Music comes from an icicle as it melts, to live again as spring water. Henry Williamson
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Plants to Attract Hummingbirds
If you're a hummingbird, red is a welcome sight, an appetizing come-on to a delicious meal of nectar. Plant a combination of annuals, perennials, and vines that flower in bold hues to create a well-rounded hummingbird garden. | |
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How to Grow and Care for Cilantros
Cilantro is a garden herb with a very unique scent and flavor. Because of this pungent quality, cilantro is either loved or hated. The leaves are a well-known salsa ingredient, and the dried seedpod is called coriander. | |
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Planning Your Edible Landscape
While an edible landscape emphasizes fruits and vegetables, the design process is similar to that of a garden with purely ornamental features. Whether you'll be creating the design yourself or hiring someone, it helps to do some creative thinking beforehand. | |
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Preventing Garden Diseases
Most garden diseases are caused by fungi -- microscopic relatives of the common garden mushroom. Mature fungi release millions of spores that are then carried on the wind or otherwise get transferred to our plants. Preventing infection is the best way to control fungal diseases. | |
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Scale
Different species of scale insects attack various kinds of fruits. The insects appear as small bumps on branches, twigs, and leaf undersides. Leaves on infested plants turn yellow and the overall vigor of the plant declines. | |
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Amazing Annual Vines
Jack's beanstalk isn't the only show-stopping vine. In the real world, you'll find a host of annual vines that grow almost as rapidly as Jack's climber, and cover themselves with gorgeous flowers to boot. | |
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All About Rosemary
Rosemary means "dew of the sea," an appropriate name for this popular garden herb, watered by the ocean mists in its native habitat along the arid coastline of the Mediterranean. Because of rosemary's long history — literary, cosmetic, culinary and medicinal — an herb garden without rosemary is unthinkable. | |
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Together with Victory Seed CompanyOne of the joys of late winter is starting your tomato seeds indoors, watching them grow, and imagining the future harvests. Victory Seed Company sells the Dwarf Tomato Project varieties, as well as hundreds of heirloom tomatoes, numerous micro tomatoes, and also the latest exciting hybrid varieties like Super Sweet 100, Celebrity Plus, Gum Drop Black, and Sunset Torch. Every color, size, shape and taste imaginable is available. Orders ship within 1 business day of order placement. Start dreaming of homegrown tomatoes today!
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Goat's Beard (Aruncus dioicus)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb Life cycle: Perennial Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade, Partial or Dappled Shade, Partial Shade to Full Shade, Full Shade Water Preferences: Wet, Wet Mesic, Mesic, Dry Mesic, Dry Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35) Plant Height: 3-6 feet (100-200 cm) Plant Spread: 3 feet (100 cm) Leaves: Good fall color, Unusual foliage color Flowers: Showy Flower Color: White, Other Flower Time: Late spring or early summer, Summer Uses: Windbreak or Hedge, Medicinal Herb, Cut Flower, Will Naturalize Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies, Bees Resistances: Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant Pollinators: Various insects Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM Conservation status: Least Concern (LC)
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Pencilled Cranesbill (Geranium versicolor)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb Sun Requirements: Full Sun, Full Sun to Partial Shade, Partial or Dappled Shade, Partial Shade to Full Shade, Full Shade Plant Height: 1 -2 feet Plant Spread: 60-80 cm Flowers: Showy, Other Flower Color: Multi-Color Flower Time: Late spring or early summer, Summer, Late summer or early fall, Late fall or early winter, Fall, Other Uses: Groundcover, Will Naturalize Wildlife Attractant: Bees Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger, Needs excellent drainage in pots
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Rose (Rosa 'Red Cascade')
Bloom size: Small: under 2" Petal count: double: 16-25 petals Rose bloom color: Dark red Extra Bloom Info: In clusters Rebloom: Good Class: Miniature Growth Habit: Very short, 1-2 feet, very bushy; true groundcover rose. Can also be grown as climbing miniature, 6-8 feet tall. Fragrance: Mild Hybridizer & year: Ralph S. Moore, 1976 Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 5 and warmer Plant Habit: Shrub Life cycle: Perennial Sun Requirements: Full Sun Plant Height: 1-2 feet Plant Spread: 6-8 feet Leaves: Deciduous Flowers: Showy, Fragrant Flower Color: Red Flower Time: Spring, Summer, Fall Uses: Groundcover, Cut Flower Wildlife Attractant: Bees Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger, Needs repotting every 2 to 3 years, Needs excellent drainage in pots
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Bugleweed (Ajuga reptans Chocolate Chip)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb Life cycle: Perennial Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade, Full Shade Water Preferences: Wet, Wet Mesic, Mesic, Dry Mesic, Dry Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35) Plant Height: 6 inches Plant Spread: 6-9 inches Leaves: Unusual foliage color, Evergreen, Other Flowers: Showy Flower Color: Blue Bloom Size: Under 1" Flower Time: Spring Uses: Groundcover, Will Naturalize, Erosion control, Provides winter interest Wildlife Attractant: Bees Resistances: Drought tolerant, Tolerates foot traffic Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous Pollinators: Self, Bees, Moths and Butterflies
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Tree Philodendron (Thaumatophyllum bipinnatifidum)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb Life cycle: Perennial Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade, Partial or Dappled Shade Plant Height: To 12 feet (3.5 m) Plant Spread: To 12 feet (3.5 m) Leaves: Evergreen Fruit: Showy, Edible to birds, Other Flowers: Showy Flower Color: White Flower Time: Year Round Suitable Locations: Houseplant, Bog gardening Edible Parts: Fruit Resistances: Tolerates dry shade, Humidity tolerant Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous, Roots are poisonous, Fruit is poisonous, Other Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger, Needs excellent drainage in pots, Suitable for hanging baskets
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Photo by Gerris2 "Blue Silk Kikyo - double form"
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Photo by Baja_Costero "4 inch pot"
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Photo by Char
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Photo by scvirginia "photo by Kurt Miller via iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/106431274"
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We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses. -Abraham Lincoln
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