Magnolia kobus ( Nana Compacta Kobus Magnolia )

Compact and slow growing multifariousness . grow at Kohankie Nursery in Painesville , Ohio , sometime before 1950 . Deciduous trees or shrubs , reach 80 foot tall with rough chocolate-brown or silvery gray bark . Twigs are greeny - yellow . last buds are insure with argent hairs . Leaves are fluid and dark green with paler greenish undersurface . The bloodless flowers are fragrant with violet stamens . flower in March to April , fruit August to September ....

November 27, 2024 · 8 min · 1682 words · John Hicks

Narcissus ( Goldcourt Daffodil )

A midseason blooming daffodil , with yellow flower petal ring a long horn . The solitary blooms appear on a leafless stalk . Basal leave are green and usuallys strap - shape . Daffodils are first-class for naturalizing along wood ’s edge or as an underplanting in the repeated border or flat coat covering bed . Planting deepness is approximately 3 meter the width of the bulb . If constitute in well dead filth , daffodils are virtually disease and trouble free ....

November 27, 2024 · 11 min · 2299 words · Nancy Rivera

Pair one fine texture with another

Sure , we all know that line is the name of the garden conception name , but sometimes it ’s just as effective to pair a fine - textured flora with one of a similar texture but with a unlike colouring . The force is a bit more subtle , but it has a magical spell all its own . Here , purpleness - bloom tall verbena ( Verbena bonariensis , Zones 7 - 11 ) is paired with the delicate , chartreuse blooms of a flowering tobacco ( Nicotiana knightiana , annual ) ....

November 27, 2024 · 3 min · 584 words · Melissa Esparza

Bagging Plants to Prevent Cross-Pollination of Vegetables

Keep your vegetable seeds pure by preventing cross-pollination with the bagging technique. Launch Gallery One of the most worthful thing open - pollinated andheirloom vegetablesoffer gardener ( and the world ) is the ability to produce “ pure ” seed . In other words , the seeds compile from undecided - pollinate flora , once planted , will produce replication of the parent plant . While it ’s true that the transmissible codes are very slightly altered , we can still swear on a reasonable reproduction of the plant ....

November 26, 2024 · 6 min · 1206 words · Mrs. Karen Townsend DDS

Begonia Mini ( Mini Begonia )

begonia are tender perennials , grown for their colorful flowers and foliage . Most begonias can be grown alfresco in commode , in the background , or in hanging basketful in filtered luminance and moist , but well drained ground . Where not hardy , mature as annual or indoors as houseplant . Most begonia can be propagated from leaf , stem or rootstalk cutting in gain to being sow from seeded player ....

November 26, 2024 · 21 min · 4312 words · Christian Lawson

China: Town glows with new vitality thanks to the floral industry

" We plant genus Gerbera , and pick it once every two days . We sold 72,000 leg yesterday , " the agriculturist Yu Guoxiang said while audit the quality of the flowers in the greenhouse . " Tomorrow we will continue to pick , there are more than 70,000 leg ready to sell . All the purchase by the Huamu Industry Service Alliance has remedy the worries of our flush farmers ....

November 26, 2024 · 4 min · 802 words · Linda Daniel

Christmas Shopping – Survival Gardener Books and T-Shirts!

It ’s the most wonderful prison term of the class – is there a gardener in your lifespan that could habituate some boost and idea ? For the gardener who wish they endure in a tropical Eden but just ca n’t make the move , avail them push the zone ! Peaches in New York ? Coffee in Georgia ? Learn proven techniques along with great experiments that will get you growing toothsome tropical species far from their “ natural ” chain of mountains ....

November 26, 2024 · 2 min · 403 words · Megan Lang

Ecopots steps up its sustainability efforts

Sustainability remains a antecedence for the Ecopots stain , but due to current economical developments , which are making consumers more price - conscious , this facet has somewhat faded into the background , consort to the company . Under these circumstances , The Pots Company , the house behind Ecopots , has make up one’s mind to follow up some optimization outgrowth . chief operating officer Emmanuel Devriendt express : " We are aim for multiple destination at the same time ....

November 26, 2024 · 3 min · 630 words · Eileen Gonzalez

Flowers For a Bee-Friendly Garden

Flower ResourcesDiscover the right flowers for your garden. Suncredible ® scandalmongering sunflower . Photo by : Proven Winners . Which get along first , the bee or the bee balm ? While the question may be interesting to think over , it illustrate the vital partnership between plant life and pollinator , and how one needs the other to survive . Bee universe are decline quickly in many regions of the country , with home ground passing being a chief cause ....

November 26, 2024 · 10 min · 2120 words · James Fisher

Fuchsia ( Party Gown Fuchsia )

treble depressed corolla with sepals of garden pink . bloom in early summer to other fall . This fuchsia has ellipse , fleeceable leaves and make yield that is edible but not appetising . These are very versatile plant , they can be train to baskets , Tree , espaliers , pillars , and trellis . Fuchsias fly high in a temperate clime with moisture or humidness . industrial plant east or due north of your building ....

November 26, 2024 · 28 min · 5814 words · Bradley Jackson

Fuchsia ( Tineke Fuchsia )

Single cherry-red - pinkish corolla with sepals of red - garden pink . Blooms in early summertime to early fall . This fuchsia has oval , green leaves and produces yield that is comestible but not appetizing . Mulch heavily where winters are cold . Prune back utter or impoverished branches in spring , especially on plant that were leave outside in areas with balmy winters . Google Plant Images : tick here !...

November 26, 2024 · 29 min · 6089 words · Holly Chapman

Hylotelephium 'Firecracker'

Hylotelephium’Firecracker ' Hylotelephium’Firecracker ' SunSparkler ® ,Sedum’Firecracker',Sedum’Firecracker ' SunSparkler ® Family : CrassulaceaeSubfamily : SempervivoideaeTribe : TelephieaeGenus : Hylotelephium Flowers in various stages of opening. Derivative of a photo byGarden Solutions. Hylotelephium’Firecracker ' was discovered as a individual unique plant in 2010 amongst the seedling that ensue from a crossing made in the on-going breeding program of Chris Hansen between two unnamed hybrids from his upbringing program . It was introduced in 2014 , patented ( PP26595 ) in 2016 asSedum’Firecracker ' , and is a part of the discoverer ’s registeredSunSparkler ® series ....

November 26, 2024 · 4 min · 670 words · Margaret Glover

Mojave Rock Ranch Reinvents the Desert Garden

Designing with SucculentsHow to incorporate succulents and cacti into your garden design In the most devoid state of the Mojave Desert there ’s a garden built around a funny house created by the landscape painting design team of Gino Dreese and Troy Williams . As lovers of cactus and unconventional stonework , they project what may be the most outstanding high desert garden in the Southwest . The landscape painting designing squad of Gino Dreese and Troy Williams make the most of the intriguing desert climate by creatively constitute drouth - immune plant material including succulents and cactuses ....

November 26, 2024 · 14 min · 2923 words · Erin Myers DDS