… the outdoor growing season. Make the most of your winter gardening with these dos and don’ts from Chicago Botanic Garden experts. DO prune your deciduous trees. From mid-November to mid-March, it’s much easier to prune because you’ll be able to better see a … onto your outdoor plants. You might inadvertently damage them. Let it melt off on its own. DO start to plan your garden for the new year. Order seeds and bulbs during the winter so you’ll be …
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… behaviors. Click for a larger view of this natural, homemade fairy hideaway constructed from natural materials found around the house, complete with a swing set and resting spaces. … are for all ages and there’s no one way to use them. “Someday you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” – C.S. Lewis Make a Natural, Homemade Play Area Construct a fairy hideaway from natural materials and found objects from around your house including: Twine Small knife …
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… but more importantly for Rubinberg, it represents a crucial step on his path to recovery from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after leaving the military. “It was scary at first,” … you can say, wow, I was actually a part of that. That’s fulfilling.” Interns and support staff from the 2023 Veteran Internship Program The Veteran Internship Program is made possible by a generous grant from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation. …
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… Description & Symptoms Mites are tiny, wingless, almost microscopic pests that suck fluids from the leaves of a wide variety of plants. Leaves become pale and flecked or stippled and often … watered helps them withstand a moderate number of mites. Heavy rains or hard sprays of water from a hose will knock mites off plants. To assess the severity of a mite infestation, hold a …
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… Hippeastrum ‘Amalfi’ in the Semitropical Greenhouse Hippeastrum papilio by Jerry Richardson from Warsaw, Indiana [ CC-BY-2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons Amaryllis Amaryllis ( Hippeastrum ) … In recent years, plant breeders have introduced dozens of new varieties ranging in size from small miniatures no bigger than 4 inches across to giant doubles that can reach 8 inches in … once a month). When you see new growth starting again, move the bulbs to a sunny location, and start the process all over again. As they age, amaryllis bulbs will get larger and larger, …
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… still love hearing stories about plants in pop culture. Here are just a few of our favorites from 2022. Chatting up your plants is in vogue Of the people who talk to their plants, one in five say they do so every day, according to the survey by Trees.com. The plant talkers mostly chat with their houseplants, but 62 percent also talk to their … including Clematis ‘Princess Diana’ and the Ingrid Bergman® hybrid tea rose (Rosa 'Poulman'). Quick quiz: The first new-to-science plant species in 2022 was named after… Leonardo DiCaprio …
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… hybridizing magic. Today, dahlias are available in every color but blue, in sizes ranging from tiny, ½-inch pompoms to 12-inch dinner-plate varieties. Spectacular as cut flowers, dahlias … sites—nothing breaks the heart of a gardener more than a snapped flower stalk. To get a jump-start on the growing season, start tubers indoors in late March (to be transplanted into the … winter. The tubers must be stored over winter in a dark, dry room where temperatures range from 40 to 50 degrees. In late fall, after several hard frosts have blackened the plants, very …
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… important? A: Summer is a great time to travel! When we travel and spend time in nature, we start to notice all the wonderful local flora and fauna around us. While on vacation, it may be …
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… hybrid peony. This unusual selection produces 8-inch, semi-double to double flowers that start out soft copper rose and age to soft gold with a deep burgundy flare in the center. Both …
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… pink or white blossoms. Lilacs begin to set buds for the following year shortly after they finish blooming; if pruning is desired, it should be done immediately after flowering to maintain …
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