Darcy Larum
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Rotting Corn Stalks: What Causes Sweet Corn Stalks To Rot
Common diseases such as tomato blight or sweet corn stalk rot may often discourage gardeners from trying to grow these plants again. We take these diseases as personal failures but, in truth, even experienced gardeners experience problems. Learn about stalk rot in corn here.
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Newport Plum Info: Learn How To Grow A Newport Plum Tree
Not everyone has room for a large tree. As a landscape designer and garden center worker, I often suggest smaller ornamentals for these situations. Newport plum is one. Click this article for Newport plum info and helpful tips on how to grow a Newport plum.
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Lavender Twist Redbud Care: Growing Weeping Lavender Twist Redbuds
Redbuds are popular ornamental trees for the home landscape. This article will discuss the weeping tree variety of eastern redbud known as "Lavender Twist". Click here for weeping redbud info and tips on how to grow a Lavender Twist redbud.
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Algerian Ivy Care: Tips For Growing Algerian Ivy Plants
Evergreen vines can be used as groundcovers for troublesome areas of the garden, such as slopes or other areas where grass has a hard time establishing. Algerian ivy plants are one such plant that will easily establish, where turf or other plants won?t. Learn more here.
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Emerald Green Arborvitae Info: Tips On Growing Emerald Green Arborvitae
The key to successfully using arborvitae in the landscape is selecting the proper varieties. This article is about the popular variety of arborvitae commonly known as "Emerald Green" or "Smaragd." Click here for Emerald Green arborvitae information.
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What Is Impatiens Arguta – Tips For Growing Upright Impatiens Plants
When you hear someone mention impatiens, you probably picture the shade-loving bedding plants or New Guinea types. Toss those pictures out the window because the new, rare varieties of Impatiens arguta are like no impatiens you've ever seen before. Learn more here.
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Mountain Marigold Care – How To Grow Bush Marigold Plants
A beautiful annual scene is caused by the fall bloom period of Mountain Lemmon marigolds, which may also bloom sporadically in spring and summer, but save their best display for autumn. Click on this article to read more about mountain marigold plants.
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Flowering Aristocrat Pear Tree Info: Tips On Growing Aristocrat Flowering Pears
Many homeowners and city workers search for reliable pest and disease resistant shade trees to replace ash trees. A suitable option is the Aristocrat pear (Pyrus calleryana 'Aristocrat'). Learn more about Aristocrat flowering pear trees in this article.
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Amur Chokecherry Information – How To Grow Amur Chokecherry Trees
Not only does Amur cherry provide food and shelter to birds and other wildlife, it also makes a beautiful specimen tree, with four seasons of interest. What is an Amur cherry? Click here for the answer, as well as tips on growing Amur chokecherries.
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Splitting Lovage Herbs: Tips For Lovage Plant Division
Once a common sight on the spice rack, lovage is an undervalued old-fashioned perennial herb. Trying lovage in the herb garden may be as simple as asking a friend for a lovage plant division. Click on the article to learn how to divide lovage plants.
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Almond Propagation Methods: Tips On Propagating Almond Trees
Almond trees have become a popular nut tree for home gardens around the world. They can be purchased from garden centers and nurseries, or propagated at home from an existing almond tree. Click here to learn how to propagate an almond tree.
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Potted Cranberry Plants – Tips On Growing Cranberries In Containers
Berry producing plants like cranberries are now being added to multi-functional container designs. You may be thinking: hold on a minute, potted cranberry plants? Don't cranberries grow in large bogs? In this article, we will discuss growing cranberries in containers.
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Small Summersweet Plants – Selecting Dwarf Summersweet Plant Types
With heights of 5-8 feet tall and the plant's suckering habit, not every garden or landscape has the space necessary for a full size summersweet. Fortunately, dwarf summersweet varieties are available. Click here to learn about dwarf summersweet plant types.
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Mulch For Strawberries – Learn How To Mulch Strawberries In The Garden
When to mulch strawberry plants for winter protection depends on a variety of factors, such as your climate zone and the weather each particular year. Click here to learn when and how to mulch strawberries in the garden.
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Harvesting Parsnips In Winter: How To Grow A Winter Parsnip Crop
Gardeners that have tried planting parsnip seeds in spring often get disappointing results. Parsnips have a reputation as being difficult to grow, mostly because gardeners plant them at the wrong time. An ideal time for many regions is winter. Learn more here.
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Grape Root Aphid Treatment – How To Recognize Phylloxera Symptoms
It may be very concerning to look at your grapevines one day and see what appears to be warts all over the grape leaves. This is a legitimate concern, as wart-like galls on grape leaves are a tell-tale sign of grape root aphids. Click this article to learn more about them.
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Hermaphroditic Plant Info: Why Are Some Plants Hermaphrodites
Reproductive organs of plants can be found on separate male and female plants or one plant can have both parts. These male and female structures can be on separate flowers or flowers may also be hermaphroditic. Click here to learn about plants that are hermaphrodites.
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Annual Vs. Perennial Snapdragon Plants: How Long Do Snapdragons Live
The most common question about snapdragons is: are snapdragons annual or perennial? The answer is that they can be both. You can learn more about how long snapdragons live by clicking this article for additional information.
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What Are Reflecting Pools – Learn About Reflecting Pool Uses In Gardens
Your home doesn't have to be a palace or temple to have a reflecting pond. They can simply reflect a scenic tree line, mountain backdrop, a small structure, a garden or your home. Click this article for more reflecting pool information.
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Do Snapdragons Cross Pollinate – Collecting Hybrid Snapdragon Seeds
New varieties of plant hybrids have been created by gardeners who simply wondered what the outcome would be if they cross pollinated this plant variety with that plant variety. While you can try it on whatever flowers you prefer, this article will discuss cross pollinating snapdragons.
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Caring For Freesias: Guide To Freesia Care In The Garden
In order to properly grow freesia in the garden, it is important to mimic its native habitat. If you're looking for a long lasting flower for a cutting garden, click the following article to learn about freesia growing requirements.
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Bleeding Heart Rhizome Planting – How To Grow Bleeding Heart Tubers
If you happen to be a lucky recipient of a piece of a friend's bleeding heart, you may question how to plant a bleeding heart rhizome. Click here to learn about growing bleeding hearts from tubers.
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