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  • … the Beatles song, but for a notable house and garden in Twickenham. Rose breeder David Austin is famous for bringing together the shapes and scents of old-fashioned roses with the repeat … resistance of modern roses. Like all roses, the more sun you give it, the more flowers you'll get in return. Remember that even the most disease resistant roses need help fighting fungal …
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  • … makes it a good choice for hedges and larger landscaping groups. Rose breeder David Austin is famous for bringing together the shapes and scents of old-fashioned roses with the repeat … resistance of modern roses. Like all roses, the more sun you give it, the more flowers you'll get in return. Remember that even the most disease resistant roses need help fighting fungal …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … resistance of modern roses. Like all roses, the more sun you give it, the more flowers you'll get in return. Dark green, glossy leaves are disease resistant, but no rose is disease-proof. Spraying against disease may be a good idea  if you can't give it full sun or …
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  • … with a ring of red at the base...perhaps to help guide pollinators. THE LADY'S BLUSH® is from David Austin, the breeder dedicated to bringing together the shapes and scents of … resistance of modern roses. Like all roses, the more sun you give it, the more flowers you'll get in return. Remember that even the most disease resistant roses need help fighting fungal …
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  • … name from the deep brown to almost black color of its bark at maturity although the inner bark is yellowish orange and was once used as a source of yellow dye. It produces acorns biennially …
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  • … its distinctive horizontal branching habit appears to belong in a Japanese garden, though it is a native species. Its scientific name Cornus alternifolia indicates that its leaves alternate … early June and are followed by bluish-black fruit in July much beloved by birds. Fall foliage is golden orange. Members of the genus Cornus , commonly known as dogwoods, are welcome in the …
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  • … white, green, purple, or a mixture of these. A low-growing perennial succulent, hen-and-chicks get their common name from their tendency to start new “chicks” in a circular pattern around the … and vivus, meaning “living,” because this perennial plant keeps its leaves in winter and is very resistant to difficult conditions of growth. The foliage varies from blue, bronze green, purple, black, to red and silver, and these colors remain even when the plant is not in bloom. The flowers, which bloom from May to June, come in a variety of solid and mixed …
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  • … are polite. They grow at a steady but manageable pace. But around the fourth of July, they get aggressive. They grow quickly and we soon realize they need some support. Tomato plants … of education and community programs notes, "In my garden, which doesn’t have as much sun as is ideal, my tomatoes need to stretch to reach the sun, and have grown easily to 14 feet." As … are polite. They grow at a steady but manageable pace. But around the fourth of July, they get aggressive. They grow quickly and we soon realize they need some support. Tomato plants …
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  • … Spring is here and with it come wildflowers—trillium, mayapples, and spring beauties. Take a stroll or … plants, perhaps without giving much thought to what will go where in the garden. It’s easy to get swept away. Flowers, with all their colorful exuberance, are often the reason we are … Plants Take a good look at planting beds around the home’s foundation. Large shrubs can get out of control, become massive, and eat up lawn space, and cover windows. Is it time to prune …
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  • … Satin Doll orchid ( Brassolaelia Sea Urchin 'Satin Doll') is the darkest cultivar of this primary hybrid of  Laelia anceps and Brassovola glauca . It's a very free-flowering plant with an occasional off-season spike. Lightly fragrant, it is temperature-tolerant and begins blooming during November and December. Northern orchid growers …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant