… Zizia aurea, golden Alexanders, is a fairly common native wildflower and a great plant for a naturalized landscape. It is one of the earlier blooming natives, producing attractive …
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… To kick things off, our Nature Preschool students answered some Very Big Questions on love for us. Now we have a crush on all of them. In love with summer roses Summer is the time when … June 3 – September 24 #loveinbloom2023 Included with general admission; parking fee applies for nonmembers. Buy admission Poems While You Wait July 8 & August 5 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free with … on your sleeve at one of our featured events, Poems While You Wait. Just come with an idea for a poem. A poet will peck away on a manual typewriter and…. You get your own poem to …
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… and goldenrod as well as the airy seedheads of switchgrass and big bluestem. It’s time for a leisurely stroll to see the changes taking place each week. It wouldn’t be fall without … Heritage Garden, where their double daisy flowers attract migrating monarch butterflies. Watch for other butterflies and honey bees at the spiky flowers of Fairy Queen salvia, Disco Red … the Krasberg Rose Garden, and the spectacular Circle Garden—but why not simply come and see for yourself. …
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… container growth also eliminates the need to transplant the rosemary into ordinary garden soil for the summer. During the active growing season, place the container in full sun, water only … herb. To acclimate rosemary to indoor conditions in the fall, place the pot in partial shade for one week beginning September 1. Bring the pot indoors to a full sun location before you turn … the plant is losing vigor or is extremely potbound. Indoor plants often languish as they yearn for spring and outdoor conditions. But once mid-May arrives, rosemary can return to the outdoors …
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… is almost identical to native Phragmites that have been part of the North American landscape for some 40,000 years. Native Americans in the southwest used the fibrous native plant in woven … quickly (it stands as dead matter over the winter), it alters the fragile wetlands balance for native fish and wildlife, many of which cannot survive. Distinguishing Native from Exotic … the genetic characteristics of both native and exotic Phragmites, determining the potential for hybridization between the two in order to provide land managers with valuable information as …
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… plants until the end of the season. Blankets of chrysanthemums announce autumn's arrival. For three seasons, annual plants in the Crescent are massed together in a tapestry of texture, … Brick walkways lace through the beds, encouraging visitors to step close to the plants, both for photo and learning opportunities. For these annuals offer gardeners a chance to break ground in their own gardens by using new …
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… in Italian, Chinese, French, and Thai cuisine, but it is also a fragrant, ornamental plant for gardens and containers. Easy to grow and tasty to eat, basil plants will add color and an … Then remove plastic wrap and place tray in a bright window or under lights. Rotate the tray for even growth. When seedlings have developed two sets of true leaves, transplant them into … there are more than 30 different species of basil and dozens of cultivars, the best ones for growing and cooking are cultivars of Ocimum basilicum . The National Gardening Bureau …
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… a windbreak, but a row of evergreens, like arborvitaes, can provide privacy and a nesting site for songbirds. A blanket of snow on their boughs adds winter enchantment in our garden. Eastern … to 8 feet tall and 5 to 6 feet wide. Serviceberry ( Amelanchier —pronounced Am-uh-lank-ee-ur) For smaller gardens, breeders are developing narrow, upright shrubs, such as ‘Standing Ovation™ … full sun to part shade. Dogwood ( Cornus —pronounced Cor-nuss) Many shrubby dogwoods are grown for their winter color—striking bright red, yellow or gold stems. White spring flowers, green to …
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… in Florida, suggests that the ghost orchid depends on fungi in the bark of its host tree for nutrition and to help carry out essential functions. … Photo by Rachel Goad Orchids are … in Florida, suggests that the ghost orchid depends on fungi in the bark of its host tree for nutrition and to help carry out essential functions. …
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