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Fall is for Planting…Ornamental Grasses! But so is Spring…
I’ve written previously of my adoration for ornamental grasses. A few of you folks in the mid-Atlantic might have heard my “Grasses for the Masses!” presentation complete with lots of arm-waving. As...
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Trash or Treasure?
You’ve probably heard certain plants dismissed as “trashy” – but what does that mean? We have a delightful Magnolia macrophyla in our campus garden – with huge foliage, creamy blooms, the native...
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The Handy Dandy Dibber
A dibber, also called a dibbler (the garden tool, not the small nocturnal marsupial), has many uses in the garden and greenhouse. It also offers the opportunity to announce your intentions of dibbing...
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Dear big box store: please make up your mind.
Report from the Center for Food Safety, April, 2015: My photo from July, 2015: Yes, sometimes folks want or need to kill bees, wasps, etc. But given the current hullabaloo, this particular sales...
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Allium Fever
Ornamental onions are hot patooties. From big, bold, purple globes to small pink half-moons, there is no end to ornamental onion-y goodness out there with 30+ species and cultivars in the trade....
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Tree of Heck
We have about 3000 sq ft of mixed border surrounding (in multiple layers) our 1500 sq ft home. We take care of everything ourselves, in our spare time (ha!!). Thus, our maintenance schedule BARELY...
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Howdy and Previous Post Revisited 1.0
Greetings all, and good to be back in the saddle for the Garden Professors. It’s been a while since I’ve filled you in on my own personal gardening struggles (lots) and triumphs (few) as well as...
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When spring is delayed
Enjoying our first day above 55 F in quite a while here in mountains of Southwest Virginia. We’ve had far-below-average temperature and three significant snow events over the past four weeks. Saturday,...
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You, too, can be up to your pits in perennials!
(posted by Holly Scoggins) The Perennial Plant Association (PPA) is a unique group of folks – comprised of plant breeders, educators, propagators, promoters, garden writers, growers, retailers,...
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My cucurbits won’t stop having sex.
Not really a botanically-correct statement, but you know what I mean. John Porter’s previous blog post did a great job of explaining cucurbit reproduction (loved the Pucchini). Though I was surprised...
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