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  • … reach a height of 20 feet. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … height of about 6 feet. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … maximum height of 35 feet. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … with scalloped edges. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … thriving. If he sees yellow nutsedge, he knows to check for poorly draining soil. The nutsedge is an indicator weed, whose presence can indicate a condition that might be a problem for your … the weed right at home. If you can change the conditions, or choose an ornamental plant that is more suited to them,  the weeds will have a harder time competing. Like those violets — … or at least choose plants that like their feet wet. Maybe that low place in the lawn is a good site for a river birch. Weeds that can indicate poorly draining soil, such as clay, include …
    Type: Plant Info
  • … to the icy winds of winter, and growing a houseplant that buds and blooms inside while all is dormant outside is particularly satisfying. This winter, as an alternative to the brightly blooming azaleas, … or traditional holiday plants, consider growing a clivia plant. Clivia miniata  is a wonderful flowering plant. Elegant and imposing, it’s easier to grow than an orchid and more …
    Type: Plant Info
  • … of hybrids! Compact Korean azalea ( Rhododendron yedoense var. poukhanense 'Compacta') is hardy to Zone 4, as is Orchid Lights rhododendron. Molly Fordham blooms in early April. P.J.M. rhododendrons are … sun and south- or west-facing sites, where winter winds can dry evergreen leaves.  Soil — The site should have well-drained, acidic soil amended with large amounts of leafy, humus-rich …
    Type: Plant Info
  • … terminalis ), bittersweet ( Celastrus scandens ) Description & Symptoms Euonymus scale is part of a group of insects referred to as armored scale. Armored scales live under a … with tiny white lines, particularly on stems and leaf veins. This coating of white lines is the most easily identifiable symptom. White or yellow spots appear on leaf surfaces in … yellow. In severe cases, leaves drop and the plant dies. Treatment & Solutions If possible, site plants where there will be good air circulation. Scale tends to be worse in plants growing …
    Type: Plant Info
  • … Florida—one of the most prestigious week-long carillon recitals in the world.   Janet Tebbel is the carillonneur of two carillons in the historic Germantown section of Philadelphia. She has … studying with Piet van den Broek, and earned a final diploma from the school. Lisa Lonie is the carillonneur of Princeton University, as well as at St. Thomas' Church in Whitemarsh, … carillon which have added to the rich portfolio of carillon compositions in North America. She is a carillonneur member of the GCNA, former chair of the Examinations Committee, and has served …
    Type: Event for Calendar
  • … Description: This wren is most often heard, but may be seen, in wet areas of the Dixon Prairie or along restored …
    Type: Birding