 To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow. -Audrey Hepburn
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Preventing Rose Diseases
It's no surprise that roses are among the most popular ornamental garden plants: they're beautiful, fragrant, and easy to grow in most climates. Here are suggestions for keeping them healthy and minimizing diseases problems. |  |
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Planning A Hummingbird Garden
With their lively chirp, stunning agility, and brilliant colors, hummingbirds have captured our imaginations as no other flyers have. |  |
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Fragrant Plants
There are many ways to bring fragrance to the garden. Many plants have amazingly fragrant flowers, while others have fragrant foliage and other flower parts. |  |
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Growing Cukes in Containers
In many ways, containers and cucumbers are a perfect match. Cucumbers love the warm soil a container provides, so you can plant earlier in spring and harvest longer into the fall. It's easier to keep an eye on the demanding water needs of cucumbers when they're grown in pots on a deck or patio close to the house. And the space-efficient varieties now available are quick maturing and high yielding, so you can plant |  |
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Prolific and Terrific: Ranunculus
These are brilliantly colored flowers with multiple layers of delicate, crepe paper-thin petals. They look more like an origami masterwork than a flower. |  |
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Together with Jung Seed Spectacular Lilies Bulbs
Lilies are long-lived, easy-care colors. These hardy lilies begin flowering in mid-to-late June and continue into July, providing a gorgeous display and lots of cut flowers year after year. Shop Now!
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Coral Bells (Heuchera cylindrica)
Water Requirements: Average, Does Not Like Wet Feet
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Water Preferences: Mesic
Leaves: Good fall color, Unusual foliage color, Semi-evergreen
Uses: Groundcover
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies, Bees
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Pollinators: Bees
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
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Blanket Flowers (Gaillardia)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic, Dry Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Plant Height: 12-24 inches
Plant Spread: 12-15 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer, Summer, Late summer or early fall, Fall, Other
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Cut Flower, Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Birds, Butterflies, Bees
Resistances: Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant, Drought tolerant
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Dianthus
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Flowers: Showy
Uses: Cut Flower
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
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"Japanese flowering cherry # 248 nn; LHB page 542, 95-44-29, "Classical name of plum." Species is a reference to leaf margins."
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"Better Then Ice Cream"
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"Blooming April of 2024, planted fall of 2023."
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"Paeonia 'Strawberry Crème Brulee' 6/2022 Itoh V4- (3-SD-PK) Itoh Intersectional Peony, Mature plant size: 28in., PINK, medium height, double, midseason bloomer, USDA Hardiness Zone 3-8, Michigan Bloom Week ISO WW21, In Garden Bed V4 for 3.1 YEARS (Springh"
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Together with Teknor Apex A Seasonal Planting Guide - Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out with your green thumb journey, understanding the nuances of seasonal planting is key to a thriving garden. In this blog, we'll delve into planting schedules tailored to various climates, selecting the perfect seasonal flowers, vegetables, and herbs, and the importance of crop rotation for continuous harvests.
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 The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month. -Henry Van Dyke
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