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Garden Journal: September 5, 2010

Karen — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:52:15 +0000

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Read 'Garden Journal: September 5, 2010' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com. What a great week! We had nice sunny warm days with low humidity. No rain, however so we had to get the irrigation system going. The week was a busy one with two major projects. The first was extending the irrigation system to new areas; the second [...]

Plant Profile: Tall Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus)

Karen — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:03:08 +0000

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Read 'Plant Profile: Tall Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus)' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com. If you have driven down a highway admiring swaths of red, rose, purple¸pink and white disc-shaped flowers growing on wiry stems above finely feather foliage, you will understand when I say “I love tall cosmos.” They are so tough and easy to grow I don’t understand [...]

Name This Plant Game: Summer Blooming Annuals 1

Chuck — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:00:32 +0000

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This simple game tests your gardening knowledge by identifying five plants shown in photos from a list of possible names. Photos of each plant are accompaned by a clue describing the type of plant or its broad characteristics. To play the game you identify [...]

Five Easy Annuals from Seed for Late Season Color

Karen — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:14:32 +0000

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As the warm temperatures and sunny skies of summer bring my borders into full bloom I am thinking ahead to late summer and early fall when my borders will begin to decline as both annuals and perennials have spent their energies on their [...]