… trees, but they do not tolerate dry clay soils, as the leaves may yellow, becoming chlorotic from an inability to uptake manganese from the soil. It is a wonderful specimen tree or shade tree. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This elegant fall-blooming monkshood brings stately form and rich blue color to the garden from September well into October, when so many other plants start to die back. In fact, it's the last of the aconites to bloom. There's a bonus for … food source for Old World bees. Another common name, wolfbane, refers to the poison made from this plant's roots, which was used to tip hunting arrows. Medicinal (and poisonous) uses of …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… and extent of Indian Summer. It reaches a height of 5 inches in bloom and the flowers benefit from a ground cover that can add support to their long, delicate flowers during heavy rains and wind. Because it starts into growth shortly after flowering, it benefits from planting under the canopy of sheltering deciduous trees and shrubs that drop their leaves …
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… a staple in perennial gardens. Calamagrostis × acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’ by Daryl Mitchell from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada [ CC BY-SA 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons This hybrid of two … at his nursery in Potsdam-Bornim, Germany. The nursery focused on breeding hardy perennials from all over the world. Foerster successfully bred approximately 370 crosses, with a particular … Foerster’s Lasting Imprint on the World of Horticulture,” Cubits.org (blog), April 26, 2010, http://cubits.org/articlesongardening/articles/view/325/ . Van Sweden, James. …
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Fermented foods are both healthy and a great way to reduce food waste. Join this hands-on class to learn about different types of fermentation. You will quickly put your new knowledge to action by preparing different fermentations to taste and take home with you. Instructor TBD Farm on Ogden, 3555 Ogden Avenue, …
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Holly-shaped leaves emerge red and then quickly mature to green with splotches of white, gray green, and yellowish green on a nonhardy shrub. Small, insignificant white flowers in November perfume the air with the honey-like fragrance of osmanthus. The cultivar name, Goshiki, is a Japanese word referring to the 5 colors of the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… grow quickly and will need to be pinched back after flowering. They do well in sunlight from a south-facing window or bright artificial lights. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… grow quickly and will need to be pinched back after flowering. They do well in sunlight from a south-facing window or bright artificial lights. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… grow quickly and will need to be pinched back after flowering. They do well in sunlight from a south-facing window or bright artificial lights. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… grow quickly and will need to be pinched back after flowering. They do well in sunlight from a south-facing window or bright artificial lights. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
