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Ask Dan: Of lilacs, container gardens and sunflowers

May 20, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Flowers, Garden

What a beautiful week we had. This gradual warming is nice. We finally get a chance to enjoy spring rather than going right into the hot summer.
Get out and take a walk in your area and see all that is beautiful during this wonderful time of the year.
QI planted three lilac bushes about seven years [...]

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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 [...]

Escaped water plants are a threat to water bodies in Gwinnett

February 16, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Plants

There are many exotic plant species that can damage Gwinnett County waterways. Water hyacinth, water lettuce, hydrilla, watermilfoil, aligatorweed and lotus are all introduced plants that can be serious pests in our waterways.
These same plants are sold in nurseries as ornamental pond plants. They escape when birds visit koi ponds and then fly to native [...]

Delicious landscaping: Fruit trees decorate home

September 11, 2006 By: Momoy Category: Garden, Landscaping, Plants

Autumn is nearing, and the apples are ripening. Local orchards are cranking up their cider mills, setting up corn mazes and welcoming weekend visitors out to pick a few baskets or bushels for applesauce, apple pie or just plain eating.
Those who have had their fill of apples can stop by a roadside stand for home-grown [...]

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 [...]

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Of the bumalda spireas, * ‘Anthony Waterer’ is the best known variety. It grows to a height of only 3 feet and has

Gardenia CULTIVARS AND VARIETIES

# August Beauty’ grows 4 to 6 feet high and blooms heavily from midspring to fall. # ‘Chuck Hayes’ is an extra hardy type to 4 feet high with double flowers

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

Common Lantana Cultivars

Common lantana (Lantana camara) is the most widely grown species, with numerous cultivars. Plants tend to be large and mound shaped, although some have spreading habit. Many cultivars are hybrids

Annual Vinca CULTIVARS

# Apricot Delight’ has flowers white-flushed with apricot and a bright raspberry eye. # ‘Blue Pearl’ is the closest to a blue vinca yet developed. It is a soft lavender blue

Barberry MATURE HEIGHT/SPREAD

Japanese Barberry: Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii) is the most popular landscape barberry. Many cultivars are available. It grows from 3 to 6 feet tall and 4 to 7 feet wide,

Marigold: SPECIES AND CULTIVARS

African marigolds (Tagetes erecta): These marigolds have large, double flowers from midsummer to frost. Flowers may measure up to 5 inches across. They can grow as tall as 36 inches.

Butterfly Gardening

You would have heard of people planting trees to attract birds to their garden but what about attracting butterflies to your garden? It's not every day you're told to plant a
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