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| | For the low maintenance garden
09/17/2008
Now is the time to set the record straight. Many are under the impression that Solidago, commonly known as Goldenrod, is the cause of hay fever this time of the year. Wrong!
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 | ‘Bush Red Pepper’ is hot stuff!
09/03/2008
The seasons are beginning to change and where else is it more noticeable that in our gardens. Autumn is quickly approaching. Along the edges of gardens, there are window boxes and containers that may be longing for a change.
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 | Queen of the roadside
08/20/2008
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” which goes along with “one gardener’s weed is another’s wildflower!”
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 | Simply tropical
08/06/2008
How about a trip to the tropics, or maybe just your backyard? Well then, here is a flowering plant that not only has a tropical but a native variety as well.
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 | Fameflower - seldom seen but making a comeback
07/16/2008
As I usually do this time of year, I found myself once again wandering through the local nursery/garden centers in Bergen County.
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 | A beautiful weed
07/02/2008
Is there a section of your garden where the soil is dry, infertile and in full sun and you just don't know what will grow best in those conditions? Well, how about weeds! That's right, I said weeds!
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 | Light and sweetly fragrant
06/04/2008
June has arrived, and after a surprising chill near the end of May, most of us are now planting-up our gardens and containers nonstop.
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 | Cosmos are orderly and beautiful
05/07/2008
Do you have poor soil in either a sunny or part-shade area of your garden? Do you want something that will bloom from early summer to frost?
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 | There isn't anything plain about this perennial
04/16/2008
No mater what you call it, Primula, cowslip, polyanthus or just plain old primrose, there surely isn?t anything plain about this early spring blooming perennial!
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 | It's official: spring is here!
03/21/2008
All right, it’s official, but not because the robins have been sighted or the calendar says so, but because the garden/nursery centers have reopened and you and I both know that THAT is the official start of spring!
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 | Yes, there are flowers on that shrub
02/20/2008
Have you been out for a walk around your neighborhood or a botanical garden lately? I know it’s still winter but you’d be surprised at what you will see growing.
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