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Don't Slight Bulbs

Don't Slight BulbsDon't Slight Bulbs Once the blooming season is over, you can't just ignore summer bulbs such as dahlias and gladiolus. Most summer bulbs (tuberous begonias being the major exception) should be allowed to sit in the ground until after the first frost. Then, dig them up carefully and spray the bulbs down to remove any loose soil. Let them...

 

Added: Sat Oct 12 2002
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Everything You Wanted to Know About Bulbs

Everything You Wanted to Know About BulbsEverything You Wanted to Know About Bulbs No other types of plants will give your garden more beauty, or a wider range of variety, color and flowering times than flowering bulbs. They produce flowers of incredible colors from one end of the growing season to the other. Nothing else will reward you with so much pleasure for so little...

 

Added: Sat Oct 12 2002
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Favorite Perennial Asters

Favorite Perennial AstersFavorite Perennial Asters These Garden Stars Shine with Late-Season Color It's hard to imagine a fall garden without asters. When little else is blooming, their cheery flowers of lavender, blue, pink, purple and white brighten the garden like colorful constellations against the tawny yellows and browns of autumn. Indeed, aster, the Latin...

 

Added: Sat Oct 12 2002
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Five Easy Roses

Five Easy RosesMore Features on Roses Types of Roses Planting a Bare-Root Rose Training a Climbing Rose Five Easy Roses Steps to Rose Success Some gardeners avoid growing roses because they view them as fussy, requiring too much attention in the form of watering, fertilizing, pruning, and pest management. While it's true that some rose varieties...

 

Added: Sat Oct 12 2002
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Flower Power

Flower PowerFlower Power A plant will flower naturally, unless you put up some accidental obstacles. Here are five factors you should avoid so you can enjoy your beautiful flowers. Poor Lighting: At least 1/2 day of full sun is needed for consistent flowering so be sure flowering plants are in high, light areas. Pruning: Heavy pruning encourages...

 

Added: Sat Oct 12 2002
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Fuchsia Flair

Fuchsia FlairFuchsia Flair A Victorian favorite offers contemporary elegance I have had the good fortune to live my entire life in the heart of North America's magnificent fuchsia land: the mild-winter, cool-summer, at- or near-sea-level climates of California, Oregon, and Washington. In these climates (USDA Hardiness Zones 9 through 10, west of the...

 

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Gardening Gift Bouquet

Gardening Gift BouquetGardening Gift Bouquet Everyone loves getting flowers, but here's a fun bouquet that actually helps grow the flowers. This whimsical gift is a bucket filled with all kinds of tools and more that the gardener on your list will really appreciate. Here's what you need. Feel free to add or subtract items to customize the bucket bouquet...

 

Added: Sat Oct 12 2002
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Got Roses

Got RosesRose Pruning -- If you do, now's the time to prune. Here's how Roses are among the easiest flowering shrubs to grow. No prima donnas, they can cling to life long after lesser plants give up. Given care, they respond like gangbusters. Care means water, fertilizer, pest control, and pruning. Pruning is the focus here, and for...

 

Added: Sat Oct 12 2002
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Growing Roses the Natural Way

Growing Roses the Natural WayGrowing Roses the Natural Way 14 friendly remedies for rose pests and diseases After more than 30 years, I figured there wasn't much more for me to learn about growing roses. I pruned once a year, fertilized once a month, watered once a week, and dead-headed flowers once in a while. But most of the time I spent in my rose garden, I was...

 

Added: Sat Oct 12 2002
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Hardy Geraniums

Hardy GeraniumsHardy Geraniums Colorful perennials for naturalistic gardens Delicate, azure blue flowers bursting forth from lush, very hardy plants: These are the hardy geraniums. The precise appeal of these often diminutive, sometimes bold charmers is tough to pin down. But it's simple from a gardener's point of view. Hardy geraniums give a lot and...

 

Added: Sat Oct 12 2002
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