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Agastaches
Agastache is a member of the mint family, and like other mints it has distinctive square stems. Unlike mints that can become invasive, agastache is welcome in my garden for its abundant blooms, compact form, and pleasing aroma. |  |
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Tough Urban Trees
With an increase in extreme and changing climatic conditions, the need for tough and urban adaptable species in the landscape will become increasingly important. In particular, street trees will need to be able to withstand tough urban conditions impacted by reflected heat, pollutants, and soils that stay excessively wet or become extremely dry in periods of drought. |  |
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How to Grow and Care for Sunroots
Easily grown and impossible to kill, the sunroot is an amazingly useful and beautiful plant that belongs in every garden. Also known as sunchokes or Jerusalem Artichokes, they're actually perennial sunflowers! |  |
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Preserving the Fruit Harvest
While raspberries and blackberries are still ripening in some parts of the country, blueberries, figs, peaches, pears, and early apples are starting to make their way to the kitchen. What can you do with this bounty of fruit? |  |
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Making a Raised-Bed Garden
Raised beds are popular because they are relatively easy to build, plant, weed, and maintain. You can make a garden of permanent or temporary raised beds. Here's how. |  |
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Sweet Corn Solutions
Raccoons, corn earworms, and birds all have their sights on your tasty sweet corn. So unless you're feeling very generous and want to share, you'll have to be clever about warding off these pests. |  |
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Tree Watering 101
Rather than being an underground mirror image of the top of the plant, most tree root systems are fairly shallow and very wide spreading. And they all need a dependable supply of water. |  |
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The World in a Seed
It's August and I'm sitting in the middle of my field in the sun eating the heart out of a 20-pound watermelon. I recall that it was only three months ago that we planted the seeds. |  |
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Together with Jung Seed New Irises
Jung Seed Company has 7 spectacular new Irises this year as well as many returning favorites. Shop our website for the largest Iris selection available online. Satisfaction guaranteed!
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Lily (Lilium 'Gizmo')
Division: VIII. Other Hybrids
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Plant Height: 3.5 - 4.5 feet
Leaves: Other
Flowers: Showy, Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: 6"-12"
Flower Time: Summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Toxicity: Other
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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Frans Hals')
Hybridizer: Flory
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1955
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 24 inches
Bloom size: 4 inches
Bloom time: Midseason-Late
Plant Traits: Diurnal
Fertility: Pod Fertile, Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Bicolor or Reverse Bicolor
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: Bright rust and orange bicolor, creamy orange midrib on petals
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention, JC
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
Ploidy: Diploid
Parentage: Baggette x Cornell
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Spotted Beebalm (Monarda punctata)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: 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)
Plant Height: 18-36 inches
Plant Spread: 9-18 inches
Leaves: Fragrant, Other
Flowers: Showy, Other
Flower Color: Bi-Color, Other, Brown
Flower Time: Summer, Fall
Uses: Culinary Herb, Medicinal Herb, Will Naturalize, Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies, Bees
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Pollinators: Bees
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American Burnweed (Erechtites hieraciifolia)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic, Mesic
Plant Height: 24 - 120 inches
Plant Spread: 12 - 36 inches
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Color: White, Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer, Late summer or early fall
Uses: Will Naturalize, Salad greens, Cooked greens
Edible Parts: Leaves
Eating Methods: Cooked
Resistances: Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant
Pollinators: Bees, Flies, Wasps
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American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun, Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Plant Height: 3 feet - 6 feet, to 10 feet
Plant Spread: 3 feet - 6 feet, to 10 feet
Leaves: Deciduous, Other
Fruit: Showy, Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall, Fall, Late fall or early winter, Winter
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White, Pink
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer, Summer
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Birds, Butterflies, Bees
Resistances: Salt tolerant, Drought tolerant
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Not suitable for containers
Awards and Recognitions: Other
Conservation status: Least Concern (LC)
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