 To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow. -Audrey Hepburn
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A Drought-Tolerant Garden
After surveying the yard and gardens at the end of the growing season, it occurred to me that most things had come through the heat and drought well. That got me thinking about what had been planted and the great variety of plants that are actually considered to be drought-tolerant. |  |
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How to Grow and Care for Bellflowers
There is enough diversity in the bellflower clan to ring just about any gardener's chimes. Most of the garden-worthy choices are perennials, although there are some annuals and a biennial in the genus. And all are beautiful. |  |
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Growing Asian Greens
With the explosion in interest in Asian cuisines, many new, unusual, and diverse Asian greens now grace our farmers' markets, farm stands, and grocery store shelves. These broccoli-family relatives are easy to grow and very productive. |  |
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Plugging and Sprigging a Lawn
An inexpensive way to start a new warm-season lawn or patch an existing one is to plant plugs or sprigs. Warm-season grasses, such as Bermuda, St. Augustine, and zoysia, spread easily from 2- to 3-inch sections of sod, called plugs, or bits of rooted or unrooted leafy grass runners, called sprigs. |  |
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Edible Landscaping - How To: Control Poison Ivy
There is no weed harder to control than poison ivy. Not only does it spread and resist repeated attempts to spray it, dig it, or mow it into submission, its sap contains the chemical urushiol, which causes severe rashes, itching, and swelling. To control poison ivy you need to be diligent and careful. |  |
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Gardening for the Greater Good
Here are the four Gardening for the Greater Good principles to help bring environmental sustainability, economic empowerment, celebration, and community-building to your garden. |  |
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Edible Shrubs for your Landscape
Look around most yards and you're likely to see a limited palette of ornamental shrubs used as foundation plantings, hedges, and specimen plantings. What's missing? Similarly attractive shrubs that offer edible treats. |  |
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Brilliant Bee Balms
The more I grow bee balms, the more I discover new virtues of these remarkable plants. I can clip young leaves to brew herbal tea, or harvest the flowers to add to a salad. And butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, and other nectar-seeking creatures covet the brilliant, tubular flowers. |  |
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Together with Bluestone Perennials Have you had the pleasure of growing unique perennial Mums in your garden yet? If not, now's the time to plant these best-sellers for outstanding color that lasts through fall! Offering rich, late season color for weeks and weeks, they're also low maintenance and exceptionally cold-hardy. Order your perennial Mums today!
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Rose (Rosa 'Cesar E. Chavez')
Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Bloom shape: High-centered
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Dark red
Rebloom: Good
Class: Hybrid tea
Growth Habit: Tall, 5-6 feet, upright
Fragrance: Mild
Hybridizer & year: Dr. Keith W. Zary, before 2002
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 7 and warmer
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7b -15 °C (5 °F) to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
Plant Height: 5-6 feet
Plant Spread: 2-3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy, Fragrant
Flower Color: Red
Flower Time: Spring, Summer, Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Parentage: Olympiad x Ingrid Bergman
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Hydrangea White Adore™
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade, Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White, Other
Flower Time: Summer, Late summer or early fall
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
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Philodendron 'Moonlight'
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Plant Height: 24-36 inches
Plant Spread: 24 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color, Evergreen
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Color: Pink, Other
Bloom Size: 5"-6"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer, Summer, Late summer or early fall
Uses: Houseplant
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Toxicity: Other
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon, Needs excellent drainage in pots
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Culinary Sages (Salvia officinalis)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun, Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic, Dry Mesic, Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Leaves: Unusual foliage color, Fragrant
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer, Summer
Uses: Culinary Herb, Medicinal Herb, Will Naturalize, Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies, Bees
Resistances: Deer Resistant, Drought tolerant
Pollinators: Bees
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
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Ti Plant (Cordyline fruticosa 'Hot Pepper')
Plant Habit: Shrub, Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade, Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 10a -1.1 °C (30 °F) to +1.7 °C (35 °F)
Plant Height: 6 to 8 feet
Leaves: Unusual foliage color, Evergreen, Other
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer, Late summer or early fall
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Salt tolerant, Humidity tolerant
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger, Needs excellent drainage in pots
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"African Violet (Streptocarpus 'Princess Peach') blooming"
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"Koreanspice Viburnum #197 nn; LHB p. 938, 188-2-14, "Ancient Latin name."; MBG, "Genus from Latin name of a species plant. S. E. honors William Richard Carles (1867-1900) of British consular service China, who collected in China.""
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"Flowering dogwood #4; RAB p.790, 142-1-1; LHB p.747, "Latin for horn due to hardness of wood.""
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"First flower"
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"SOUTHERN SUNDAY M FRANKLIN 14"
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Together with Victory Seed Company Summer is coming, indeed, and we're ready for it. Victory Seed Company is offering 15% off all orders this weekend when you use coupon code EASTER2023 at checkout. Shop our vegetable collections.
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