… and surprise? We love featuring mums in our fall displays at the Garden, but we also aim for variety and surprise. Here, Tim Pollak, manager of plant production, celebrates our seasonal … more, their striking color lasts beyond the growing season, making this an excellent choice for drying—then you’ll be able to add some warmth to interior displays over the winter. … visually interesting late into the season.” Dahlias Simone Gore is an assistant grower for outdoor floriculture in the Garden’s Plant Production department. She and Pollak both highly …
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… Description: Look for this uncommon winter migrant flying over from late fall through early spring, or less …
Type: Birding
… this ground-feeding bird will often be found low in the shrubs or scratching in the soil for seeds. …
Type: Birding
… and stone needed to do your own root over rock technique is an optional add on purchase for the Root Over Rock Bonsai Workshop . …
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… with its twisting, corkscrewlike branches makes a very attractive and interesting focal point for the winter garden,” says Jill Selinger, manager of continuing education. …
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… At the end of fall, it is easy for people to think that nature has shut down for the winter—this could not be farther from the truth. This thought is particularly true of … manner of crawly things on the woodland floor. Although most of the vegetation does go dormant for the winter, there is still a myriad of life to be found, even though it might be more …
Type: Blog
… February is such an exciting month for gardeners—time for the first seeds to get started indoors, and time for our Seed Swap! As you pull out your collection of seed packs, envelopes, and labeled jars, …
Type: Plant Info
… should allow some of the seedlings to survive in order to keep this plant in their gardens for seasons to come. Herbal Powers Traditionally used to treat a range of infections and … stimulant" properties. Native Americans of the Great Plains held Echinacea in high regard. For more than 400 years they used it as a cure for infections and wounds, and even prescribed it for snakebites, stings, toothaches, and the …
Type: Plant Info
… The cultivar 'Sir John Thouron' is valued for its showy, pale yellow flowers that form a ball-shaped umbrella well above its dark-green … a thick, fleshy stalk. It was only eight years ago that White Flower Farms offered 36 plants for $950 each; all were sold out to a movie star, a fashion designer, and several collectors. … a mature plant develops a symmetrical, fan-shaped silhouette that provides a perfect foil for its masses of trumpet-shaped flowers. Native to damp woodlands in southern Africa, the plant …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… well as conifers with eye-catching shapes (the globe-shaped center of Little Gem arborvitae, for example) and textures (such as the weeping branches on Miss Grace dawn redwood). The Dwarf … well as conifers with eye-catching shapes (the globe-shaped center of Little Gem arborvitae, for example) and textures (such as the weeping branches on Miss Grace dawn redwood). The Dwarf …
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