Senecio stellata ‘Giovanna’s Select’ is a seed strain featuring purple, blue, and blue-purple flowers on 3 feet tall plants that thrive under cool, moist, shady conditions. This species is an annual in the Chicago area but is perennial in USDA zones 9 to 10. Free of most insect and diseases (botrytis on the petals in areas with poor air movement is the exception). Seeds are started in February in …
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… aromatic herbs with small leaves as filler greens to add a pleasant scent. What you need A cap from a plastic bottle, such as a milk container or soda bottle Floral foam (the wet kind) A bunch … The directions are pretty simple. Cut the floral foam to fit the inside of the bottle cap. Start a little larger than you need, and then trim it to fit. Push it into the cap. If your cap … tie a ribbon around the bottle cap. The best way to keep it in place is by using a few drops from a hot-glue gun. Surprise! An old contact lens case becomes a miniature garden of waxflower …
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… even longer than usual: Saucer magnolia ( Magnolia × soulangeana ) Magnolias: Usually, these start to bloom during the first two weeks of April. In 2018, we didn’t see flowers start to open until the first week of May. Higan cherry ( Prunus subhirtella ‘Autumnalis’) … trees: McDonald Woods is home to many native trees, including oaks and maples, which usually start to leaf between April 8-15. But in 2018, leaves didn’t start to appear until May as well. …
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… alike, and the world's thousands of pepper varieties are making their way into everything from cocktails to chocolates. It's been awhile since parsnips have enjoyed that kind of … the 1800s that predictably long, smooth, hefty versions were bred and popularized. Parsnips from the past 'Hollow Crown' is a venerable variety, known before 1825, that's still available … this parsnip is an award winner at Britain's Royal Horticultural Society. With such a good start, why didn't parsnips continue on the road to popularity? One word: potato. Quicker to …
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… New! Welcome the early growing season in this combination gardening and cooking class. Start by learning how to grow spring salad greens such as lettuce, spinach, and kale, as well as …
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… and moist but well-drained soil. Divide when the clumps of corms have become so congested they start to push up to the surface of the soil. Interplant corms with companion plants that begin …
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Bertie Ferris is a miniature daylily with brilliant persimmon-orange blooms measuring only 2-1/2 inches. The petals are ruffled at the edges. The stalks grow only to 20 inches tall. It blooms profusely starting early in the season with blooms that can last up to 16 hours. Although each flower lasts only one day, there are multiple buds on each stalk and several stalks on each plant. The buds open …
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… form about 12 inches by 18 inches, with beautiful large dark colorful leaves. Purple to start and then maturing to shades of dark green and brown above, and bright purple below, the …
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… Mardi Gras™ floribunda rose ( Rosa 'Jacfrain') features 4-inch blooms that start out as apricot-orange buds, then open to softly tinted petals that are pink-orange at the …
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… year. SONIC BLOOM® Pearl and the others in the SONIC BLOOM® series are the exception.Once they start blooming, they don't stop until frost. In spring, every branch of SONIC BLOOM® Pearl is …
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