… This hybrid has nice shiny dark-green leaves and grows 10" to 12" tall in sprawling mounds. Lavender-blue petals surround a contrasting red eye on this late-spring bloomer. Chattahoochee phlox, believed to be a hybrid of downy phlox ( Phlox pilosa ), provides a lively color contrast as it blooms …
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… Create a flavorful and fragrant herb container garden for your home. Learn how to select the right herbs, understand their growing needs, and design and build a beautiful and functional container. You will leave with an herb container and the knowledge to keep it thriving at home. All supplies included. Jacob Emrick, horticulturist, Chicago …
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… bees, butterflies, and other pollinators traverse the flowers at the Garden? How are they able to navigate between petals and pistils to find pollen? Take a walk around the Garden looking for and learning more about these …
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… New! Enjoy an evening of tasty Italian bites to serve as inspiration for a fall or winter get-together in this hands-on cooking class. Learn techniques to create the following appetizers: roasted artichoke hearts, braised peppers, pancetta crisps …
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… You can’t grow potatoes (or anything) in Martian soil unless you amend it. Discover how to combine engineering and life-science learning as you challenge students to solve the real-life problem of growing food in space. Students will investigate plant needs, …
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… smaller, rounded, slow- growing trees, usually with cascading branching. They rarely grow to more than 12 feet in height with a larger spread. Palmate leaves, each having 7-11 deeply incised lobes, cut to the base of the leaf. They can also be called laceleaf Japanese maple, cutleaf Japanese maple …
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… Soft orange, informal decorative flowers blend to golden yellow centers on this 2004 introduction from Swan Island Dahlias in Oregon. Long … and well-drained soils after danger of frost has passed, and plan on staking this cultivar to keep it upright during strong summer storms. …
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… lavender mature into inflated green "hairy" round balls with external appendages that appear to be hairs. This non-hardy perennial attracts and amazes gardeners and their visitors with the … into early winter. Plant in full sun and provide space for these conversation pieces to reach full size. …
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… the growing season. Disease-resistant foliage reduces premature leaf drop and/or the need to spray pesticides. Plant this rose in full sun and in moderately moist soils. Avoid crowding all roses to improve air circulation through the foliage, which will further reduce leaf diseases. …
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… rose produces light pink flowers with salmon pink on the underside of the petals from mid-June to mid-October on a plant that matures about 2 feet in height. The flowers are slightly fragrant. … in full sun and in moderately rich, well-drained soil and trim back surrounding vegetation to promote good air movement around the plant(s). …
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