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When to Plant Mums

Chrysanthemums: When to Plant Mums

Every year in the fall, I suffer a bout of mum madness when garden centers and big boxes brim with...
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Pest-Resistant Plants and Flowers

Do you have trouble with deer and rabbits in your garden? Here’s a list of pest-resistant plants...
Plant Hassle-Free Roses Now

Easiest Roses to Grow for Beginners

Roses have changed, and it’s about time! Today, there are easy-to-grow types of roses—from David...
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Give your Valentine a flowering plant instead of flowers, or ask your sweetheart for one

Valentine’s Day is a popular time to give cut flowers as a gift. Consider a flowering plant! The...

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Stinky corpse flowers put on a good show indoors

I look forward to the vivid burgundy vase-like, stinking corpse flowers of March every year— which...
Bird Migration

Weather Folklore: What Leaves, Squirrels, Apples and Flowers Predict about Winter

I sometimes wonder why I am in the climate business. According to folklore, those leaves you have...
Dry flowers now

Dry Flowers Now for Bouquets and Wreaths

I’m out in the garden these Dog Days of Summer cutting flowers to dry for wreaths and bouquets to...
The ABC's of Fertilizing

The ABC's of Fertilizing Containers

A continuous supply of nutrients and fertilizer is an absolute for lush container bouquets and...
Black, blue and bi-colored

Black, Blue and Bi-colored: Exciting New Flowers Coming to Garden Centers in 2011

I’m able to trial the new flowers and plants a year or two before they come to the market.  A few I...