon cactus mini garden."
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"Overgrown Radish"
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