 Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. -- Oscar Wilde
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Improving Clay Soil
If your garden has heavy clay soil, you know what a challenge it can pose to plants, not to mention gardeners. Heavy clay drains slowly, meaning it stays saturated longer after rain or irrigation. Then, when the sun finally comes out and the soil dries, it forms a hard, cracked surface. |  |
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How To Create Humidity for Your Houseplants
Humidity is sometimes very important; it can make the difference between a lovely houseplant and a spectacular houseplant. This article will demonstrate some of the ways to create humidity. |  |
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Garden Prep for Tomatoes
Where you plant your tomatoes in the garden is important. Tomatoes need at least six to eight hours of sun a day to produce well -- and full sun is best, especially in cooler, more northern climates. Tomato roots won't do well in soggy soil -- a sunny, well-drained part of your garden is best. |  |
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Durable, Delectable Nasturtiums
I can't think of better annual flowers than nasturtiums. Not only are they fast and easy to grow--a bonus where the growing season is short--but they look and taste good, too. |  |
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Preserving Cut Flowers
There's nothing like fresh flowers around the house whether they come straight from your garden or from a florist. But when you take the time to put together an arrangement, you'd like it to last forever or at least for more than a few days! Here are some step-by-step tips for extending the vase life of cut flowers. |  |
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Plants to Attract Hummingbirds
Seeing red isn't always a bad thing. If you're a hummingbird, red is a welcome sight, an appetizing come-on to a delicious meal of nectar. While hummingbirds will feed from flowers of all colors, they are inordinately tempted by the red and the tubular. Try a combination of annuals, perennials, and vines to create a well-rounded hummingbird garden. |  |
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Giant Leopard Plant (Farfugium japonicum var. giganteum)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial Shade to Full Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7a -17.8 °C (0 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F)
Plant Spread: 24 to 30 inches (60-75 cm)
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall, Fall
Inflorescence Height: 36 to 48 inches (90-120 cm)
Foliage Mound Height: 18 to 24 inches (45-60 cm)
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
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Carolina Cranesbill (Geranium carolinianum)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun, Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: 12-18 inches
Fruit: Showy, Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy, Other
Flower Color: Pink, Other
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring, Late spring or early summer, Summer, Late winter or early spring, Winter
Uses: Groundcover, Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Fruit
Wildlife Attractant: Birds, Bees
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger, Needs excellent drainage in pots
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Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Gingersnap')
Hybridizer: Schreiner
Year Of Registration: 1964
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1965
Seedling Number: S-776-G
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Rich ginger brown
Beard Color: Light brown
Awards: Honorable Mention, Award of Merit
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: Brass Accents X Dark Chocolate
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Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb, Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Plant Height: 20 to 40 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color, Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White, Orange, Pink, Red, Other, Purple
Flower Time: Spring, Late spring or early summer, Summer, Late summer or early fall, Late winter or early spring, Fall
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Cut Flower
Resistances: Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant
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Parallel Peperomia (Peperomia tetragona)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
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 12 inches
Plant Spread: 12 to 18 inches
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Color: Other
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
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