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Sharon Hull, This Week in the Garden: Plant a perennial herb garden

April 26, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden, Herbs

Pretend that you are taking a gardening quiz. The question is, “What kind of garden provides drought tolerance, deer and gopher resistance, freedom from most insects and diseases, tolerance to cold temperatures, beauty, long lifespan and seasoning power for culinary purposes?”
If you responded “A perennial herb garden,” you would be spot on.
Add “sun-loving” and “undemanding” [...]

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Recent snow, low temperatures damage trees and plants

April 15, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Herbs, Plants

We definitely have our limits when it comes to tangling with Nature.
There was very little that could have been done to prepare for last weekend’s cold spell except move container plants into a protected area and cover small stuff, but it’s a little hard to cover a tree. After the event there’s even less that [...]

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 [...]

Spring gardening gets under way

March 31, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

Bonnie and Ken Pfeil’s front-yard flower garden is blooming more than a month ahead of those darling buds of May, thanks to recent rains and the retired couple’s hard work preparing for the growing season.
“This doesn’t come easy,” said Bonnie as she surveyed their handiwork.
The bluebonnets are blooming adjacent to the fading red flowers of [...]

March 28, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

Trees and shrubs
Spring flowering shrubs should be pruned, only if needed, after spring bloom. Fertilize then, as well. Most shrubs will benefit from one application of fertilizer per year, and spring is a fine time to apply it. Repeated applications should not be necessary.
Annual flowers and vines
Our pansies seem finally to be recovering from our [...]

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Charlie Nardozzi, Gardening with Charlie National Gardening Association The end of summer is near, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the end of the gardening season. In most areas of the country, late

Discovering the unique calico flower

Are you really looking for a conversation plant for your garden? Well, do I have one for you! Botanically it’s called Aristolochia littoralis, with a common name of calico flower.

Plant-loving bats, bat-loving plants subject of Garden Club meeting

On Tuesday, March 27, at the Fallbrook Community Center, 341 Heald Lane, the Fallbrook Garden Club will hear a presentation by Francie Spears about bat-plant relationships and bats as night

Flowers, fashion bloom in Primavera

Flowers, fashion and fun — that was the trio that rocked the Galleria ice rink during the launch of Cadillac Primavera, a 10-day extravaganza saluting spring. More than 300 fashion followers

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

Windowsill Herb Garden

You can have fresh herbs at your fingertips by planting an herbal window garden. They not only provide ingredients to add flavor to your meals, but a wonderful aroma to

Winnipeg turfs rogue gardening bylaw

The bold, blood-red tulips clustered on the corner of the boulevard near Greg Winkworth's historic Winnipeg home were, until recently, illegal. On a street lined with majestic 100-year-old elm trees, grass

Two new shade plants will arrive this spring

Maracas and Veranda are a couple of great new shade plants coming this spring. Look for their debut at garden centers everywhere when spring arrives in your part of the
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