… milk squill ( Scilla mischtschenkoana 'Tubergeniana') produces pale blue to milk-white flowers with the faintest of blue midribs on the flower petals. It is similar to Siberian squill, but …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… a tropical look. But it’s the fruit—the largest in North America—that is most noteworthy with its almost indescribable flavor—a mix of banana, apple and hints of mango, vanilla and … and it’s a very individual look, a beautiful look,” Hilgenberg says. Culture Provide a spot with full sun (6 hours direct light daily), or partial shade (4 hours of sun), in a place that … they can be difficult to find at garden centers, there are more than 60 pawpaw cultivars with some bearing fruits that weigh up to one pound. The Garden is host to several pawpaws from …
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… gratification long before spring. “The Garden’s three new walk-in coolers allow me to play with forced tulips in a way we haven’t done before. We can have varieties of tulips that bloom … to a warmer spot and a bright, sunny window. Once flower buds develop, move the pot to a place with indirect light, which will prolong the bloom period. Here are a few of Pollak’s favorites: … a faint fragrance of bubblegum. Some growers offer combination pots of daffodils or tulips with grape hyacinths. Tulips “ These colorful flowering jewels are as special as roses in …
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… to roses Spring bulb TLC Jumping worms Outdoor Container Care Prep containers Combine plants with similar needs Be water-wise Fruit, Vegetable, and Herb Care Harden off warm-season crops … Hardiness Zones 5b and 6a. When planting warm-season annuals, vegetables, and herbs, proceed with caution if cold temperatures or frost are predicted, especially at night. In May, it pays to … Peonies that suffered from botrytis or bud blast last year should be sprayed regularly with a fungicide, following label directions, starting when plants are just beginning to emerge …
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… and an extensive root system that overwhelms any garden bed—or even farm field. Get familiar with bindweed’s arrow-shaped leaf and search for the first tendrils at ground level while … trees’ branches. #3: Canada thistle ( Cirsium arvense ) Canada thistle looks like a weed, with tufty seedheads and spiny, pointed leaves that stick out like a sore thumb (wear gloves … way to prevent it from spreading is to prevent it from flowering. Cut the rosette off with a knife so it won’t self-sow. (Mowing doesn’t work, as the low-growing plant is below blade …
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… native insects, birds, mammals and infinitesimally tiny soil organisms—all of which evolved with the plants. (One well-known example is the monarch butterfly, which only lays its eggs on … the abundance and diversity of our plantings.” That means adding to our plant palette at home with trees, shrubs, vines and perennials that once grew long ago where we now garden. Sedum … sedum flowers for nectar and pollen. These solitary bees have lives that evolved to correspond with the bloom time of specific wildflowers, such as wild stonecrop. While most ornamental sedums …
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… its 50th birthday throughout 2022, and it wouldn’t be a party without the people who have been with us since the beginning: our members of 50 years. More than 675 people who joined when the … to read their full quotes! Nancy Mandel “It’s absolutely been life-enhancing. I was here with my 12-year-old son on the day it opened; he rolled down the grass hills. I’ve been a … wonderful space without intrusions to enjoy the beauty of nature.” –June Hamer (pictured: June with her daughter and granddaughter) June and her family also send a special shout-out to the …
Type: Blog
… flare should sit slightly higher than the surrounding soil surface. If you bury the root flare with the trunk too deep, the tree may be subject to rotting, insects, or disease—and that damage … from chewing on the trunks, place a tree wrap directly around the trunk, or surround the tree with a loose-fitting plastic or wire guard, like a short, open-weave fence supported with stakes. The protectors can be found at a garden center, big box store, or online. An …
Type: Plant Info
… color they bring even to the gray and brown winter. Yet as much as we love to drape them with holiday lights, they often get less respect and care than color-shifting roses and Japanese maples. Evergreen trees and shrubs change so little with the passing days that it's possible to forget they are even alive. But they are. And … to understand a little about them. Conifers — needled plants, mostly evergreen, that reproduce with cones — evolved in a particular kind of landscape where nutrients are scarce — usually high, …
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… Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden (out back beyond the nut grove), there's a "secret" bed with a big mission: it's a pollinator strip, meant to attract bees and other busy insects to the … makes the issue of pollinators important for all gardeners. Have a look at your yard/garden with a critical eye. Are your plants healthy and thriving, or do you have to chemically support them? Does your yard buzz with activity in summer, or is the air silent and still? Does your vegetable garden produce …
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