 A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them. Liberty Hyde Bailey
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Blooms Until Frost
Looking for a long season of color? Here are some suggestions that will inspire you to have your gardens filled with color for more months than ever. |  |
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How to Grow and Care for Columbines
With beautiful bell-shaped flowers boasting distinctive spurs, columbines are delightful garden perennials that bloom from mid-spring to early summer to brighten gardens in light shade. |  |
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Growing the Three Sisters
The garden sister trio of corn, beans, and squash was originally cultivated by Native Americans, who realized that interplanting these crops provided a sustainable system that benefited each vegetable and enhanced the long-term fertility of the soil. |  |
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Colorado Potato Beetle
The Colorado potato beetle is a plump yellow beetle with black stripes over its wings and black spots just behind its head, while larva is red with a row of black spots along each side. |  |
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Musings on a Fuzzy-Leaved Plant
Plants use all sorts of tricks to ward off pests that would otherwise devour them. Fuzzy or hairy leaves are a common ploy. Another is the production of toxic substances. It's fun to speculate on why a plant looks, feels, or tastes the way it does. |  |
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Cultivating Caterpillar Cuisine
We usually think first of flowers when we plan ways to attract butterflies to our landscapes. But it's just as important to provide food for that less glamorous stage of a butterfly's life cycle, the caterpillar. |  |
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Together with Jung Seed Jung Seed's Summer/Fall Catalog Is Here!
It is time to plan your summer/fall garden. We have a variety of new flowers, plants, and bulbs. Receive FREE SHIPPING on orders $100+ valid to 8/1/23. Shop now!
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Oriental Arborvitae (Platycladus orientalis)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic, Dry Mesic, Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Plant Height: up to 50'
Plant Spread: up to 20'
Leaves: Fragrant, Evergreen
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge, Provides winter interest
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Pollinators: Wind
Containers: Not suitable for containers
Conservation status: Near Threatened (NT)
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Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Reckless Child')
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2018
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2019
Seedling Number: 11-85A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Black, White
Bloom Color Description: Blue white standards aging white, 1/16" tan gilt rim, wider at base; black purple falls, white upper central area heavily striated purple
Beard Color: Deep chrome yellow
Style Arm Color: White, lemon yellow crests striated lavender
Awards: Honorable Mention
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
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Reckless Abandon X Superhero
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Trumpet Bush (Tecoma 'Sparklette')
Plant Habit: Shrub
Sun Requirements: Full Sun, Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Dry Mesic, Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9a -6.7 °C (20 °F) to -3.9 °C (25 °F)
Plant Height: 2 to 3 feet
Plant Spread: 2 to 3 feet
Leaves: Evergreen, Semi-evergreen
Fruiting Time: Year Round
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow, Orange
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Year Round
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Provides winter interest
Wildlife Attractant: Birds, Hummingbirds, Bees
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Pollinators: Bees, Birds, Wasps, Hoverflies
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger, Needs excellent drainage in pots
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Mahonia (Mahonia x media 'Winter Sun')
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Fruit: Showy, Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Uses: Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Fruit
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Pollinators: Various insects
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Foxtail Agave (Agave attenuata)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Leaves: Evergreen
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic, Beach Front
Uses: Will Naturalize
Resistances: Deer Resistant, Salt tolerant, Drought tolerant
Toxicity: Other
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
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"Brown delicious"
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"photo by William (Ned) Friedman via Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/123413440@N05/18743849599/"
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"Lithops otzeniana C280"
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"Very deep maroon/red. Love it!"
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