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From the coast to mountains and from mild climates to nearly arctic conditions, Maine encompasses more than a hundred types ...
It's essential to know the flowers in your garden and maintain them properly. If you haven't been deadheading these flowers, do so to reap maximum blooms.
Plant firing but the punches seem to have little effect. Resendiz 67, Plant 66. Round 8: Resendiz connects early, and Plant looks shaky. Resendiz is warned for a second time about a potential head ...
Fort Vancouver Rose Society 70th Annual Rose Show: 1-4 p.m. View juried exhibits of roses grown in the Pacific Northwest, including hybrid teas, floribundas, grandifloras, old garden, shrub ...
This disease resistant shrub rose produces rich magenta (almost violet) blooms with white undersides. Rosa virginiana Although the June-August blooming, pink native prairie rose is an age-old variety, ...
The time to prune spring-blooming shrubs such as forsythia, lilacs and this fragrant viburnum in within a six- or eight-week window after they bloom. If you wait too long, you will be cutting off ...
Step 1 To avoid spreading diseases, sterilise your secateurs with alcohol between each shrub, and wear gloves and long sleeves. Step 2 Cut dead canes back to the base of the plant and cut damaged or ...
5. Rafflesia This flower, a parasitic plant in the family Rafflesiaceae, is both a sight and a scent to behold! The flower has no observable root or stem. Rather, it blooms directly from its host ...
The jade plant goes by many different names, all likely worth avoiding in homes with pets. The Pet Poison Helpline lists jade plants, under the genus name Crassula, as potentially harmful to pets.
The dog rose (Rosa canina), is a vigorous shrub that’s often grown as a hedge, with pretty pink flowers in summer. Although it tends to reach around a height of 2m as a hedge, the dog rose is ...