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[ad_1] The Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum) is a non-bulbous perennial plant native to East Asia. A close relative of scallions, the Welsh onion is commonly called...
[ad_1] Lettuce, an annual plant of the Asteraceae family, is commonly grown as a leaf vegetable. This plant category has clusters of leaves, a short stem,...
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: last updated in July 2022 Our gardens can be precious spaces of quiet, calm, and peace (our neighbor’s zeal for power tools notwithstanding)...
[ad_1] With the arrival of July and hotter weather, many gardeners leave the garden to fend for itself. Unfortunately, this doesn’t help the harvest. Although your...
[ad_1] 29 Jun Landscaping & Growing In the Green Industry The Farmside team had the opportunity to visit another landscape professional’s operation in Massachusetts last week...
[ad_1] When the weather is hot and dry, it’s important to protect your plants and keep them healthy. Even established plants, like street trees, suffer from...
[ad_1] California-poppy (Named for Dr. Eschscholtz as the result of an expedition to explore the botany of what is now California in 1815. Named by Chamisso,...
[ad_1] Marigold (Tages was an Etruscan god, but perhaps the name is of another derivation) Even the name-Mary’s Gold-captivates us, and what could be more appropriate?...
[ad_1] COSMOS (Cosmea) (Mexican-aster) (The name comes from the Greek for orderliness, hence an ornament or a beautiful plant) The Cosmos is not as impatient about...
[ad_1] The Sweet Peas of our gardens delight us while they provoke us. We sincerely wish that they might bloom for a longer time, yet they...
[ad_1] PANSY The Pansy, it would seem, is one of the most alluring of all garden flowers. It’s little faces make most of us laugh when...
[ad_1] PETUNIA (Named from petun, Brazilian name for tobacco, to which Petunia is allied) Every one has some room for Petunias because they are the most...
[ad_1] Where to plant. Blue flowers are rather rare among annuals. This is one of the reasons for the great popularity of the Ageratum houstonianum (mexicanum)....
[ad_1] Garden Beds and Borders Annuals are probably most widely used for filling gaps in borders, on the rock garden and elsewhere, for they provide splashes...
[ad_1] SALVIA – Sage (The Latin name used by Pliny meaning safe, referring to the medicinal properties) It is unnecessary to describe the Scarlet Sage which...
[ad_1] The blossoms are, as indicated by one of its common names, orange Daisies but in some forms the colors are very light, grading through salmon...
[ad_1] The rich colors of the Verbena have endeared it to us for years and years. Our mothers and their mothers grew it, and we have...
[ad_1] Each year the National Garden Bureau (ngb.org/year-of) names plants of the year, with the annual flower (lives only one year) for 2019 being snapdragon. This...
[ad_1] EUPHORBIA Spurge (Named for Euphorbus, physician to the King of Mauritania) This is an interesting genus of plants, which give off a milky juice when...
[ad_1] When you want lots of color quickly, flowers to cut by the armful and bloom all summer, you want annuals. For earliest possible bloom, sow...