 Gardening is any way that humans and nature come together with the intent of creating beauty. - Tina James
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Edible Flowers: Violets
Sweet violets, violas, and pansies are annual or perennial flowers that are mostly grown for their beauty. However, sweet violets can be candied or used as an ingredient in teas, cakes, and syrups. You can also use violet flowers to make vinegars, butters, spreads, and jellies. |  |
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How to Grow and Care for Lilacs
Classic spring-flowering shrubs, lilacs produce abundant, colorful flower clusters with a sweet, memorable fragrance. Lilacs are hardy, easy-care plants, with scented blooms in a range of hues, depending on the variety. |  |
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Peas, Please!
Early spring is pea planting time -- for sweet peas that is. Also called English peas and shelling peas, their seeds can be planted as soon as the soil can be worked. By late spring to early summer you'll be enjoying the delicious harvest. |  |
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Preparing a New Garden Plot
Eliminating weeds and getting the soil ready for your flowers and vegetables are important first steps in growing a successful garden. Time spent in preparation reduces the time you'll have to spend maintaining and weeding your garden over the course of the growing season. |  |
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Stinkbug
Various species of this pest are found throughout the United States; they are more common in the South. Stinkbugs are shield-shaped, give off an unpleasant odor when crushed, and feed on okra, squash, beans, tomatoes, and a number of other plants. |  |
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Edible Landscaping - Pruning Brambles
In general, growing berries is straightforward; however, pruning them can be a head-scratching proposition. This is especially true for brambles, such as raspberries, blackberries, and black raspberries. When do you prune? How do you prune? Let's go through the basics. |  |
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Growing Mint
The mint family offers a tremendous diversity of refreshing scents and flavors. Plus, bumblebees and other pollinators are attracted to the delicate flowers. Just be mindful of where you plant this vigorous herb. |  |
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Together with Jung Seed Jung Seed has a wonderful new selection of roses this year that we are very excited to share with you. We offer many different classifications to choose from such as hybrid teas, grandifloras, floribundas, both antique & modern climbing roses, and disease-resistant, highly floriferous shrub and groundcover roses. With all these different options, you can have roses blooming in your garden all summer to fall! Shop now.
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Kudu Lily (Pachypodium saundersii)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun, Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Dry Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 10a -1.1 °C (30 °F) to +1.7 °C (35 °F)
Plant Height: Up to 3-4 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White, Pink
Flower Time: Summer, Late summer or early fall, Fall
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger, Needs excellent drainage in pots
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Dallimore's Broom (Cytisus 'Lena')
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic, Dry Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Plant Height: 4 feet
Plant Spread: 4 feet
Leaves: Semi-evergreen
Flowers: Showy, Fragrant
Flower Color: Bi-Color
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge, Cut Flower, Provides winter interest
Wildlife Attractant: Hummingbirds, Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant, Salt tolerant, Drought tolerant
Parentage: Cytisus scoparius x (Cytisus x dallimorei)
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Coral Bells (Heuchera micrantha 'Palace Purple')
Mature Plant Size: 12-18" tall x 12" wide
Comments: Deer resistant, salt tolerant.
USDA Zone Range: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Water Requirements: Average, Moist, Does Not Like Wet Feet
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun, Partial or Dappled Shade, Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F)
Leaves: Good fall color, Unusual foliage color, Semi-evergreen
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Spring, Summer
Uses: Groundcover
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies, Bees
Resistances: Deer Resistant, Salt tolerant
Pollinators: Bees
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
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Hippeastrum 'Opal Star'
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 18 to 24 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Red, Other
Bloom Size: 6"-12"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer, Summer
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
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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
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Flowers: Showy, Fragrant
Ploidy: Diploid
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"Flowering Almond #190 nn; LHB page 542, 95-19, "Classical name of the plum." ; MBG, "Specific epithet means three-lobed.""
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"prefers part sun vs. full sun"
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"This is not even in an orchid bark and it is blooming."
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"Makayla Jenelle"
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"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA"
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Together with Victory Seed Company Now home gardeners have an easy-to-grow bunching onion (also known as a green onion) that is an All-America Selections Winner. Warrior grows quickly and thus matures early, producing a very uniform crop of slender, crisp onion stalks that are easy to harvest and clean. Can't get to your harvest? No worries as Warrior will hold up in the garden longer than similar varieties that were grown as comparisons in the trials. Warrior can be used raw to add texture, flavor, and color to all kinds of dishes or they are delicious grilled whole as part of a grilled vegetable platter or entrée accompaniment. Add a stand of these to your backyard (or front yard!) this year and enjoy homegrown green onions in your kitchen this summer. 1 gram (about 200 seeds) for $2.95.
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