… Here’s a fun Earth Day project to try at home. Have your kids outgrown their toddler rainboots? Don’t throw them away! Here is a fun project for the whole family. Materials A rainboot predrilled with three holes; small rocks, soil, … begonia plants, water bottles Approximate time needed: 30 – 40 minutes 1. Add some rocks to the rainboot to help prevent plant roots from getting too wet. 2. Next, add soil to the boot. …
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… 'Dean' is a large vase plant grown for its foliage in tropical climates. In sunny spots it has broad, thick, sharply serrated leaves of mahogany red blending to chartreuse in the throat. The flower stem and scape bracts are fuchsia, the floral bracts are … vase plants or urn plants. Their curved leaves collect water and in the wild can be home to aquatic insects and microorganisms. Plants take several years to flower and will usually …
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… A cultivar of Japanese cedar named for its dark green mature needles, Black Dragon cryptomeria ( Cryptomeria japonica 'Black Dragon') adds value to the landscape with its thick, pyramidal growth habit and height of 6 to 10 feet with a spread of 4 to 6 feet. Its striking color contrasts well with other landscape …
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… after the danger of late frosts has passed; it is insect- and disease-resistant. Once thought to be extinct in the wild, the chocolate cosmos, according to recent reports, may have been rediscovered. In the meantime, long-lost fertile populations have survived in New Zealand gardens for years, as scientists vainly tried to get the one surviving sterile clone at the Royal Botanic …
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… Narcissus ‘Baby Boomer’ is in Division 7. This is a dwarf Narcissus that grows to only 4 – 8 inches high. It blooms in mid season with 6 to 8 very fragrant flowers on each stem. The petals are bright yellow with distinctive points at … toxic and will not be eaten by deer or rabbits. The name Narcissus comes from the Greek word for narcotic and is tied to the myth of a young man known as Narcissus who fell in love with his …
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… Gallery Yellow Shades lupines were bred for a compact growth habit and spires of showy pea-like flowers that can rise a foot or more above the plants. They are probably a hybrid of two species native to the Pacific Northwest. The compound leaves are also attractive, with eight leaflets radiating around a central point, growing on long petioles. Lupines are native mostly to the Western states, with two species found in Eastern states and a few in southern Europe. …
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… ‘Advent’ is an upright, many-branched shrub, 9’-10’ tall that grows in sun to partial shade and is noted for its early blooms, starting in February, as soon as temperatures rise above around 40 degrees … return. Large rounded leaves with wavy margins are initially yellow-green changing to sage-green in the summer before becoming yellow in autumn. Intermediate witch hazels were …
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… ‘Barnstedt Gold’ is an initially upright then rounded, 10’-12’ tall shrub that grows in sun to partial shade and is noted for its early blooms, starting in February, as soon as temperatures rise above around 40 degrees … Large oval leaves are initially a light yellowish-green, then a sage-green before changing to shades of yellow in autumn. Intermediate witch hazels were created by the hybridization of …
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… ‘Birgit’ is an initially upright then rounded, 10’-12’ tall shrub that grows in sun to partial shade and is noted for its early blooms, starting in February, as soon as temperatures rise above around 40 degrees … leaves are initially a medium green flushed with maroon, then a dark green before changing to yellow and orange-red in autumn. Intermediate witch hazels were created by the hybridization …
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… ‘Old Copper’ is an initially upright then vase-shaped, 9’-10’ tall shrub that grows in sun to partial shade and is noted for its early blooms, starting in February, as soon as temperatures rise above around 40 degrees … leaves are initially a medium green with maroon tints, then a dark green before changing to yellow in autumn. Intermediate witch hazels were created by the hybridization of Hamamelis …
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