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Growing Herbs Garden From Seed

December 05, 2006 By: Momoy Category: Garden

BASIL, SWEET (Ocimum basilicum) Both green and ‘Dark Opal’ basil are attractive plants for the garden. I prefer to plant the seed where it is to grow directly to -the garden in mid-May. Germination usually occurs in 7 to 10 days. Basil is not difficult to transplant. Grows to 18 inches; space 12 inches between [...]

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Kinds of Flowers That Grow In The Winter

December 02, 2006 By: Momoy Category: Flowers

With all the work you do to keep your property beautiful from spring to autumn, why let your garden die down in winter? By selecting hardy plants that produce flowers when most other plants are dormant, you can bring color and interest into your garden even when the days are colder. The meaning of “winter [...]

Choose the right plants for color that lasts until freeze-up

August 25, 2006 By: Momoy Category: Plants

We know how Sir John felt. By early August, many of our gardens are bereft of blooms. It’s tempting to hit the nursery for remaindered annuals, to extend the season just a little longer.
But if we’d thought ahead, our late-summer landscape would be bristling with homegrown hues: the purple plumes of Salvia plumosa, the pink-clustered [...]

Speedwell “Goodness Grows”

August 25, 2006 By: Momoy Category: Plants

# Common name: Speedwell “Goodness Grows”
# Botanical name: Veronica spicata “Goodness Grows”
# What it is: A short, sun-loving perennial flower that puts out spiky violet-blue flowers for most of the summer. Attracts butterflies and bees.
# Size: Even with the flower spikes, it’s only about a foot tall. Spreads about 2 feet.

GENERA, SPECIES AND CULTIVARS

August 01, 2006 By: Momoy Category: Flowers, Garden, Herbs, Landscaping, Plants

Urn Plants (Aechmea species): Urn plants are easy, dependable bloomers. They have tremendous diversity of color, form and texture. Spiny-edged leaves may be solid green, other colors, speckled or have bands of silver scales.
Nearly all do well when mounted, provided they are started young, before the plants are large. Give them bright light and [...]

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Lilyturf SPECIES AND CULTIVARS

Big Blue Lilyturf (Liriope muscari): This lilyturf grows in a clump form, making it well-suited for edging. The leaves are a little wider and the flowers somewhat bigger than those

Lavender (Lavandula vera)

Description Lavender is a many-branched, somewhat woody, perennial plant growing 1 ½ to 3 feet tall. The narrow leaves are about 2 inches long and have a pleasing gray-green color.

AJUGA SPECIES

Carpet bugleweed (Ajuga reptans): This is a very popular ground cover. It spreads quickly by runners, making a mat of dark green leaves that grow 2 to 3 inches wide

CULTIVARS OF CARPET BUGLEWEED

Selections for flower color: * Var. alba has creamy white flowers. * ‘Catlin’s Giant’ has tall (up to 8 inch long) spikes of blue

Savory (Winter) (Satureja montana)

Description Winter savory has dark green, shiny, pointed leaves much stiffer in texture than summer savory. It is a woody perennial plant growing to 2 feet in height with small

Speedwell “Goodness Grows”

# Common name: Speedwell "Goodness Grows" # Botanical name: Veronica spicata "Goodness Grows" # What it is: A short, sun-loving perennial flower that puts out spiky violet-blue flowers for most of

PORTUGAL LAUREL (Prunus lusitanica)

Portugal laurel is a densely branched shrub, 10 to 20 feet tall, or a multitrunked, spreading tree up to 30 feet tall. When trained to a single trunk, it is

WINTER JASMINE

Winter jasmine (J. nudiflorum) is hardy throughout the state. It is an "old timey" shrub often found around Victorian homes. Mature Height/Spread: This deciduous viny shrub grows to 4 feet high
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