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  • … Lenhardt Library Staff Leora Siegel, M.S., M.S. Senior Director, Lenhardt Library Click here to show mail address Archives, Collection Development, Grant Project Director   Donna Herendeen, M.S., MLS Manager, Library Public Services Click here to show mail address Reference, Access Services, Interlibrary Loan   Amanda Lettner, M.S. Metadata and Technical Services Librarian Click here to show mail address Cataloging, Digitization  Edzen Lebita, Library Technical Assistant Click …
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  • … Peony's a charming lady, she doesn't like a spot too shady; likes to live out in the light, dressed in red or pink or white. --Elizabeth Gordon Peony plants are … center petals in a contrasting color to the outer, larger petals. The hybridizing of peonies is an ongoing science, with new introductions marketed every year. Peonies can be grown as … in the spring as potted plants or in the fall as bare tuberous roots. Cultivate the planting site thoroughly, add compost, and water well. In the fall, set the swollen roots no more than 2 …
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  • … Updates on Garden Programs Because of the COVID-19 health crisis, we have had to cancel, modify, or postpone some programs, classes, and exhibitions at the Garden. This list … Because of the COVID-19 health crisis, we have had to cancel, modify, or postpone some programs, classes, and exhibitions at the Garden. This list …
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  • … Margaret Pan is a freelance carillonneur based in Boston. She began studying carillon in 2007 at Princeton …
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  • … about pollinator declines. Become a citizen scientist, join Budburst . Attract Pollinators to Your Garden bees: Bayberry Beebalm Big blue lobelia Black-eyed Susan Catmint Foxtail lily … about pollinator declines. Become a citizen scientist, join Budburst . Attract Pollinators to Your Garden bees: Bayberry Beebalm Big blue lobelia Black-eyed Susan Catmint Foxtail lily …
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  • … documentary film, which explores the impact of the prairie spirit on his own work. This event is partially underwritten by the Library of American Landscape History and forms a part of the …
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  • … narrow-leaf zinnia (Z. angustifolia ) and Haage’s zinnia (Z. haageana ), often referred to as the Mexican zinnia—are also precursors of modern-day plants. Over the past two centuries, … garden offering a very long season of bloom. One common name, “Youth and Old Age,” refers to plants that sport young flower buds as well as mature, finished blossoms that retain their … and they make excellent cut flowers. Z. angustifolia (Narrow-Leaf Zinnia) Narrow-leaf zinnia is compact and spreading with a height between 8 and 18 inches with a compact, mounding form …
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  • … Native to wet swampy areas stretching from the East Coast to the Midwest, possumhaw hollies are deciduous, allowing the bright red berries on this cultivar to stand out in the winter landscape (until the cedar wax wings migrate through). Plant in full …
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  • … This shrub grows to a height of 25 feet with full sun to partial shade and dry to moderate moisture conditions. It has pink to red blooms from January to April. …
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  • … Bright yellow 'pocket' flowers are produced continuously from early summer up to the first hard frost on this Mexican native adapted to shaded moist environments. This annual, if allowed to reseed, will continue to provide interest to the shaded parts of the landscape for years. It …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant