 Music comes from an icicle as it melts, to live again as spring water. Henry Williamson
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Plants to Attract Hummingbirds
If you're a hummingbird, red is a welcome sight, an appetizing come-on to a delicious meal of nectar. Plant a combination of annuals, perennials, and vines that flower in bold hues to create a well-rounded hummingbird garden. |  |
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How to Grow and Care for Cilantros
Cilantro is a garden herb with a very unique scent and flavor. Because of this pungent quality, cilantro is either loved or hated. The leaves are a well-known salsa ingredient, and the dried seedpod is called coriander. |  |
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Planning Your Edible Landscape
While an edible landscape emphasizes fruits and vegetables, the design process is similar to that of a garden with purely ornamental features. Whether you'll be creating the design yourself or hiring someone, it helps to do some creative thinking beforehand. |  |
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Preventing Garden Diseases
Most garden diseases are caused by fungi -- microscopic relatives of the common garden mushroom. Mature fungi release millions of spores that are then carried on the wind or otherwise get transferred to our plants. Preventing infection is the best way to control fungal diseases. |  |
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Scale
Different species of scale insects attack various kinds of fruits. The insects appear as small bumps on branches, twigs, and leaf undersides. Leaves on infested plants turn yellow and the overall vigor of the plant declines. |  |
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Amazing Annual Vines
Jack's beanstalk isn't the only show-stopping vine. In the real world, you'll find a host of annual vines that grow almost as rapidly as Jack's climber, and cover themselves with gorgeous flowers to boot. |  |
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All About Rosemary
Rosemary means "dew of the sea," an appropriate name for this popular garden herb, watered by the ocean mists in its native habitat along the arid coastline of the Mediterranean. Because of rosemary's long history — literary, cosmetic, culinary and medicinal — an herb garden without rosemary is unthinkable. |  |
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Together with Victory Seed Company One of the joys of late winter is starting your tomato seeds indoors, watching them grow, and imagining the future harvests. Victory Seed Company sells the Dwarf Tomato Project varieties, as well as hundreds of heirloom tomatoes, numerous micro tomatoes, and also the latest exciting hybrid varieties like Super Sweet 100, Celebrity Plus, Gum Drop Black, and Sunset Torch. Every color, size, shape and taste imaginable is available. Orders ship within 1 business day of order placement. Start dreaming of homegrown tomatoes today!
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Goat's Beard (Aruncus dioicus)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade, Partial or Dappled Shade, Partial Shade to Full Shade, Full Shade
Water Preferences: Wet, Wet Mesic, Mesic, Dry Mesic, Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Plant Height: 3-6 feet (100-200 cm)
Plant Spread: 3 feet (100 cm)
Leaves: Good fall color, Unusual foliage color
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White, Other
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer, Summer
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge, Medicinal Herb, Cut Flower, Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies, Bees
Resistances: Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant
Pollinators: Various insects
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Conservation status: Least Concern (LC)
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Pencilled Cranesbill (Geranium versicolor)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun, Full Sun to Partial Shade, Partial or Dappled Shade, Partial Shade to Full Shade, Full Shade
Plant Height: 1 -2 feet
Plant Spread: 60-80 cm
Flowers: Showy, Other
Flower Color: Multi-Color
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer, Summer, Late summer or early fall, Late fall or early winter, Fall, Other
Uses: Groundcover, Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger, Needs excellent drainage in pots
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Rose (Rosa 'Red Cascade')
Bloom size: Small: under 2"
Petal count: double: 16-25 petals
Rose bloom color: Dark red
Extra Bloom Info: In clusters
Rebloom: Good
Class: Miniature
Growth Habit: Very short, 1-2 feet, very bushy; true groundcover rose. Can also be grown as climbing miniature, 6-8 feet tall.
Fragrance: Mild
Hybridizer & year: Ralph S. Moore, 1976
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 5 and warmer
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Plant Height: 1-2 feet
Plant Spread: 6-8 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy, Fragrant
Flower Color: Red
Flower Time: Spring, Summer, Fall
Uses: Groundcover, Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger, Needs repotting every 2 to 3 years, Needs excellent drainage in pots
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Bugleweed (Ajuga reptans Chocolate Chip)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade, Full Shade
Water Preferences: Wet, Wet Mesic, Mesic, Dry Mesic, Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Plant Height: 6 inches
Plant Spread: 6-9 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color, Evergreen, Other
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Groundcover, Will Naturalize, Erosion control, Provides winter interest
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Drought tolerant, Tolerates foot traffic
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Pollinators: Self, Bees, Moths and Butterflies
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Tree Philodendron (Thaumatophyllum bipinnatifidum)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade, Partial or Dappled Shade
Plant Height: To 12 feet (3.5 m)
Plant Spread: To 12 feet (3.5 m)
Leaves: Evergreen
Fruit: Showy, Edible to birds, Other
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Year Round
Suitable Locations: Houseplant, Bog gardening
Edible Parts: Fruit
Resistances: Tolerates dry shade, Humidity tolerant
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous, Roots are poisonous, Fruit is poisonous, Other
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger, Needs excellent drainage in pots, Suitable for hanging baskets
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