 When the world wearies and society fails to satisfy, there is always the garden. — Minnie Aumonier
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Tulle: perfect summer crop cover!
Viruses in your vine crops? Beetles in your broccoli? Birds in the blueberries? Tulle could be the row cover you've been looking for. |  |
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Blue Star
How many perennials do you know that offer delicate blossoms in spring, outstanding color in autumn, freedom from pests and diseases, tolerance to cold and heat, and can go up to 20 years without needing to be divided? |  |
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How to Grow and Care for Peaches
Few treats come close to the season's first bite into a freshly harvested peach, juicy and warm from the midsummer sun. Be sure to choose varieties that are right for your area and resistant to disease. |  |
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What It Means to Grow Organically
Despite all the interest in organic gardens and produce, many people aren't clear on exactly what the term means. Some think that "organic" simply means something hasn't been sprayed with pesticides. Let's clear this up a bit. |  |
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Establishing a Wildflower Meadow
Planting a wildflower meadow takes some preparation for best results. Start by removing or killing the grass or weeds to minimize competition for light and water. |  |
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Gardening to Minimize Allergies
Why do allergies seem to be on the rise? One fascinating explanation holds landscape designers, plant breeders, and us, the consumers, accountable, due to our preference for pollen-bearing (male) trees over "messy" fruit- and seed-producing females. |  |
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Midsummer Garden Tasks
Here are some tips and reminders for watering, pruning, and other tasks to keep landscapes healthy. However, the most important task is to sit back and enjoy the summer in your garden! |  |
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Herbs and Herb Vinegars
I've dried and frozen herbs throughout the summer; now I want to make sure I have enough put by for the winter. One of the simplest and most versatile ways to capture the flavor of herbs is to steep them in vinegar. |  |
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Together with Victory Seed Company Every kitchen garden needs herbs and we've got them. Anise, basil, catnip, dill, echinacea, fennel, lemon balm, oregano, parsley, sage, thyme, and more. These are all easy to grow from seed and cost much less than buying them as individual plants. Grow a bunch for yourself and to share with friends and neighbors. It's not too late this summer to grow great herbs in your garden, landscaping, and containers. Shop our herb seeds.
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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Strawberry Candy')
Hybridizer: Stamile
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1989
Foliage type: Semi-evergreen
Scape height: 26 inches
Bloom size: 4.25 inches
Bloom time: Early midseason
Plant Traits: Extended Bloom, Rebloom
Rust Resistance: Shows Susceptibility
Rust Resistance Decimal Score: 3.3
Fertility: Pod Fertile, Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: strawberry pink blend with rose red eyezone and golden green throat
AHS Awards: Stout Silver Medal, Award of Merit, Honorable Mention, ATG, DCS
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
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Panache x Tet. Siloam Virginia Henson
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Sea Myrtle (Baccharis halimifolia)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun, Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet, Wet Mesic, Mesic, Dry Mesic, Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Plant Height: 12 to 14 feet
Plant Spread: 12 to 14 feet
Leaves: Deciduous, Other
Fruit: Showy, Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy, Fragrant
Flower Color: White, Other
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall, Fall
Suitable Locations: Beach Front
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge, Will Naturalize, Erosion control
Wildlife Attractant: Birds, Butterflies, Bees
Resistances: Salt tolerant, Humidity tolerant
Toxicity: Other
Pollinators: Various insects, Moths and Butterflies
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Mitsu-ba (Cryptotaenia japonica 'Atropurpurea')
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade, Partial Shade to Full Shade, Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Plant Height: 40-60 cm
Plant Spread: 30 cm
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Summer, Late summer or early fall
Uses: Culinary Herb, Suitable as Annual
Pollinators: Various insects
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"Echeveria Brinks Blue"
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"Buds of my de-grafted gymnos."
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