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Pick a sunny spot and cram in the flowers for a lovely cutting garden

April 13, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Flowers, Garden

Five years ago, an immense – and diseased – oak tree in Betsy Teutsch’s backyard in Philadelphia’s West Mount Airy neighborhood had to come down.
The family mourned the loss of an old friend. And then Teutsch realized that this ecological tragedy was an unexpected horticultural gift.
Suddenly, there was light! Enough for an old-fashioned cutting [...]

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THE COASTAL GARDENER: Foxy — you’ve got to be mine, all mine

February 24, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

Since I’m 6-foot-4 I have an affinity for tall flowers. I’m used to looking down at my flowers, but every now and then, a good, tall spike with flowers atop is refreshing.
Foxgloves, delphiniums and hollyhocks provide perfect punctuation points for flowering beds and borders, their candles of flowers accenting many of our coastal gardens. But [...]

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.

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