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Controlling AphidsAphids on the tomatoes! Red ones. I never saw aphids on the tomatoes until this year. But hot, humid weather is good for aphids.
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Get Rid of Fairy Rings in Your LawnThis explains pick treatment for fairy rings on the lawn.
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Fragrant Flowers for the GardenFragrance in a garden can, like color, be planned or left to chance.
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Fertilizer is Crucial to the Growth of PlantsAll plants must have food just as animals in order to survive and remain in a healthy condition.
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Green Lawns, Gravel or Paving in Your Garden: the Choice is YoursDon't succumb to the guiles of gravel, paving and decking. These will vie for your affection against a lawn.
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Planning a Group Planting in a BorderA border, for most people is a selection of shrubs, bulbs and herbaceous perennials grouped together in a lengthy bed with a hedge or a boundary fence as a backdrop.
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Frost Prevention for VegetablesWarm-season vegetables are those that are sensitive to frosts and require warm weather for satisfactory growth.
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Hybrid Plant Breeding Has Begun a Revolution on the Flower GardenMost people who are interested in agriculture are highly aware of the fact that within the last 60 years there has been a mammoth change in the kind of seed used to plant crops.
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Ants in HouseBlack ants, red ants, or yellow ants of various sizes are common pests in many homes. And they'll be active from now until cold weather next fall. Between now and then there's a good chance for them to come visiting you.
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Self-Seeding Rudbeckia Bright Star: An Easy-to-Grow BeautyThe rudbeckia family is a large one. It is part of a larger family called the compositae, to which daisies and asters belong. The brown eyed susan which grows wild is a rudbeckia; so are the gloriosa daisies.
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Start Plants in FlatsYou can get a head start on summer while you're still waiting impatiently for spring to show up.
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Dwarf Citrus Are Versatile in the GardenDwarf citrus can be used many ways in the garden and they will still provide a wealth of fruit that will supply the family with most of the vitamin "C" needed.
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Plant Growth ResearchMany area residents need to provide their own garden rain gauges. Not that the weather bureau rain gauges are not accurate; I'm sure they are.
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Succulents and CactiMany gardeners are now bringing the desert climate indoors with succulents and cacti. You can have this beautiful and arid motif in your home as well by following a few easy tips.
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Grafted Apple TreesAn apple tree that produces a bountiful crop of five different varieties of apples is the one that I will talk about in this article.
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Use Care when Selecting Home Shrubs and TreesShrubs and small trees are important to any residential landscaping, but there are many different types and degrees of quality. They must, therefore, be selected with knowledge and care.
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Care for Potted Plants and Tree ProtectionIn this article you will find the 2 main reasons why potted plants don't look their best, tips on protecting trees and how to properly care for your houseplants.
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Terrarium PlantsToday one of the most fashionable accessories you can use in decorating your house is terrarium plants.
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Starting Plants IndoorsStarting plants indoors is easy, interesting and profitable. If you are tired of the long winter, you can begin the garden season right now. By having seedlings ready to set out when the frost has gone, you can gain an earlier, longer harvesting season.
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Do it Yourself Insect ControlUse birds, toads to control insects.
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How to Become a Master GardenerIt's the mark of a wise gardener that he is always thinking ahead. He knows that the middle of spring is too late to plant spring color, so he had planned and planted accordingly.
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Fungicide Can Protect Plants from OzoneA commercial fungicide, widely used on flowers and grass, has been found simultaneously to protect plants against one of the most prevalent and debilitating forms of air pollution: ozone.
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How to Get Rid of Carpenter BeesInformation on the much loved carpenter bee.
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Myrtus Communis: The Dwarf Myrtle PlantThe very popular little evergreen edging plant, Myrtus communis "Compacts."
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All Plants Need to Be PrunedSome years ago the noted author and horticulturist, John Frese, stated that almost no ornamental planting of woody plants could go long without pruning if it was to serve its intended purpose in the landscape.
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Plant Information: Elephant EarPlant information about the Colocasia esculenta, popularly known as Elephant Ear.
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Growing Cyclament PlantCyclamen persicum, florists cyclamen. Some 1,000 of these showy plants decorate the home and garden of Mr. and Mrs. Olivo Bertagna.
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Feeding Birds in WinterWhen winter is approaching, it is time for feeding birds.
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Plant Your Favorite FlowersEveryone has a favorite flower. It may be the African violet, rose, gladiolus, chrysanthemum, dahlia or iris. But the easiest, cheapest and most colorful flower for home planting is one of the annual flowers grown from seeds.
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Flower Garden BordersA flower border can be a joy or a dismal disappointment, it all depends on you. It should be tailored to meet your needs - not that of your neighbor.
