… Moms who are avid gardeners always appreciate gifts that make their lives easier or add beauty to outdoor spaces. Cut flowers are gorgeous but short-lived, so how about giving live plants? A … a potted miniature rose can be enjoyed indoors and later planted in the garden. Moms who like to cook will welcome a pretty container of fresh herbs such as basil, parsley, rosemary, thyme, … with colorful blooms always brighten up a spring garden. And, of course, gardeners never seem to have enough gadgets to use outdoors: fancy containers that can be used year after year, …
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… Plant midseason potatoes in mid-April. Plant strawberries and pinch off first-year flowers to develop strong root systems. Later in the month, begin to harden off warm-season vegetable and flower transplants in a cold frame, or bring flats of small transplants outside to sunny, protected areas — but bring them back in at night. If necessary, spray fruit trees with …
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… structure in winter. Common names for amelanchier include juneberry and serviceberry and refer to the blueberry-like fruit edible by humans and much beloved by birds. The species range from small trees to large shrubs, usually multi-stemmed. Found at woodland's edge in the their native habitats, … are best used in a naturalistic setting in the home landscape. Amelanchiers are native to temperate areas of North America and, to a lesser extent, of Asia and Europe. The genus …
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… may be a plum purple shade. The genus Deutzia consists of medium sized flowering shrubs native to Asia, generally with slender stems and a fine-textured arching habit. The clusters of small … and cultivars. Deutzias are best used grouped in informal settings as a hedge or background to a border. These shrubs may benefit from occasional renewal pruning to maintain their dense attractive habit. In their native Asia, members of the genus Deutzia are …
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… stems in fall; mature stems, however, are gray green. It forms a dense, twiggy shrub and tends to sucker and colonize. Small white flowers in spring are followed by black fruit. Members of the … it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark--and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant display, however, varies among the species. Dogwoods are native to cooler temperate areas of North America and Asia. The genus includes 45 to 60 species, divided …
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… that gardeners covet. Dark chocolate in the spring; green with ruddy highlights and up to a foot across by mid summer; then copper and maroon in the fall 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 varieties can be 2 feet long, giving …
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… as the season progresses and turn orange in the fall. The genus Spiraea consists of small to medium sized flowering shrubs with a fine-textured twiggy mounding habit. The small simple leaves are generally lance-shaped and held close to the branch. Spring to early summer abundant blooms tend to be in white or pink tones, depending on the species …
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… This bulb can grow to a height of 3 feet. It blooms in late spring to early summer with 2½-inch-wide umbels of lilac-purple florets. It prefers average, …
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… Thrives in sunny locations with average fertility and water. Attracts butterflies and birds to the flower; songbirds to the seeds in fall. …
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