“Your yard is beautiful!” I think every gardener enjoys a compliment and there is a good feeling that comes when you know that your friends and neighbors enjoy your garden almost as...
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If you are looking to fill some unused space or something did not work out in your garden there are still many flowers and vegetables you can plant this month. Many people don’t think July is...
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Pruning your Tomato plants is important to their overall health and to maximize your harvest. There are two types of Tomatoes, determinate and indeterminate. Only the indeterminate varieties should...
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No one likes weeds in their garden, but we shouldn’t be so quick to judge a plant by its name alone. Milkweed is not a weed, but a perennial wildflower native to North America that has a very...
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Thunbergia, a plant native to tropical locations in East Africa, is also known as Black-Eyed Susan Vine or Clockvine. It was named after a Swedish botanist, Carl Peter Thunberg.  This...
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Lilies can be real scene stealers in the garden.  Other flowers can’t compete with their beautiful big blooms.  The plant comes in a wide variety of incredible colors and some are...
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I have always been intrigued by tropical flowers since I was a child and would visit my grandparents in Florida.  The plants were so different there and I enjoyed the exotic flowers with their...
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Nothing beats having a garden full of beautiful flowers. If you still have room in your containers, window boxes, or flower beds here are some flowers that can be grown from seeds planted now and...
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