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Plant Labels

Plants, bulbs, packets of seed and trees should always be labeled when bought, sold, or given away, or when moved to a new site, as it is easy to lose the name of a variety when out of the ground, and often impossible to identify it again with certainty. Labels for such temporary purpose are […]

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Stapelia Plant: Carrion Flower The Fragrant Smelly Bloom

“As fragrant as a flower,” is an expression often used, but definitely does not apply to flowers of any of the several species of the stapelia, (sta-PEE-li-a) better known by such names as: starflower of Africa; starfish flower, carrion flower and rotten-egg plant. Blossoms of these plants range in size from those of the S. […]

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Fluorescent Grow Lights – Make Growing Year Round

Question: Growing under fluorescent lights is not something I really planned on until we had to move and now I’ve lost all my natural growing light. Can you give some growing instructions on using fluorescent grow lights for my African Violets care. Kirsten, Memphis, Tennessee Answer: Good news… growing under fluorescent lights is not a […]

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Fall Bulb Videos

Below are links to videos related to Fall Bulbs… Selecting Growing and Care How To Plant Bulbs How To Plant Daffodils – Naturalizing Planting Hyacinth How To Plant Lilies in Pots How To Plant Freesia Planting Crocus How To Plant Amaryllis Bulbs Picking Fall Blooming Canna Bulbs How To Grow Canna Lilies

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Magnolia

MAGNOLIA (mag-noh’-li-ah). Common and generic name of more than a score of trees and shrubs, deciduous and evergreen, of North and Central America and Asia. The evergreen sorts are not so hardy as the deciduous kinds. Many of them are spectacular in the blooming season, bearing probably the largest flowers of any cultivated tree; these […]

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Bells of Ireland Ringing Again

At the close of the last century not a few flower gardeners boasted the growing of a peculiar plant called Bells of Ireland. Then, for reasons that we do not know, it seemed to take a back row until it became little more than a memory to gardening “Old Timers.” After two generations, these green […]

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Electric Lawn Mower – Going Green

Question: We need a new lawn mower and like the idea of getting an electric mower to reduce the noise factor and also to be more “green” in our lifestyle. Will electric models handle the abuse a lawn can dish out? Megan Birmingham, Alabama Answer: Electric movers have been around for decades, however, those use […]

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Neanthe Bella – Pigmy of Palms

Old plant catalogs use to list Neanthe bella as Collinia elegans, others as Chamaedorea elegans. In Hortus II, L. H. Bailey says that Neanthe is probably Collinia elegans, and that Collinia differs from Chamaedorea in its inner floral envelope of flowers. So you pays your money and you takes your choice. But by whatever name […]

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Ficus Nitida

Ficus nitida (Ficus microcarpa var. nitida ), under the fig genus, is commonly known as Banyan Fig, Taiwan Ficus, Ginseng Ficus, or Indian Laurel Fig. This evergreen woody plant usually grows into a dense shade tree that exhibits a spreading growth habit. Its upright branches are covered with small dark green leaves. Each oval leaf […]

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Crossandra Plants: Everblooming Landscape and House Plant

This evergreen plant With the glossy gardenia-like foliage is becoming increasingly popular wherever it is offered to house plant growers. It does not require any unusual culture or care which is much in its favor. It belongs to the Acanthus family which also includes several other favorite plants, as the beloperone (shrimp plant), justicia, aphelandra […]

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