… Connecting Your Garden to Your Teaspoon Bees are part of every garden. Because bee populations continue to decline, and because September is National Honey Month…we dedicate this Smart Gardener to the story of how bees actually produce the honey that you eat from the flowers that you (and your … that you use on your yard and garden—such as herbicides and pesticides—can easily make their way into the nectar and pollen that the bees eat, and that ultimately reach your teaspoon. The …
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… Was the light of summer fades, a delicate charmer beams from the Garden's shadows. Small, orchidlike … foliage. Most other perennials have finished blooming. Trees are going dormant and preparing to drop their leaves. But this beauty is just getting started. The only thing that isn't lovely … to Tankersley. “I plant mine in amongst the hostas so the deer eat the hostas before they get to the tricyrtis," he says. All the shade standards are good companions for toad lilies: …
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… In general, gardeners are game folks—always ready to grow a new seed, experiment with an unusual plant variety, or to give a fresh cutting a try. … even experienced midwestern gardeners. This month in Smart Gardener, we dive into one of them: the watery world of waterlilies. Nymphaea is the beautifully named genus for about half of all … calm water so that their floating leaves can unfurl without ripping. It doesn't take much to get a waterlily started, but before you begin, you'll need to consider a few questions. We can …
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… Obedient Plant is an erect, deciduous perennial best in perennial borders in moist, full-sun locations. It produces grayish-green leaves with white margins and magenta pink flowers. Its flowers remain in the position in which they are placed. It is a showy plant that spreads rapidly if its moisture requirements are met. Plant it in the rear of the perennial border where it has room to spread. If it is shady, the stems will be lax. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Drosera are one of the largest groups of carnivorous plants with close to 195 species, found on every continent except Antarctica. Sundews are sticky flypaper plants, … enzymes. Insects that land on the leaves stick to it and are digested. The plant does best in partial shade and is hardy to Zones 7–10. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Drosera are one of the largest groups of carnivorous plants with close to 195 species, found on every continent except Antarctica. Sundews are sticky flypaper plants, … enzymes. Insects that land on the leaves stick to it and are digested. The plant does best in partial shade and is hardy to Zones 7–10. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Drosera are one of the largest groups of carnivorous plants with close to 195 species, found on every continent except Antarctica. Sundews are sticky flypaper plants, … enzymes. Insects that land on the leaves stick to it and are digested. The plant does best in partial shade and is hardy to Zones 7–10. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The plant collections of the Chicago Botanic Garden have a new place to show off in a “theater” … snowdrops and primroses, that are potted and placed on tiers of shelves. “It’s an old-school way of displaying specific plants and it will highlight some of the Garden’s collections,” said … “We have a fantastic production department,” Sherwood said, and they will coordinate the best times for the plants to be replaced with new ones, four times a year. The potting soils will …
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… Natal lily ( Clivia miniata ) is a member of the Amaryllidaceae family native to damp woodlands in southern Africa, where they grow in the forests of Kwazulu-Natal, Eastern … to no water during the winter. Although it is one of those rare plants that actually blooms best if slightly potbound, its roots are perennial, and the plant resents root disturbance (which …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… allspice, or sweetshrub, has untoothed, opposite, ovate leaves with a pleasant, spicy aroma. The flowers, blooming in May and June, have numerous overlapping strap-like petals and a fruity … the Scott Arboretum in Pennsylvania. Leaves are rounder and growth more upright. Shrubs can get quite large, up to 8 feet, and suckering may occur. Plant in full sun or partial shade, in well-drained soil. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
