Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature. -Gerard De Nerval
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Late Season Color in the Flower Garden
To keep your flower garden a constantly changing palette of color, plan ahead for blooms in all seasons. There are a number of lovely choices for late-season color that will keep your garden looking good as the weather cools and the days shorten. | |
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How to Grow and Care for Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes are a long-season tropical vegetable, so it's no surprise that they're grown mostly in southern states. However, it's also possible for northern gardeners to grow these tasty, highly nutritious vegetables. | |
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Keep Enjoying a Homegrown Harvest
As the summer gardening season draws to a close, there is no need to forgo the pleasures of a homegrown harvest. Giving cold-tolerant plants a little extra protection allows you to keep picking even as the weather turns cold. | |
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How to Start a Culinary Herb Garden
If you love to cook, especially with fresh herbs, then you must have a culinary herb garden. A culinary herb garden can be not only a functional garden but a beautiful one as well. | |
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Mexican Bean Beetle
Given their size and spots, you might mistake a Mexican bean beetle for a ladybug. However, both adults and larvae of this garden pest feed on bean foliage, leaving a skeleton of veins. | |
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Native Persimmons for Garden Bounty
When frost-tinged and squishy ripe, the native persimmon has a luscious and indulgent quality. Our native tree grows quite readily, providing beauty in the landscape and a great tradition in the kitchen. | |
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Small Trees for Big Impact
Fall is a perfect time to plant trees and shrubs. Is your landscape begging for something new? How about a small tree? Whether your yard is postage stamp-sized or sprawling, there's probably a perfect spot for one. | |
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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Dancing on Ice')
Hybridizer: Douglas-H. Year of Registration or Introduction: 2014 Foliage type: Dormant Scape height: 28 inches Bloom size: 6 inches Bloom time: Early Plant Traits: Rebloom, Diurnal Bud Count: 21-25 Branching: 4-way Bloom Form: Single Color description: creamy white with large yellow to green throat, slightly ruffled AHS Awards: Honorable Mention 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, Fragrant Ploidy: Diploid Parentage: Heavenly Angel Ice x Tip of the Iceberg
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Norway Spruce (Picea abies 'Blaze')
Plant Habit: Tree 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 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35) Leaves: Evergreen, Other, Needled Fruit: Other Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall, Fall, Late fall or early winter, Winter Flowers: Other Flower Time: Spring Uses: Windbreak or Hedge, Provides winter interest Resistances: Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant Pollinators: Wind Parentage: Rubra Spicata x unknown
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Japanese Anemone (Eriocapitella hybrida 'Robustissima')
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb Life cycle: Perennial Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade, Partial or Dappled Shade Water Preferences: Mesic Plant Height: 3-4 feet Plant Spread: 2-3 feet Flowers: Showy Flower Time: Late summer or early fall, Fall Uses: Cut Flower, Will Naturalize Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies Resistances: Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant, Salt tolerant
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Aglaonemas (Aglaonema)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb Life cycle: Perennial Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade Leaves: Evergreen Flower Color: White, Other, Green Flower Time: Other Resistances: Humidity tolerant Toxicity: Other Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon, Needs excellent drainage in pots
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Hinoki Cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Aurea')
Plant Habit: Shrub Life cycle: Perennial Sun Requirements: Full Sun Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F) Plant Height: 3-4 feet Leaves: Evergreen, Other, Needled Uses: Provides winter interest Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
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Photo by AudreyDee "Cosmos bipinnatus 'Apricotta'"
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The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul.
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