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Floristry

Garden Plants for Flower Arrangements: Bloody Cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum)

Karen May 8, 2018 0 Comments

Bloody cranesbill is an herbaceous perennial native t Europe and temperate Asia where it grows in grasslands, open woodlands, sand dunes, and rocky slopes. Thick rhizomes form mounts of shallowly…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Cheddar Pink (Dianthus gratianopolitanus)

Karen May 7, 2018 0 Comments

Cheddar pink is an evergreen herbaceous perennial native to southern England east to Poland amd the Ukraine. It is a member of the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae, that also includes baby’s…

Garden Books

Book Review: Lettuce Grows on the Ground

Karen May 4, 2018 0 Comments

Young children often don’t like vegetables but learning about how they grow can spark an interest in them. Mari Schuh’s book, Lettuce Grows on the Ground, presents facts about lettuce…

Roses

Earth Kind Roses: Small Bushes

Karen May 3, 2018 0 Comments

Earth-Kind is a designation given to roses by the Texas AgriLife Extension Service after extensive testing that evaluates pest tolerance as well as outstanding landscape performance. It tells the public…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Redbay (Persea borbonia)

Karen May 2, 2018 0 Comments

Redbay is an evergreen tree or large shrub native to coastal areas of southeastern US where it grows in sandy low woods, swamps, pond margins, and pine savannas from North…

Critters: Animals in the Garden

Beneficial Insects and How to Attract Them: Green Lacewings

Karen May 1, 2018 0 Comments

Green lacewings belong to the insect family Chrysopidae and are one of several families called lacewing. They are the most common form of lacewing with over 1200 different species worldwide…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: New York Aster (Aster novi belgi AKA Symphyotrichum novi-belgi)

Karen April 30, 2018 0 Comments

New York aster, also called Michaelmas daisy, is a herbaceous perennial native to the Atlantic Coastal Plain from Maine to Georgia where it grows in low areas, moist meadows, thickets,…

Garden Books

Book Review: Grow Your Own: Understanding, Cultivating, and Enjoying Cannabis

Karen April 27, 2018 0 Comments

Grow Your Own by the owners of Raven Grass in Olympia Washington introduces the reader to the world of marijuana covering a wide range of topics with a focus on…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Botanical Latin: Convallaria

Karen April 26, 2018 0 Comments

Convallaria (kon val AIR ee a)from the Latin word convallis meaning valley + the suffix aria meaning a place containing In Song of Solomon 2.1 of the Vulgate Bible the…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Arizona Cypress (Cupressus arizonica aka C. glabra)

Karen April 25, 2018 0 Comments

Arizona cypress is a coniferous evergreen tree native to western US from Texas west to Utah and California, south to central Mexico where it grows in woodland edges, clearings, and…

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