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  • … with recurved petals that have a chocolate pink stripe on the reverse side. The stems stand 3 to 4 feet tall, each bearing 12 to 20 blooms in mid summer. Tiger Babies is an Asiatic hybrid. Asiatic hybrids are the easiest lilies to grow, are quite winter hardy, and …
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  • … Golden weeping willow 'Tristis' can grow to 75’ in height. Pendulous golden branchlets hang toward the ground, giving the tree its common name. This is a dioecious tree (a male and female are needed to produce fruit). It has non-showy catkins appearing in April-May and undistinguished yellow …
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  • … of fresh produce from my veggie garden. What can I plant in March? A. It’s not too early to select and purchase onion sets for late March planting. Onion sets are available at some … Globe’ are recommended for Illinois. Sets may be planted in early spring as soon as the soil is dry enough to work. For green onions, the sets should be placed upright about 1 inch apart and about 3 to 4 …
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  • … (GCNA). Since then he has played numerous carillon recitals throughout North America. He is currently an active member of the piano program and the Early Music Ensemble at the University … University of Rochester and a Ph.D. in molecular biology from Indiana University. Fackenthal is a former member of the GCNA Board of Directors, has served as a juror on the GCNA Examination Committee and is the former co-editor of the GCNA publication Carillon News .   …
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  • … Helen Money is the stage name of Alison Chesley, a Chicago based cellist. Classically trained, Alison has … Show. Alison’s sixth record, Trace, a collaboration with producer and composer Will Thomas, is out now on Thrill Jockey Records.  helenmoney.com oldtownschool.org/hireus …
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  • … Photography is as much about seeing and understanding the subject as it is about the technical side of taking the picture. With an emphasis on composition, this course …
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  • … hardy shrub's branches in June. It will eventually reach 10 feet in size if corrective pruning is not performed. Pink Cloud beauty bush is one of the species of suckering shrubs whose size can be controlled by removing no more that …
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  • … Green Smoke waterlily ( Nymphaea 'Green Smoke') is perhaps the most unusually colored of all of the tropical waterlilies available. Chartreuse … the round green leaves are mottled in purple. The blooms are sweetly fragrant. This waterlily is more tolerant of cooler water temperatures than some of the other tropical waterlilies and can …
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  • … part of October. Bred specifically for landscape, pot, and cut flower sales, this cultivar is an improvement over older cultivars with thinner, weaker stems and sparse flowering spikes. Plant it in full sun and in well- drained, moisture-retentive soils. This plant is a pollinator attractor for the home and commercial landscape. …
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  • … Jolly sunflower, big and yellow, said, "I'm sure a lucky fellow." —Elizabeth Gordon Ask a child to name the biggest flower he ever saw and he would probably shout out "sunflower." Ask a prairie … that looks like a dahlia, the response would be "the many-flowered sunflower." Sunflower power is blooming in gardens everywhere. Sunflower Varieties Helianthus annuus , the annual sunflower, … centers of the flowers range from majestic dark seedheads filled with tasty sunflower seeds to centers completely concealed by hundreds of petals. Helianthus annuus 'Buttercream' Helianthus …
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