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Wake Robing Trillium SessileWild Trillium Sessile, is popularly known as "Wake Robin."
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Growing Leather FernsRumohra adiantiformis is the popularly known "Leather Leaf Fern."
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Planting Tulips in SpringFlowers can't wink. But if you look closely at some tulip flowers next spring, you might find one "giving you the eye." Here is one flower that has quite a history and a flower that actually made history in the realm of love money and power.
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Growing Palm TreesNaturally you can't drop a palm just anywhere in a garden and expect it to sit down and be quiet. Even as an infant no more than two feet tall the palm has a personality; that demands a setting of its own.
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Growing Hoya Plant: Wax FlowersHoya carnosa, the Wax Flower, is a vining plant that covers over 100 square feet of area in the workshop of the home of Kurt and Anna Peters.
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Information on the Sansevieria PlantSansevieria trifasciata is a native of tropical Africa and India.
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Dieffenbachia Plant DescriptionInformation of Dieffenbachia amoena, an evergreen indoor foliage plant.
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Fall Lawn Care TipsLawns, like school children, need attention in late August and early September in preparation for the days of growing ahead.
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Summer Blooming FlowersSpring is the season when most gardens have flowers with colorful blossoms, but it's no time to rest on your laurels - or your trowel. A few hours invested in bulb planting virtually guarantees a great summer-long garden yield.
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Garden Spider IdentificationMany people dislike or are afraid of spiders. Such fears, says Dr. Stanley G. Green, often date from childhood and are learned from fairy stories, science fiction and old wives tales.
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Growing Orchids at HomeYou can grow gorgeous orchids such as the beautiful cattelya found in the home of Mrs. William Boyd.
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Gardening in Small SpacesPeople living on a small lot often think they do not have space for a garden so they plant a patch of grass and forget other plants that make a garden interesting. By so doing they are missing a real opportunity to make life more pleasant around the home.
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Seed Planting GuideIf you sow more vegetable seeds than are needed, you will have a common home garden problem.
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Growing Japanese Wisteria PlantsInformation on the "traffic stopper" Wisteria floribunda plant that are also known as Japanese Wisteria.
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Senecio Cruentus: The Cineraria PlantSenecio cruentus is a perennial usually grown as an annual and better known as Cineraria.
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Keeping Christmas Plants BeautifulBlooming plants are one of the most popular of all Christmas gifts. Given proper cultural care, they will not only keep their yuletide beauty for some time but they can be expected to repeat that beauty year after year for several Christmases to come.
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Roses for LandscapingThe various classifications of roses make it possible to create outstanding landscape effects with these dependable performers. You'll get more enjoyment from your roses if you plant them following a well thought out plan.
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Growing Burgundy LaceAcer palmatum "Burgundy Lace," is a very dainty Japanese maple with finely cut leaves of a deep burgundy.
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Grow Oriental PoppiesFew garden flowers elicit as much admiration as does the Oriental poppy. Because its blooms are so big, so bright and so beautiful.
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Camellia Varieties: Yunnan Camellia PlantsReticulata "Crimson Robe," is one of the famous Yunnan reticulatas.
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Growing Fruit Tree VarietiesWith the high cost of both fresh and canned fruit in mind I ask "Why not a fruit tree?"
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Choosing a Shade TreeInstant shade is not that easy.
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Best Way to Reseed LawnAutumn is the best time to seed or reseed a lawn. Most of my lawns are seeded to one or more of the Kentucky bluegrasses, fine fescues and bluegrasses. The reason is the sprouting of good seed depends upon moisture and warmth (up to room temperature).
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Many Ways to Use Roses in Peninsula GardensThe blood lines or parentage of a rose usually determine which of the most popular types that particular rose belongs to, but not always.
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Growing Christmas TreesThis trend has accelerated with the public's knowledge and appreciation that the living trees help contribute to a quality environment.
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Sweet Heart Rose: The Cecile Brunner RoseThe Cecile Brunner rose, named after Mile Cecile Brunner, was introduced by Pernet Ducher in 1881. Its charming, miniature, perfect-buds of delicate seashell-pink with their honey-sweet fragrance soon gave it the popular name of "Sweetheart Rose."
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Rose GardeningRoses have many uses and are so easy to grow these days that almost any of us can find room for more.
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How to Prune PlantsMost every plant we grow in our garden needs some form of pruning to keep it healthy and attractive.
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Growing Lupin FlowersThe Russell lupins are among the showiest of perennials.
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Perennial Flower GardensPerennials are plants which live for several years and, after reaching maturity, produce flowers and seeds each year.
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How to Care for AzaleasIt's easy for the amateur to slip Azaleas into his Garden.
