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  • … foliage -- creamy-white margins on green leaves that become pink margins on red-orange foliage in the fall. Its white flower bracts in late spring are followed by red fruit in summer. Members of the genus Cornus , commonly known as dogwoods, are welcome in the home …
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  • … Fully double fuchsia-pink fragrant flowers appear in early summer and again in early fall if the spring flowers are dead-headed (removed). More tolerant of heat and humidity …
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  • … congested cupped branchlets contrast with upright open branches featuring reddish stems. Plant in a sunny location in moist but well drained soils. …
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  • … shaped flowers often hidden by its large heart-shaped leaves. This eastern USA native grows in rich bottomland soils, and in the garden can quickly cover a 20-foot trellis. …
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  • … This bulb can reach a height of about 18 inches. It flowers in late spring to early summer with dense globes of deep violet-blue florets. It prefers average, well-drained soil in full sun. Alliums are deer resistant. …
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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, well-drained soil in full sun. Alliums are deer resistant. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … The title of Dr. Sampson’s book— How to Raise a Wild Child: The Art and Science of Falling in Love with Nature —says a lot about how the dinosaur paleontologist and science communicator believes children learn. Experiences in science and nature are critical to a child’s development, and Sampson helps make that important connection through his new role as president and CEO of Science World in Vancouver and as the host of the Emmy-nominated PBS series Dinosaur Train . …
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  • … Many gardeners know that a lot of native perennials grow well in shady sites. However, there are quite a few that also thrive in full sun. You will discover a selection of sun-loving species that will delight the eyes, … two days before your class starts. Registered students will receive login instructions one day in advance.  The School’s CEUs=2 hours  OPC elective  Duncan Himmelman, Ph.D., college …
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  • … Horsetails reproduce by spores and do not have flowers; their green spores are produced in a flesh-colored cone at tip of fertile stem. Its thick stands of shoots can choke other plants … effort to remove from sites due to rhizomes. The fertile stems of common horsetail appear in early spring before the vegetative stems have grown tall enough to block spore dispersal by … curl when wetted and uncurl when dried, which helps disperse the spores and move them deeper in the soil. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … African glory bower ( Clerodendrum splendens ) climbs up to 10 feet in height by twining around a support. The tips of the branches are graced with a large number of … This native of tropical West Africa begins to flower as soon as the days start to lengthen in late December and continues until sometime in May. It adapts well to the home environment, requiring only a brightly lit exposure and …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant