… New! You don’t have to stop canning and preserving just because it is winter. In this demonstration cooking class, cookbook author and home food preservation expert Emily … perfect for stirring into oatmeal, serving alongside a cake, or topping a bowl of ice cream. The class will also cover the basics of water-bath canning, a safe and easy method of home food …
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… As your eyes move across a beautiful landscape, consider the plants that give you pause. In the opinion of renowned garden writer Allen Lacy, the astilbe is one of these prized garden plants. Multidimensional, versatile and adaptable to a variety of settings, it is one of the "steeples and spikes" in a panoramic garden. At the …
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… grows 3 feet tall and slightly narrower, and blooms from July through a killing frost. Each 3- to 4-inch, semi-double flower has a cone-shaped center tipped in yellow and two-toned petals. Petals open magenta-pink with yellow tips and mature to … Zowie! Yellow Flame is a good selection for container gardens. Blooming now in the Graham Bulb Garden, as shown here, hard-working bumblebees ( Bombus sp.) are busily …
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… known as cigar flower and candy corn plant, is a twining vine from South America that can grow to 12 feet long with support. The tiny tubular flowers are red with yellow tips, with four green sepals beneath them, and they look like a lit firecracker or a flashlight. The flowers are covered in fine fuzz and the tip spreads into four toothed lobes. The small ovate leaves grow on wiry …
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… Nymphaea odorata , the fragrant or American white waterlily, is native throughout North America where it's found in shallow ponds. The typical species has large white flowers and perfectly circular leaves with … . This true native species can be seen growing along the shores of the Native Plant Garden to the north Cove area. Waterlilies are rhizomatous aquatic plants with about 50 species …
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… This cultivar is smaller than the species and can reach a height of 25’ with a spread of 15’. It has horizontal, almost … two white bands, giving the tree a two-toned look. It prefers cool, moist, well-drained soils in full sun or partial shade and will even tolerate full shade. Plant in a site protected from the wind. It can be pruned heavily in the spring for hedging. …
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… Peonies are popular garden plants, known for their stunning flowers, their cold hardiness and the huge variety of their colors, forms and habits. They are divided into two main groups: herbaceous, which die to the ground in the fall, and tree peonies, deciduous plants with woody stems which they retain throughout the …
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… and late; ‘Circus Circus’ is an early bloomer. It takes on a shrubby appearance throughout the summer, then dies to the ground in the fall. Plant in sun to part shade with the eyes no more than 2 inches below the soil …
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… Dancing Queen: An ABBA Salute is the ultimate tribute to the music of ABBA that is sure to capture the hearts of fans and audiences of all ages. This … of musical prowess, fabulous flair and fashion, and promises a mesmerizing ABBA experience for every Chiquitita, Super Trouper, Fernando, and Dancing Queen around. …
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… Vibrant red flowers on tall spikes contrast with the dark purple green foliage on this cultivar of the native red-flowered lobelia from late summer to the middle of fall. A great selection for sunny locations with moist to wet soils—edges of ponds or stream banks. It attracts …
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