… Q: Is there anything I should do now to prepare my roses for winter? A: Discontinue the fertilization of roses by the first week of August, approximately. Without supplemental fertilization, the plants will begin to shut down for the summer and will begin the process of storing nutrients to best survive the harshness of …
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… Q. Do you have any gardening gift ideas for Father’s Day? A. Unusual gift ideas are sometimes especially hard for the men in our lives. How about celebrating Father’s Day with a rare opportunity to canoe on …
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… in the ticket kiosk area in front of the Visitor Center to walk together to McDonald Woods for the 1 p.m. guided tour. Enjoy spring’s beauty in McDonald Woods—from delicate wildflowers … Woods. (A short trail loop is about 1/3 mile; the longer trail loop is about 2/3 mile.) Dress for the weather. If winds are 20 or more miles per hour or if there is heavy rain, the program …
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… American Society of Landscape Architects and donates his firm’s design and consulting services for many nonprofit organizations. He serves on the board for the Cultural Landscape Foundation and the Horticultural Society of New York. …
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… For American gardeners, the main attraction of Actinidia polygama hardy kiwi vine is the foliage, … or dig at the roots.In fact, in large quantities, the leaves have been used as a sedative for zoo lions. …
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… fluffy clumps of flowers virtually cover the top of white snakeroot (was: Eupatorium rugosum ) for much of the fall. The plant grows up to 5 feet tall and 3 feet wide. Chicago-area gardeners … bloom—it is truly a pollinator magnet. A toxin (tremetol) found in this plant is responsible for "milk fever," a disease that was widespread across much of eastern and central North America …
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… a seed strain. Incredibly dark foliage holds golden yellow flowers that radiate down the habit for an extremely long season of bloom. Plant this refined selection and get ready to see butterflies! Gather bouquets of Asclepias all summer long; the long stems are wonderful for cutting and are long-lasting. Sear the ends of the cut stems over a flame to stop the milky …
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… with thick, succulent shoots that are harvested in April to early May, leaving younger shoots for future growth. Asparagus is high in vitamin K and many minerals. It needs to be planted in … soil, with careful selection of the site, considering that it will continue to grow for 15 to 20 years. It also makes an attractive perennial, with airy fine-textured foliage. The …
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… or crested flowers on annual plants 18 inches tall. Delights in the garden or cut and dried for winter arrangements, celosias are one of the mainstays of annual flower displays around the … 30 percent, as in the desert Southwest). Wild celosias are native to the tropics and are noted for having a number of duplicate, triplicate, quadruplicate — up to octuplicate — sets of …
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… Twist™ weeping redbud. This beautiful bloomer offers a lesson in how plants are bred for consumers. This particular cultivar was found as a chance seedling in 1960 along a road in … that she asked him to remove. Instead, a local nurseryman contacted an Ohio nursery known for its skill in propagating woody plants to get one plant as a gift. The Ohio nurseryman became …
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