READER PHOTOS! Karen’s garden in Ohio

Today ’s photograph are from Karen Langenfeld in Akron , Ohio . Karen says,“I live in the main in Florida now , and am learning how to create a garden in the warm climate . But my rest home in Akron is closelipped to mob , and we love to host family dinner in the garden as often as we can . My garden is about the special people in my life ....

November 22, 2024 · 3 min · 574 words · Charles Gonzalez

Solenostemon scutellarioides ( Firebird Coleus )

This evergreen plant perennial is more often grown as an annual in most gardens than not . Grown primarily for the unique variegate foliage , coleus are semi - lush with serrated , angulate leaves . ‘ Firebird ’ has deeply lob , bright red farewell with dark green margins . Flowers come out in summer and are bloodless and whorled , but are commonly pinched off . Cutting propagated cultivar seldom blossom , so pinching will not be necessary ....

November 22, 2024 · 11 min · 2137 words · Gina Simmons

US (CA): “Showing strengths, vulnerabilities, the future, and the past”

Back in 2018 , American Takii held their cut flower Open House for the first time . Unfortunately , the pandemic did moderate to the cancelation of the event in 2021 , but they were able-bodied to reassemble in 2022 and go for to continue each year from now on . This year , the Open House was held on August 16 at their facility in Salinas , CA . " The Open House is a semi - individual result that ply to Takii ’s broker and grower customers and also make out to the needs of various retail merchant and fragrancy makers , as those are all important to Takii ’s success ....

November 22, 2024 · 3 min · 562 words · Melanie Miller

US: Research to study role of non-native plants as pollinators

Pollinator plants . Bee - friendly plants . flora with a purpose . Although even a quick Google hunting of any of these category will lead in almost limitless lists of plants and garden advise , all too often the inclination and call are not necessarily supported by honorable scientific data point . Compounding the problem , these list frequently include aboriginal species that are not commercially usable . With a finish of providing accurate entropy to consumers via their retail garden centres suppliers , OMAFRA ’s Dr....

November 22, 2024 · 4 min · 670 words · Nicole Skinner

What Causes Hibiscus Dieback Disease: Cause and Cure

Home»Shrubs»Hibiscus Hibiscus Dieback Disease is typically due to damage to the barque of a hibiscus plant ’s root word . Damage may be get by inclement weather , insect equipment casualty , pruning , impingement , or other consequence that compromise the flora ’ barque . Injured bark allow bacteria ( Erwinia sp ) or fungus ( Botrytis ) to go in the plants ’ tissue and can cause disease ....

November 22, 2024 · 6 min · 1101 words · Kelly Smith

"Quality you can expect when you deliver it"

Innovation and happiness are overriding at the family - run troupe Forever Plants . That this applies to their beautiful product should be obvious . It also applies to the quality of cooperation with customers and suppliers . To supervise this properly , Forever Plants uses Log & Solve ’s tone reporting peter at their polish locations in ’s - Gravenzande and Honselersdijk ( the Netherlands ) . Robin de Zeeuw is responsible for for the refinement in Honselersdijk and work there with the quality report ....

November 21, 2024 · 3 min · 488 words · Jonathan Herring

Best Containers for Growing Potatoes: Expert Recommendation

Tony O’Neill , expert nurseryman and best - sell author of the famous “ Simplify Vegetable Gardening , ” “ Composting Masterclass , ” and “ Your First Vegetable Garden , ” combines womb-to-tomb passion and expert noesis to simplify gardening . His deputation ? Helping you cultivate a thriving garden . More on Tony O’Neill Oops ! look like the * * license cay * * did n’t go after along ....

November 21, 2024 · 13 min · 2760 words · Sarah Wolf

Carpinus betulus ( Vienna Weeping Hornbeam )

‘ Vienna tears ’ is a passably reliable pendant cultivar . C. betulus is cultivate for its upright or pyramidal habit , ornamental foliage , capital fall color , and dependent , leafy - bracted racemes of yield . Gray bark is fluted and unruffled . leafage are mid - dark-green , ovate , unequally toothed and 3 to 5 inch long . This tree is attractive in a green or woodland setting ....

November 21, 2024 · 8 min · 1610 words · Jesse Cameron

Crisis update: Dutch gas prices well over 300 €/MWh limit, electricity more than 650 €/MWh

On Thursday , August 25 , the TTF natural gas price shot through the 300 € /MWh mark . This is another over-the-top price track record on this authoritative , intemperately overheated European natural gas trading commutation . In this crisis update , we list last week ’s DOE evolution , and specialist consider the whole ( another bizarre ) energy week . The gas pedal prices for ' winter 2022 ' until August 25 on the Title Transfer Facility ....

November 21, 2024 · 4 min · 762 words · Timothy Berg

How to Choose the Right Furniture for Your Small Outdoor Space

You may think you do n’t have enough space to create an outdoor oasis , but , trust me , you do . I’vecreated beautiful , Zen - like spotsin everything from a flyspeck deck to the terrace ofa modest cottage garden . Having even a sliver of a patch to get out of the menage and breathe the tune can serve you First State - focus and unwind from your busy life ....

November 21, 2024 · 15 min · 3025 words · Robert Ruiz

How to Grow and Care for Key Lime Pie Plants

Adromischus cristatus Everybody and their mother seems to own a succulent or two . And why would n’t they ? Succulents are easy to worry for , extremely portable , and can handle the rough growing condition that would bring other plants to their proverbial knee . But as exhibited by the nonstop stream of superhero moving picture that decorate the silver screen now : with groovy popularity comes the potential for great burnout ....

November 21, 2024 · 11 min · 2321 words · Daniel Lopez

How To Identify Tree Galls In Quaking Aspen Trees

impertinence are growth that come when the chemicals from sealed insect and tree interact to shape swollen areas . These galls can occur on any part of a palpitate aspen Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , but they most often occur on the twigs , leaves and leaf buds . Many insect cause galls on a quake aspen tree . And while the worm itself may be too small to see or long gone , you may key out the type of insect that made the gall by its condition and location on the tree diagram ....

November 21, 2024 · 3 min · 509 words · Tonya Ellis

How to Save Overwatered String of Pearls (Curio rowleyanus)

bear the characteristic of a succulent , string of pearls ( Senecio rowleyanus)is an indoor plant life that is highly tolerant to drouth . They demand a very little amount of water and can survive even without one for longer periods . That ’s why it ’s very coarse to overwater the works especially if you ’re not intimate with its nature . Overwatering can vote down your string of pearls if you ’re unable to create solution during the early stages ....

November 21, 2024 · 14 min · 2879 words · Matthew Bell