… of cloves. Hardiness, fragrance, and flower color are all good reasons to make room for a viburnum in your home landscape. Viburnums are a versatile genus of multistemmed shrubs … home landscape due to their range of sizes and cultural adaptability. Some viburnums are noted for their fragrant flowers; most bear small fruit that may add visual interest. Many viburnums …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… CRIMSON TIDE™ arrowwood viburnum is noted for its upright, vase-shaped habit and its bright red fall color. Considered a vigorous grower, … home landscape due to their range of sizes and cultural adaptability. Some viburnums are noted for their fragrant flowers; most bear small fruit that may add visual interest. Many viburnums …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… at ground level under brush or other protective covering. They usually leave their nests only for short times, following well-defined routes as they forage for food. Voles do not hibernate and are active all winter, often tunneling through snow to reach … near the root zone of a tree or shrub. Treatment & Solutions Removing the habitat voles seek for nesting and feeding is the best control. Weeds, dense ground cover, brush, low spreading …
Type: Plant Info
… Dip, plant food only, alum powder. Specimen 1 Dipped the stem in alum (a food additive used for pickling or canning) Specimen 2 Added Quick Dip powder to the water Specimen 3 Smashed … but began to wilt on Day 7. We learned that we should have asked the Garden’s horticulturists for advice before our experiment. “The smashing of the end is an old-fashioned means to open … the surface area of the wound, exposing more xylem to water for uptake,” Toth add. Good news: Wilted blooms can be revived If you see blooms wistfully wilting, here’s a lifeline. …
Type: Blog
… prefer? Shake, rattle—and grow? The idea that music can help plants grow has been studied for decades, with classical music usually winning. Spotify begs to differ. The music streaming service released its Hardcore Gardening Playlist for Plants in May, inspired by research that claims plants grow better when exposed to the … hardcore rock. Wait, what? Actually, the jury is out as to whether metal is superior to Mozart for a plant-based audience. Plus, as the Garden’s Greenhouses staffers will attest, no music can …
Type: Blog
… this month, selectively prune branches from flowering trees and shrubs and bring them indoors for forced blooming. Most flowering plants can be successfully forced if they have had at least a six-week cold period. Even branches with only foliage can make interesting arrangements. For flowering plants, choose branches with plenty of fat flower buds. Prune carefully, using … color up, make final arrangements and bring into a cool room, out of direct sun. Good choices for forcing in January and February include serviceberry ( Amelanchier ), magnolia ( Magnolia ), …
Type: Plant Info
… is likely a variety of Cucurbita pepo, the same species as spaghetti squash. If you're growing for the record in a biggest pumpkin contest, you probably sowed seeds of Cucurbita maxima … or striped with yellow. Australians don't bother with distinctions, but use the term "pumpkin" for all of the hard-shelled vegetables we group as winter squash, which includes members of … Anything else is a squash. Whatever you call it, you can roast it or cook it and puree it for soup or pie, although it's hardly worth the effort with the thin-walled Jack-o'-lantern …
Type: Plant Info
… Description: Look for this brown thrush species on migration in wooded areas of the Garden. …
Type: Birding
… Description: Look for this brown thrush species on migration in wooded areas of the Garden. …
Type: Birding
… Description: Look for this common migrant warbler it in any wooded habitat at the Garden. …
Type: Birding
