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Plant Care Guides

WEBWe've chosen the most popular plants and provided the essential information you need for choosing, planting, and maintaining them. Click on a link or image to view the complete guide. Aeoniums. Agapanthus. Agaves. Aloes. Amaryllis. Angel's Trumpets. Apples.

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What is a Garden

WEBA garden is both natural and unnatural. We take nature and arrange it in rows or swaths, draw a "line in the sand" where the grass can and can't grow, and choose which plants live side by side. We orchestrate a symphony of vegetables, flowers, turf, shrubs, vines, trees, and a host of other plants, deciding what grows where and when.

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2021 National Gardening Survey released

WEBPosted by @dave on April 22, 2021. The National Gardening Association today released the results of the 361 page National Gardening Survey, the nation's most comprehensive annual compendium of gardening activity and purchasing trends. Also released was a companion survey What Gardeners Think, a special 426 page report on gardeners' …

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Gardening Articles

WEBGardening Articles. For several decades, the NGA has developed thousands of articles, news items, tutorials, essays and other kinds of content. Look around - you're sure to find them educational, interesting, inspiring and sometimes humorous. Plants. Flowers.

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Mowing and Trimming a Lawn

WEBDisconnect the spark plug and with mower upended, remove the blade. Sharpen the blade on a bench grinder or with a heavy-duty mill file, and be sure to check blade balance afterwards (center it on a nail hammered into a wall). Or take your blade to a mower repair shop and let them sharpen it. Follow the one-third rule.

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How to Grow and Care for Roses

WEBCarefully fill in around the root ball and firm the soil gently. For bare-root roses, dig a hole 12 to 18 inches deep and wide. The hole should be large enough that all the roots can be spread out without touching the sides of the hole. Mound a cone of soil in the center of the hole. Trim off any broken roots, then place the rose in the hole

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About the National Gardening Association

WEBOur Mission. NGA promotes gardening by helping home gardeners succeed, growing in health, knowledge, environmental awareness, and enthusiasm. In the numerous ways the National Gardening Association reaches gardeners, we help make home and community gardens greener and more productive. From vegetables, herbs, fruits, trees, lawns, …

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How to Grow and Care for Agapanthus

WEBFertilizer for Agapanthus. Feed in early spring and then every two to three weeks through midsummer. Avoid high nitrogen fertilizers, which encourage abundant foliage at the expense of flowers. Apply a layer of compost beneath plants each spring to provide nutrients and boost soil health. Agapanthus Pests and Problems.

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How to Grow and Care for Epiphyllum

WEBOngoing Care for Epiphyllum. Keep the planting mix slightly moist but never saturated. Allow the top few inches of soil to dry out, then water thoroughly. Allow excess water to drain and then empty the saucer. Cut back on watering in winter when the plants are resting. The plants thrive in regular room temperatures.

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How to Grow and Care for Rhododendrons

WEBPlanting Instructions. Plant in spring or fall. Space plants 2 to 6 feet apart, depending on the expected mature size of the plant. Dig a hole only as deep as the root ball and 2 to 3 times as wide. If your soil is in very poor condition, amend the soil you've removed from the hole with a small amount of compost. Otherwise don't amend it at all.

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Scorpion Tail (Heliotropium angiospermum)

WEBIt is a member of the Borage Family. It is a short-lived perennial that grows about 6" to 2 feet high, even to 3 feet. It gets its name from the small but abundant white flowers that are single or in pairs along one side of a coiled or curved terminal spike that seems like a scorpian's tail. The alternate leaves are deeply veined, stalked, and

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Rose (Rosa 'Dainty Bess') in the Roses Database

WEBThe blooms are pretty, starting out in a shade of pale lavender-pink and gradually aging to cream, with prominent stamens, but the bush itself does not have an attractive habit. Tall and narrow, it has perhaps the worst case of "bare-legs syndrome" in my garden. The blooms and foliage are located in the top third of the plant, so I have to grow

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Kill Weeds With Heat

WEBAdditional treatments will eventually deplete the roots' stored energy, and the weeds will die. Lanine and Orzolek both recommend using flamers as a pre-emergence control. Most viable annual weed seeds are in the top 1/4 inch of soil, and flamers can kill already-germinated seeds with heat. Lanine recommends watering the soil before applying heat.

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Japanese Andromeda (Pieris japonica 'Little Heath')

WEBPlant database entry for Japanese Andromeda (Pieris japonica 'Little Heath') with 9 images and 24 data details.

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Parralena (Thymophylla pentachaeta)

WEBPlant Height: 4-8 inches. Bloom Size: Under 1". Flower Time: Spring. Late spring or early summer. Summer. Late summer or early fall.

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Calendula (Calendula officinalis 'Pacific Beauty')

WEBPot Marigold (Calendula officinalis 'Pacific Beauty') is a larval host plant for the Painted Lady butterfly. A short-lived, self-seeding perennial, Pot Marigold is typically grown as an annual. Easily grown from seed and tolerant of most soils, it is cultivated widely. The florets of Pot Marigold are edible, and the plant was also used in many

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