… New! Vinegar and citrus add brightness and an element of flavor contrast to a finished dish. Discover how acid has the power to “cook” delicate fish and hearty greens in this demonstration cooking class. Learn how to season to taste, prepare a gastrique, sear duck, and use different knife cuts like brunoise, …
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… exhibit a diminished floral display and show a decreased amount of vigor, it is usually time to divide them. Dig the bulbs up with a spading fork after the leaves have dried and turned … or showing signs of decay. Replant healthy individual bulbs immediately. Young bulbs will need to grow to a mature size in order to flower, which usually takes approximately one or two years. …
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… Autumn snowflake is a bulbous perennial native to Spain, Portugal, and the Mediterranean region. It blooms in late summer to fall, bearing nodding, bell-shaped, white flowers atop 10-inch stems. The strap-shaped, glossy dark green leaves, which emerge after the flowers begin to bloom, create an upright, vase-shaped clump of foliage which persists into winter. Plant the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This perennial native anemone grows to a height of 2 feet in full sun to partial shade and dry soil conditions. It has five-petaled white blooms with clusters of … ripen, the seedhead turns into a ball of white fluff. The deeply divided leaves have three to five deeply-toothed segements and long petioles, growing in clusters of three to ten on the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Trumpetcreeper is a woody clinging vine native to the southeastern United States. It attaches itself with aerial rootlets or radicans and grows rapidly to 30 to 40 feet. It likes average soils and moisture, and the leaves do well in the shade, but it …
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… Natal plum is a thorny shrub native to the Natal region of South Africa that grows 15 feet tall and wide. It is hardy to warm climates (Florida and California in the United States) where the leaves are evergreen, … white flowers are produced year around. A bonus is the fruit, which changes from green to magenta to dark crimson as it ripens; it is edible and although similar in color, not actually …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… that bleeds outward onto the overlapping, slightly ruffled petals. It blooms from mid summer to fall with huge flowers measuring 7-8 “ across. The leaves are very similar to maple leaves in shape. The flowers are produced in the leaf axils from the top to the bottom of the plant instead of just at the top as in some other hibiscus cultivars. The …
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… petals have a crinkled texture. The flowers are produced in the leaf axils from the bottom to the top of the plant, rather than only at the top like some older cultivars. The plant grows to 4 feet high and blooms in mid summer to fall. It is hardy in zones 4 -9. The name Hibiscus came from the Greek word “hibiskos” that …
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… Almost all cyclamens are native to the Mediterranean basin, but some, like Neapolitan cyclamen, are cold hardy and can be grown … if protected by snow cover. Neapolitan produces pink or white flowers in late summer to early fall on 3 to 6-inch stems bearing decorative gray-green leaves with prominent markings. Its roots grow from …
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… Spring beauty is an ephemeral wildflower native to the Midwest. It prefers moist, organically rich soil and thrives in woodlands, prairies, and meadows in full sun to part shade. The five-petaled, star-shaped flowers, which appear from March through June on thin, 4- to 6-inch stems, are white with pink veins and anthers. The foliage consists of narrow, dark …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
