 I cultivate my garden, and my garden cultivates me. ~Robert Brault
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Beautiful Black-Eyed Susans
What's not to like about black-eyed Susans? They're hardy and reliable, with abundant golden yellow blooms that brighten the summer garden. Gathered by the armful, the cut flowers make a long-lasting summer bouquet. |  |
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How to Grow and Care for Crepe Myrtles
This fast-growing, small- to medium-sized deciduous tree produces large, colorful flowers over a long period from midsummer to fall. It is typically cultivated as a multi-trunked tree. |  |
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Pick at the Peak of Perfection
One of the biggest benefits of growing your own veggies is that you can harvest them when they are perfectly ripe and at the peak of their flavor and nutrition. The key is knowing when the perfect picking point has arrived. |  |
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Maintaining a Vegetable Garden
Healthy, vigorous vegetable plants produce the most flavorful and bountiful harvests. Give your garden plants the moisture and nutrients they need, and keep them weeded and harvested for tasty and nutritious crops. |  |
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Patio Gardens
Patio gardens soften the transition between indoors and outdoors by bringing plants into outdoor living areas. Let's look at some challenges gardeners face, and see how patio gardens can provide solutions. |  |
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A Passion for Plants
The wooded site of our new home was too shady for the cottage garden plants I was used to growing. After 10 years of trial, I now have a garden full of plants that flower in the shade. |  |
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Tropical Visions
The words tropical vines conjure up many images, but always includes plants that are exotic, colorful, and king-size. Here are 10 plants, most with showy flowers that bloom over a long period. |  |
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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Electric Ballet')
Hybridizer: Pierce-G.
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2020
Foliage type: Semi-evergreen
Scape height: 34 in, (86 cm)
Bloom size: 7.75 in, (19 cm)
Bloom time: Early midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom, Diurnal
Bud Count: 26-30
Branching: 5-way
Bloom Traits: Watermark, Diamond Dusted, Edged
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: Neon deep pink, with watermark in watermelon pink and silver, large, five inch celery green throat, ruffled edge in watermelon and lemon gold, diamond dusted.
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Flowers: Showy, Fragrant
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Ultimate Blush x Green Volcano
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Canna Sunscape™ Lava Rock
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun, Full Sun to Partial Shade
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Summer, Late summer or early fall
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
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Twoleaf Nightshade (Solanum diphyllum)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9a -6.7 °C (20 °F) to -3.9 °C (25 °F)
Plant Height: 4 to 6 feet
Plant Spread: 3 to 4 feet
Fruit: Showy, Edible to birds, Other
Fruiting Time: Late spring or early summer, Summer
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Color: White, Other
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring, Late spring or early summer
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Toxicity: Other
Pollinators: Bees, Flies, Wasps
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Tulip (Tulipa 'Big Brother')
Division: Div. 5: Single Late
Registrant: Van Eeden Goohof BV
Year Registered: 2001
Country of Origin: the Netherlands
Spring Bloom Season: Late
Special Classifications: Single-flowered
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Plant Height: 25 - 31 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy, Fragrant
Flower Color: Bi-Color
Flower Time: Spring, Late spring or early summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon, Suitable in 3 gallon or larger, Needs excellent drainage in pots
Parentage: Sport of: Temple of Beauty
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Rose (Rosa 'Concerto')
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Yellow blend
Extra Bloom Info: In clusters
Rebloom: Good
Class: Shrub
Extra Color Info: Buff, with pink shading and yellow reverse
Growth Habit: Medium, 3-4 feet, upright
Fragrance: None
Hybridizer & year: Marie-Louise (Louisette) Meilland, before 1994
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Plant Height: 3-4 feet
Plant Spread: 2-3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Bi-Color
Flower Time: Spring, Summer, Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
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"Has quite a shady spot, but it is doing very well, strong scent"
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"Little cuties"
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"Trying to get it as full as possible. I cut off sections every month or so and stick them back in the pot."
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"Pollination in progress for these Ceropegia cubiformis blossoms. Heady aroma if you're a fly."
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"Two cuttings limped through winter and bloomed and have finally put up a nice big cane each. Needs more soil! The larger leaves are four inches long. Growing near a humidifier."
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