… This evergreen shrub needs partial shade to full shade and moist soil conditions to reach a full height of 30 feet. …
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… This tender (Zone 11) shrub needs partial to full shade and moist soil conditions to reach a height of about 3 feet. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This round evergreen conifer needs full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions to reach a height of about 3 feet. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This round evergreen conifer needs full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions to reach a height of about 3 feet. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This pyramidal evergreen conifer needs full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions to reach a height of about 4 feet. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This upright evergreen conifer needs full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions to reach a height of 10 inches. …
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… Harvest pumpkins before a killing frost. Continue to harvest vegetables. If hard frost threatens, pick all tomatoes, including the unripe ones, and … cardboard boxes or paper bags in basement. Cut back any remaining herbs and bring them indoors to use fresh or dry. Cover tender plants from light freezes at night by covering them with … baskets. Apply a heavy mulch over leeks, Jerusalem artichokes, carrots, beets, and turnips to continue the harvest into early winter. After a hard frost, remove all dead plant material …
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… 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 growth late in the season to accommodate the luxuriant spring foliage and provide a backdrop for the flowers in fall. …
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… shieldleaf Rodgersia stands out. The round leaves look like giant nasturtium leaves two to three feet across. They're a beautiful fresh light green in spring, maturing to a rich green by mid summer. And the white, astilbe-like flowers can reach five feet tall, a dramatic presence in the shade. In the shade garden, Rodgersias give you a bold counterpoint to the delicate airy foliage common to so many shade plants in our area. The leaves of certain …
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… Competition is heating up in the western United States. Invasive and native plants are racing to claim … Alicia Foxx, who studies the interplay of roots of native and invasive plants, is glued to the action. The results of this contest, says the plant biology and conservation doctoral …
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