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Wisteria – Queen of the Vines

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:09:36 +0000

“Queen of Vines” – one of the most beautiful and useful of garden climbers. A deciduous woody perennial, it climbs by twining stems that, with age, become twisted trunks making fascinating patterns in winter. In spring the plant overflows with huge, dripping flower clusters. The pea-type leaves form exquisite tracery against the sky or reflected [...]

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Wisteria – Queen of the Vines

Hardenbergia Happy Wanderer Stem-twining vines of modest (eight to twelve feet) height, popular...
Jasminum Plant A large family of tropical shrubs that includes many clambering...
Solandra – Tropical Evergreen Climbers Tropical evergreen clamberers or climbers with tremendous trumpet or cupped...

Lathyrus Known As The Sweet Peas

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:06:57 +0000

Here are the coveted ornamental members of the pea family with leaflets arranged feather-fashion and tipped with coiling tendrils, and winged butterfly flowers in every imaginable color. The sweet pea, grown as an annual, has been hybridized into frilled, ruffled, even bicolored forms. The perennial pea is a reliable stand-by for gardens in almost all [...]

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Lathyrus Known As The Sweet Peas

Lathyrus Known As The Sweet Peas Here are the coveted ornamental members of the pea family...
Sweet Peas – Gardener’s Alphabet Sweet Peas grow from six to ten feet in...
Planting Sweet Peas Question I am a great lover of sweet peas and...

Lathyrus Known As The Sweet Peas

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:06:57 +0000

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Lathyrus Known As The Sweet Peas

Lathyrus Known As The Sweet Peas Here are the coveted ornamental members of the pea family...
Sweet Peas – Gardener’s Alphabet Sweet Peas grow from six to ten feet in...
Planting Sweet Peas Question I am a great lover of sweet peas and...

Caring Gloxinias After Flowering

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:42:07 +0000

Question: How should gloxinias be handled after flowering? Answer: Shortly after flowering is past, reduce the watering gradually, and when the leaves have died and the soil is completely dry, store the pots, with the bulbs in the soil, in a dry place at 45 to 50 degrees temperature.

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Caring Gloxinias After Flowering

Gloxinias and Balanced Liquid Fertilizer Question Is a balanced liquid fertilizer a good food for...
Flowering Amaryllis Indoors Question: How can I get amaryllis to flower indoors?...
Add Gloxinias for Indoor Color Gloxinias, so gorgeous and in such an array of colors...

Calonyction

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:52:42 +0000

CALONYCTION (kal-oh-nik’-ti-on) – Tropical American vines of the Bindweed Family formerly placed with the morning-glories in the genus Ipomoea. Their large trumpet-shaped white flowers with a broad flat rim give them the common name Moon-flower.

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Calonyction

Calonyction Aculeatum Paradoxically called “night-blooming morning glories,” these vines are perennial in...
Yellow Oleander YELLOW-OLEANDER – A common name for Thevetia nereifolia, a tropical...
Cryptostegia Prune For Control True to the popular name, these tropical evergreen stem-twining vines...

Autumn Is Bulb-Planting Time

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:45:47 +0000

Now is the time to plan for that Spring bulb garden to be sure of weeks of gorgeous color. There are hundreds of varieties and combinations awaiting your pleasure. Beginning with the so-called minor bulbs, such as crocus, scums and snowdrops, continuing with a wide range of daffodils and a selection of fragrant hyacinths, you [...]

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Autumn Is Bulb-Planting Time

Lessons On Bulbs This is the time of year when hardy spring blooming...
Forcing Bulbs Make Spring Appear Early Question: I want to know about forcing flower bulbs....
How To Have Better Spring Bulbs A good bulb website and/or catalog is an indispensable aid...

Verbena Hardy in Southern Gardens

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:09:35 +0000

Tender perennials, hardy in Southern gardens, usually grown as annuals in cooler climates. Where growing seasons are short, they should be started early indoors. March-sown seeds should begin to flower in July. Or winter over a few stock plants indoors, and root cuttings in spring for earlier bloom. Verbenas make a splendid show in hanging [...]

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Verbena Hardy in Southern Gardens

July in Southern Gardens Summer homes in town, in the mountains and by the...
Annuals For Indoor Bloom Question: What are some of the annuals which may be...
Halesia HALESIA (hay-lee’-zih-ah) - Silverbell; Snowdrop-tree. Deciduous trees or large shrubs...

Lapagerla Rosea

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:06:55 +0000

In full summer flower, this is one of the most beautiful of all vines, almost too glorious to be believable. The leathery, oval-pointed, four-inch leaves make a substantial background to set off dangling, bell-shaped flowers of richest rose with flaring and overlapping petals like a skirt-on-skirt. When flowering finishes in fall or winter, the foliage [...]

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Lapagerla Rosea

Clematis – A Rose Rival If any plants can rival the rose for perfection of...
Laelia LAELIA (lee’-li-ah) - A genus of tropical epiphytic orchids with...
Trachelospermum Confederate Jasmine Semi-twining tropical evergreens with strong, glossy foliage and foamy clusters...

Little Gladiolus Bulbs

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:36:57 +0000

Question: Can the little gladiolus bulbs which form on the old ones be used? Answer: The small bulbs known as cormels may be planted in well-prepared soil in the Spring in rows about one inch apart. With care, they will grow on to flowering size, eventually.

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Little Gladiolus Bulbs

Thrip Control on Gladiolus Bulbs After purchasing Gladiolus bulbs it is a good idea to...
Caring For Montbretias Question: What care do montbretias (Tritonia) need? Answer: Give Montbretias...
Caring For Montbretias Question: What care do montbretias (Tritonia) need? Answer: Give Montbretias...

Calomel

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:46:11 +0000

CALOMEL (kal’- oh -mel). Common name for the chemical compound, mercurous chloride, which was used particularly in the treatment of lawns to cure the fungous disease, brown patch. It may be used alone or in combination with mercuric chloride. It was also used mixed with gypsum (4 oz. calomel to 6 lbs. gypsum) as a [...]

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Calomel

Kainit KAINIT - A low grade potash fertilizer obtained as...
Salt SALT – Common salt, either in household form or as...
Kentucky Bluegrass Lawn Showing Irregular Brown Spots Question – My Kentucky bluegrass lawn is showing irregular brown...