Early Spring: Forcing Tazetta Daffodils
With the summer garden becoming a memory, many backyard growers have hung up their hoes and now turn to the comforts of tending indoor…
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Hark! ‘Tis Tatarian Aster Time!
Hark! Exalt in autumn’s advent! That telling time of summer’s weary green languor prostrating itself to this newest, resplendent season, verily flamboyant by its…
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Ironweed: Purple Reign
Mention the word “wildflower,” and visions of native plants nattily adorned with bright, cheerful blooms on crisp spring days come to mind for many…
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Father of Dragon(flies)
Have you ever noticed how dragonflies seem to become one with the tippy-tops of car antennas during the summer? Sure, not every auto aerial…
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Sing a Song of Solomon’s Seals
I have three Solomon’s seals in my yard. No, not three plants, but rather three different types of Solomon’s seal. All of them are…
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How does your garden grow?
In February Experience an early spring with winter honeysuckle. Depending on the weather, the blooms on this fickle bush might begin to open as…
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