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In frost-free climates, they can be planted in the autumn and left in the ground year-round. A cousin stopped by in mid-July to give me a very generous amount of Aztec liliy and Peruvian daffodil bulbs she hadn't gotten around to planting earlier in the...

Is there a spot in your landscape that could use some color, perhaps an area that does not receive as much attention as your other gardens? Too much nitrogen will cause plants to grow leggy with dark foliage and fewer blooms.Optimum soil temperature for...

Generally the Asian species are only hardy to zone 7; many of the American species are fine for zone 6 with the notable exception of A. Wild gingers are often more appreciated in the wild than in gardens but between the beauty of their foliage and the...

With smiles and tears I told my friends in Seward, Alaska goodbye last summer, holding close all the mementoes and all the memories that I brought home with me. As curious as I am about things, I would no more look to a plant as a sure cure that I cooked...

It grows abundantly in at least half of the United States.Digging for history, an Internet search turned up information in a publication,, by the Delaware Community Forestry Council that tells the tale of the American Holly and how it was very prolific...

It was a vital element when commoners wanted to comment, and were afraid of the punishment such comment could bring. I found it in Alaska growing from cracks in rocks and when I said, "Oh you have silverweed!" my friend and hostess said, "That's potentilla,...

Butterflies and moths are particularly affected. Additionally, we have tried to choose “pest free” plants believing that these would be the most carefree.Now many of us are realizing the error of our ways, and we are making different decisions regarding...

It is number 8 onthat attract hummingbirds. His property is laced with rivers and streams and populated with a mixed forest of hardwoods and conifers that provide the growing conditions preferred by this lovely, clump-forming perennial wildflower.Indian...

The Texans I have had the pleasure of knowing in my lifetime have all had an endearing, never-say-quit spirit. While many more are not so aesthetically pleasing but do have an interesting history.

Birds are fond of the seedy fruits that are produced continuously during the summer months.Because of its antibacterial and antifungal properties, extracts of the plant have been used to treat certain skin diseases, funguses, sores, and stings.

Once I did more reading on their climate, I was amazed to discover that the mean winter temperature is a mild -8 C (18 F) with the record cold being -26 C (-16 F)that makes them the equivalent to hardiness zone 5! However, it is the degree days that...

One of the most rewarding and giving of native plant gardens is the meadow garden. In the southern prairie there are fewMost of the trees that could be found in the wild southern prairie garden will be of small stature - not much help against our summer...

Schisandra are shade loving, flowering vines with beautiful glossy green foliage that are native to the southeastern U.S. They are sweetly scented and deserving of a spot in your garden.

Is a broadleaf evergreen that grows up to 80 feet tall and 100 feet wide in the northern part of its range but stays smaller in the southern part of its range. Leaves were put in a hot water bath to treat rheumatism.In northern California, many Native...

They rise above the other plants each year and in the fall bloom with strikingly simple white flowers - but the real show is to come.The real show, the one I never believed until I saw it for myself, comes in the winter after the first hard frost.

A log jam formed, piles of jumbled wood that went for miles. The pale gray-blue and purple colors of the chromium and manganese in "rainbow" petrified wood are especially striking.

Although these North American natives cannot be the biblical lilies of the field, "even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these". Most species are full-sun plants.

It turned out I could not. Well, I bought three! When I got home, I went straight to Dave's Garden to check the plant files.. Well, let me say this. I visited a local nursery that is renowned for offering plants that are suited for our climate.

The plant will bloom the first season if seeds are planted in the fall. Once these plants ‘take hold' in your garden, they reseed every year thereafter. It may take a few tries before you find the perfect spot for them.

This plant is not made of iron or colored black but it does have a tenacity to grow in places other plants have given up on. The only sure way to grow ironweed is to find a plant growing at a nursery or a wild group that you can gather from.

Very few people ever get the chance to visit Greenland. Everywhere we landed, I was amazed at the diversity of plant life. It was a trip of a lifetime. The spring icebergs along the Newfoundland coast (the nemesis of the Titanic) all spawn from a tiny...

About all the maintenance that is needed is a yearly cutting back of dead stems before new growth begins in spring.taken in early summer. Following the bloom, seeds are formed in cylindrical capsules.These tough, long-lived perennials are easy to grow.

This article will introduce you to the plant named after Lewis of the famous 'Lewis and Clarke expedition'. They are one of the most choice alpines that rock gardening enthusiasts can grow, but many are a bit of a challenge.

They can provide both flowers, decorative fruit and an attraction to wildlife. While we think of them as small to mid-sized, orange-red fruited trees, there are many other mountain-ash species that are suitable for today's smaller gardens.

I like to think that my husband experienced that, during our family road-trip earlier this summer. For all intents and purposes, this meant that the rooms were designed soley for sleeping, and that you shared communal bathrooms and shower rooms with everyone...

There are a variety of hiking and nature trails and picnic facilities. This report gives details of the wildflowers currently being viewed in parts of Arizona, California, Texas, New Mexico and Nevada.

We as determined gardeners do what we can and are not put-off if we cannot meet every one of a plant's preferences. We take time to see the spring violets, the trilliums, and a hundred other small beauties that we may not have noticed during our earlier...