… to blue-lavender blooms that attract butterflies and hummingbirds from May through August. It is a specimen in a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… placed in the Agavaceae, the Dracaenaceae and by some in the Ruscaceae families, this genus is now considered to be correctly placed in the Asparagaceae. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… <p>The species of this clump-forming evergreen perennial is native to Africa and needs bright, indirect indoor light and dry moisture conditions to reach …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Minima white pine is a rounded, slow-growing dwarf conifer with dark brown branches, thin twigs, and narrow, short, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… in pop culture. Here are just a few of our favorites from 2022.  Chatting up your plants is in vogue Of the people who talk to their plants, one in five say they do so every day, according to the survey by Trees.com. The plant talkers mostly chat with their houseplants, but 62 percent also talk to their … Photo by Tyler Jones, Arabidopis plants sprouting from lunar soil. UF/IFAS. Maybe Martian soil is next? Soil is a big deal at the Garden. So we were thrilled to hear that, for the first time, …
Type: Blog
… The start of the new year is an ideal time for homeowners to begin making plans for enhancing their garden's beauty. As … quality of your landscape — and, by extension, your life! Planting one tree in the right place is an easy and affordable way to create beauty and improve the quality of life. Trees enhance the … perennials grow anew each spring from their winter-hardy roots. One benefit of perennials is that each plant's root system becomes larger over time, and the clump eventually needs to be …
Type: Plant Info
… few months, determine if your garden invites your eye to linger with appreciation for what is planted there, or whether your landscape needs an exciting new dimension. Here are some … exfoliating bark add visual interest all year long, but during winter, when branches are bare, is when exfoliating bark captures our attention. Peeling and curling bark, which often reveals a … ). Colorful Stems and Twigs One of the easiest ways to add high-impact winter interest is to plant en masse  a large group of multistemmed deciduous shrubs with colorful stems and …
Type: Plant Info
… human well-being and health. Current Projects: Adaptation to temperature extremes. Temperature is one of the greatest drivers of plant diversification, with adaptation to both hot and cold … species distributions. While the family comprises mostly tropical species, the genus Asimina is able to grow over a range of USDA hardiness zones (zones 5-9). I am leading a project to … and midpoint of its native range to identify signatures of local adaptation. This project is integrally tied with traditional knowledge of local Native American communities given the …
Type: Staff bio
… one simple habit to pick up: deadheading. Deadheading—removing spent or browning blooms—is one of the easiest and most effective ways to encourage more flowers. It’s quick, satisfying, … Deadheading doesn’t have to be complicated, but a little care improves results. “My advice is to trim back to the strongest growing point,” Sherwood said. “That’s not always at the first … a big difference. Bellis perennis Bellisma TM Red Deep cuts for perennials While deadheading is mostly associated with annuals, Sherwood points out that some perennials benefit from more …
Type: Blog
… a month longer to grow crops at either end of our rather short USDA Zone 5 season—is worthy of a home experiment. Hoophouses greatly increase vegetable production—they're … City Harvest locations. Hoophouse A hoophouse, either in-ground or attached to a raised bed, is a manageable way to try it. Along the way, you might find that a hoophouse has extra benefits … to hold a hoophouse in place. Two ¾-inch in diameter PVC curved pipes simply slide into 1-inch in diameter pipe segments bracketed to the sides of the 4-foot by 8-foot beds. As the …
Type: Plant Info
