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ARTICLES TO READ


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Crepe Myrtles: Plant Care and Collection of Varieties

The Crepe Myrtle is a fast-growing, small to medium-sized deciduous tree that produces large, colorful flowers over a long period from midsummer to fall. The foliage is attractive in fall and the textured bark provides winter interest. Another common name is southern lilac. It is typically cultivated as a multi-trunked flowering tree grown throughout the warmer climates of the world.
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Weed Control

The appeal of toxic herbicides is powerful when you're faced with a garden rapidly dominated by fast-growing weeds.
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Aeoniums: Plant Care and Collection of Varieties

These rosette succulents from the Canary Islands are popular garden plants in arid climates, providing color accents (especially red, purple, and yellow) that vary with the passage of the seasons. Aeoniums make excellent container plants in less forgiving climates, though they require a lot of light indoors. Most of the plants in cultivation are hybrids and cultivars, rather than species (which total about 40, depending on how you count).
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The Little Bulbs

Fall is bulb planting season, and while many gardeners focus on the showy blooms of tulips and daffodils I have a personal preference for what people call the little bulbs. (Some people call them minor bulbs, but that doesn't seem fair, considering how lovely and low maintenance they are).
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Roses: Plant Care and Collection of Varieties

Roses are shrubs with prickly stems, pinnate compound leaves, and ornamental flowers, usually fragrant. This standard definition conveys none of the charm that has inspired poets, painters, sculptors, architects, and designers for centuries. The rose may be the most prominent plant in the arts, decor, and symbolism.
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The Cole Crop Family

Gardeners often group broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower and kohlrabi together as "cole crops". Cole is the German word for cabbage, hence the term "cole slaw". Cole crops are hardy and grow best in cool weather. An easy way to remember this is to think how much "cole" sounds like "cold" or "cool".
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Basil Varieties

Common basil (Ocimum basilicum) includes a number of different basils most commonly used for cooking. Sweet basil Your basic basil, with large leaves and white flowers. The Genovese variety (names include Sweet Genovese and Genovese or Genova Profumitissima) is particularly nice, with a very pleasing flavor preferred for pestos. I've also found it a vigorous, luxuriant grower, slow to bolt.

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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Got Attitude')

Daylily (<i>Hemerocallis</i> 'Got Attitude')

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Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Wabash')

Tall Bearded Iris (<i>Iris</i> 'Wabash')

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Zinnia (Zinnia elegans 'Enchantress')

Zinnia (<i>Zinnia elegans</i> 'Enchantress')

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Haworthia (Haworthia cooperi)

Haworthia (<i>Haworthia cooperi</i>)

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XPachysedum 'Ganzhou'

<i>XPachysedum</i> 'Ganzhou'

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Zinnia (Zinnia elegans 'Queen Red Lime')

Zinnia (<i>Zinnia elegans</i> 'Queen Red Lime')

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Dahlia 'Destiny's John Michael'

<i>Dahlia</i> 'Destiny's John Michael'

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