… garden. Special attention to pollination, disease/pest vigilance, and pruning may be required for the trees to thrive and fruit in the home environment. Although apple fruit trees produce attractive flowers, hybridizing efforts focus on fruit characteristics such as taste, texture, and storage capacity and on disease resistance. Since apple cultivars are usually grafted onto a root stock, it is often …
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… garden. Special attention to pollination, disease/pest vigilance, and pruning may be required for the trees to thrive and fruit in the home environment. Although apple fruit trees produce attractive flowers, hybridizing efforts focus on fruit characteristics such as taste, texture, and storage capacity, and on disease resistance. Since apple cultivars are usually grafted onto a root stock, it is often …
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… Peonies are popular garden plants, known for their stunning flowers, their cold hardiness and the huge variety of their colors, forms and … category, the Itoh or intersectional peonies display the extravagant blooms of tree peonies on herbaceous stems. All peonies bloom between April and June; flowers on tree peonies appear 1-2 weeks before those of the herbaceous peonies. ‘Luoyang Hong’ is a tree …
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… artistic touch, dotting the garden with statuesque, floral sculpture. Spring bulbs are beloved for their brilliance and promise of renewal. The tulips, daffodils, squill, grape hyacinths, and … bulbs, start the growing season with a colorful hurrah! Lilies pick up the bulb show later on, with Asiatic lilies the first to show their saturated open faces and Orientals (if they are … known as Persia. As gardeners in Chicago have learned, good drainage has a positive effect on hardiness and can bump up a plant’s chance for that coveted “reliable return.” Alliums have …
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… On snow sifted over the December landscape, you see a square of four tiny paw prints, then a … And you might hear the hoot of an owl or see the tracks of coyotes, which are also looking for mice. We tend to think of winter as a time when animals curl up and hibernate like bears. … searching for food. When they can, voles will burrow under the snow or through mulch to nibble on the tender bark of young trees, which makes them unpopular with gardeners. Short-tailed shrews …
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… 5:30 p.m. Alsdorf Auditorium Free; usual parking fees apply Click here to register in advance for this free program. Online registration for this program closes on March 24 at noon (if not sold out already). Walk-in program participants will be accommodated on a space available basis. Earthquake. Tsunami. Nuclear emergency. Dealt disaster in March, …
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… July ushers in peak summer weather for our USDA cold hardiness zones, with average daily temperature hovers in the mid-70s, making … roses closely for blackspot. Remove any leaves that show darkened circles with fuzzy margins on either the topside or underside of leaves; yellow foliage with dark spots; and any leaves that … these vegetables with a small amount of nitrogen fertilizer, taking care not to spread it on the plants’ foliage. Water in well. Monitor for infestation and disease Help to ensure a …
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… as their foliage changes to golds, reds, and yellows. Some shrubs provide shelter and food for birds. Glossy black chokeberry, Northern bayberry, sumac, red chokeberry, and spicebush are … shrubs for screening the garden. You can search our plant finder for more shrub ideas based on your garden’s sunlight, moisture, and soil conditions. Green Giant Western Red Cedar … it alone. Koreanspice Viburnum Viburnum carlessii By early April, the red flower buds on Koreanspice viburnum unfurl to pink petals that gradually turn white. But it’s the exceptional …
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… Ben Tatar and the Tatar Tots present fun, funky music for kids and young families. They love to make their shows an engaging, interactive experience … With rare exception, the band only sings about food. Their debut album Food! is available for digital download on iTunes. Please Note: You are encouraged to bring your own chairs as the Garden has a limited …
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… required to produce fruit. Birds love the black berries that mature in the fall and are held on the plant through winter, and pollinators are attracted to the inconspicuous, but nectar-rich flowers. Prune in early spring for shape and to encourage new growth. It is useful for a low evergreen hedge or screen. …
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