… Spring! Washington, D.C., has its cherry blossom festival. Alabama has its crepe myrtles. And Florida has its frangipani trees. They’re all beautiful at this time of year, but here at the Chicago Botanic Garden and throughout the Midwest, spring arrives with a flush of flowers on hardy, small-in-stature … all trees, with a few exceptions, produce flowers. It’s in their DNA. They flower, develop, and drop their seeds, and a new generation of plants unfolds. Towering shade trees —maples and …
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… Q. What accounts for the different autumn color displays in trees and shrubs? A. Certain plants have a built-in genetic code that is responsible for their intense fall color displays. But even with these genes in place, trees and shrubs need ideal weather conditions to show off their best color. Trees should also be healthy, well-watered all season and located in full sun. During the growing season, chlorophyll, indicated by the green color in …
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… 30, 2017 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Hot or sweet? Peppers are a global favorite for home gardeners, and there are so many kinds to grow and use. Sharpen your pepper skills—from plant care to cooking with peppers, to DIY salsa—at our … Sunday celebration. With Chef Series demos, horticulturist tours, volunteer Q&A stations, and Family Drop-in programs, there’s something for everyone. Vendors will offer plenty of pepper …
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… This poisonous weed is most commonly found in roadside ditches and prairie areas—not in cultivated yards and gardens. Looking similar to Golden Alexander ( Zizia aurea ) or a yellow version of Queen … lace ( Daucus carota ), wild parsnip blooms later in the season, has deeply forked leaves, and has more leaflets in each compound leaf. Wild parsnip ( Pastinaca sativa ) bloom closeup. …
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… ( Pyracantha ) Description & Symptoms Apple scab is a common fungal infection of crabapple and apple trees. Small, pale green spots appear on the edges and surfaces of leaves which soon enlarge and turn brown. Leaves will eventually yellow and drop. Apple Scab can also affect fruit, …
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… so that the worms are happy, it does not smell bad, you don’t get fruit flies or other pests, and you get some nice compost for your yard or houseplants. View all parts Vermicomposting for … piece of newspaper moist by spritzing it with water. Worms need a moist environment to thrive and this sheet will reduce water loss and create a barrier between the food and the air, reducing the chance you will attract flies. …
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… ) features rounded, hanging clusters of flowers 4 to 6 inches across. Native to east Africa and Madagascar, the genus is a highly sought-after ornamental in USDA Zones 9 and warmer. The genus name celebrates the French physician, botanist, and explorer Joseph Dombey. Under the auspices of the French crown, he undertook plant …
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… used to make baskets too! Green dicks purple osier willow can grow to about sixteen feet tall and about eight feet wide but this tree is usually coppiced (cut back very severely in late … so that it stays at about six to eight feet tall. When coppiced, the stems stay quite thin and pliable and are suitable for fine basketry. After the leaves fall in the winter the stems turn bright …
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… Skyline©, commonly called honey locust, is native from Pennsylvania to Iowa south to Georgia and Texas. It typically grows 60-80 feet (less frequently to 120 feet) tall with a rounded spreading crown. Trunk and branches have stout thorns (to 3 inches long) that are solitary or three-branched. … greenish white flowers appear in racemes in late spring. Flowers are followed by long, twisted and flattened, dark purplish-brown seedpods (to 18 inches long) which mature in late summer and …
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… Q. What is the difference between a systemic insecticide and one you spray directly on the plant? A. Although both systemic and contact spray insecticides can be applied directly to plant foliage, they function in different ways. The systemic chemical solution is absorbed by the plant's vascular system and circulated so that the entire plant contains the insecticide. When an insect then feeds on …
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