… sun and dry to moderate soil conditions to reach a height of 6 inches. It produces red blooms from May to July. It is can be used as a ground cover or in a border and is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Picea pungens 'Glauca,', a pyramidal tree with needles ranging in color from green to asilvery blue, is often used as a specimen tree. Commonly called "Blue Spruce", it …
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… This cultivar is dense and compact, growing to 3- 4’ height and spread. Its name is derived from the plant's winter buds, which have an attractive, white, waxy coating all winter. It …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… other eastern white pines it prefers slightly acidic well drained soils and dislikes run off from deicing road salts. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has insignificant greenish-yellow blooms from March through June followed by edible black fruit. It belongs in a hedge or a border and is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… shrub grows up to 7 feet high with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. From May through October it produces fragrant pink and orange blooms that attract butterflies and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… to insect pollinators and hummingbirds and can be found in natural areas and gardens from the upper Midwest to southern Canada. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… After a killing frost, remove annual plant material from your garden and add it to your compost heap. Any soilless mix from window boxes or containers can be discarded or kept aside for one more year. If used for a … Hardy water plants may remain in ponds as long as they don’t freeze. Protect small ponds from freezing by covering them with thin plywood sheets and layers of mulch or shredded leaves. …
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… rubbing branches, or those that grow toward the center or the plant rather than outward, away from the interior. Fruit trees benefit from having their canopies opened up to permit more sunlight and air into their centers. Prune … begins to bloom. When pruning roses, make a 45-degree cut above a healthy bud, angled away from the center of the plant. If not done last fall, prune hybrid tea roses and grandiflora roses …
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… From Garden to Vase A day before the recent snowfall, I stepped into my garden to see what I … the eye candy for my bouquets—baby’s breath, carnations and chrysanthemums. The fillers from my own harvest included small sprays of sedum, ornamental grasses, variegated yucca leaves, … of the cold-hardy deep red bok choy leaves and Swiss chard. Discover More Holiday Crafts from the Garden Forcing Branches to Bloom Indoors Keep Cut Greenery Fresh Indoors Fun Ideas for …
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