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  • … a great choice. Hardy from USDA Zones 3 through 9, this perennial can grow up to 5 feet tall with a 2-foot spread in optimal conditions. Like other members of the sunflower or aster family, …
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  • … to people and pets but are used medicinally for various purposes. The world's love affair with Clivia began in 1854, when specimens were sent back to England from Kwazulu-Natal, South …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … were accepted by the Yoreme people and assimilated into the community and the region. And, as with many other Mestizos with different ethnic ancestry and adopted in the region at an early age, he was taught to … current projects focuses on the study of agaves. This ancestral culturally significant plant, with 220 different species, is one of the largest group of succulents on the planet. …
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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 … 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 …
    Type: Plant Info
  • … absorb pollution and keep our air clean–which has health benefits for us all, including those with asthma. One of the best ways to learn more about those green spaces, and the animals and …
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  • … seedheads for food. Dallas Blues switchgrass (Panicum virgatum 'Dallas Blues') is a cultivar with powder-blue leaves that become a russet-gold color in autumn.   Nina Koziol is a garden …
    Type: Plant Info
  • … background. A tripod helps.” Batteries and Memory Cards “Always have an additional battery with you, especially in winter, since the battery drains more quickly when it’s cold,” Carlson …
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  • … the honey. Finally, the honey is extracted.   “Our food systems are getting more disrupted with climate change and global conflict, so having a really hyper-local food source—it’s not …
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  • … Garden conservation scientist. “It is important to keep in mind that plants have long dealt with variable and unpredictable environments. How they make a living right now is based on …
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  • … In their natural habitat, they are used to competing hard for little. Don't start off with a cycle of overfeeding. Soil nutrients in a woodland are locked up in the root systems of …
    Type: Plant Info