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The Cymbidium Orchid PlantsBecause of my care this one plant has multiplied to five large plants in separate redwood tubs and each plant has five to six spikes with 18 to 20 flowers per spike.
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Daffodil Bulb PlantingSince the days of Homeland Sophocles, daffodils have found prominence in literature and poetry. Today, daffodils are being accorded unequaled prominence in gardens.
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Home Vegetable Garden PlanThe home garden must first of all please the home owner. If both husband and wife have decided tastes in gardens, it is best to decide before planting what the mature garden should achieve.
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Planting Winter VegetablesThis is the year more people than ever are sowing and reaping a harvest of fresh vegetables. You may be taking in your crop now, but don't overlook continuing the harvest well into winter and early spring by starting cool season vegetables now.
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Planting a Fall GardenFor gardeners, fall is a second spring when anything or everything should be planted in the garden.
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Decorative Indoor PlantingsHave you thought about what your guests look at while they are waiting for you to answer the bell? A door-side planting gives that all important first impression that lets you open the door with pride.
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Cascading Plants: Chrysanthemum VarietyBack in the late '70s and early '80s nearly every home had at least a few cascading chrysanthemums dressing up the doorway, on the patio or tumbling over a poolside retaining wall.
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How to Plant RosesIt is a well-known fact by all gardeners that plants properly planted have everything in their favor to start off right and barring unseen circumstances should do quite well.
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Gift Plant IdeasFor those of you who have not decided what to get for that special friend I would suggest that you just pay a visit to your local nursery and see for yourself what's available.
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Method of Plant PropagationToday I want to give you beginners a few ideas regarding what you might do in order to get the utmost from whatever you plan in the way of setting up your propagating units.
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How Do I Espalier Plants?Espaliered plants - those grown in a plane pattern on the fences, walls or trellises - are exactly the plants to put in cramped garden areas.
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Facts on the Spider LilyThese have to be one of the easiest and most "magical" of the bulb tribe we can grow in the fall.
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Choosing the Right Tree for a Peninsula GardenAll of these trees will fit nicely in today's smaller-gardens.
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Flowering Landscape TreesI really don't believe that anything stands out and embellishes the landscape more than a properly selected and properly located flowering tree.
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Starting a Compost PileThe family's weekly garbage volume (refuse, if you prefer) can be reduced substantially by starting a compost pile.
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Lawn and Garden CareChances are your neighbor may be getting more satisfaction out of his garden than you are out of yours. And for less time and money. If he is, the reason may be that he is seeking advice from his garden center.
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Growing Flowers from SeedsHome gardeners who wish to grow summer flowers from seed must start planning ahead during March if seedlings are to be ready in time.
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Hybrid Clivia: Clivia Planting and CareClivia miniata hybrid, is a member of the amaryllis family.
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Home Grown Vegetables Taste BetterHome-grown vegetables have better taste.
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Growing AmaryllisThe amaryllis is one of the most spectacular of house plants and one of the most dependable.
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How to Prune Grape VinesIn cold and rain many home owners can be unable to prune their grape vines.
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Tree Growth HintsWhat the world needs now, is a fool proof way to plant a tree.
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Garden Design IdeasToo many gardens look alike. Why?
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Soil in Container GardeningOn the subject of growing plants in containers, I want to touch lightly on the type of soil to use in the growing of different plants.
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Daylilies Easy to Grow PlantsFew plants are more rewarding for the gardener than the hemerocallis, more commonly known as the daylily.
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Identify Garden Insect PestsChewed leaves, shiny, sticky foliage, yellowing or wilted leaves are signs that plant-damaging insects are loose in the garden.
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Save Money Having Your Own Vegetable GardenPeople who have never gardened in their lives before are suddenly digging up weed patches to plant productive vegetable gardens. The big incentive for doing this is economy.
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Grow Dahlia BulbsDahlias are native to the mountains of Mexico, Central America and the northern area of South America.
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The Pink Pearl RhododendronPink Pearl rhododendron is a cross of George Hardy and Broughtonii made by J. Waterer in England. In the bud it is a deep pink and when open a soft pink.
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Organic Mulch: Make Weed Control EasierThe use of an organic mulch is an ideal way to handle a vegetable or flower garden. A one-inch layer of sawdust, wood chips, peat moss, lawn clippings or other relatively fine material should be used.
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Summer Decorating Ideas Include GladiolusOn the look-out for new summer decorating ideas?
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Easy to Grow Plants: Succulents for Easy MaintenanceSucculents and cacti are for gardeners who like plants of all kinds but prefer ones that are easy to grow and maintain as well as ones that are at home in containers or in the ground.
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The Tree-Climbing PhilodendronPhilodendron pertusum (Monstera) is an American tropical, vine-like plant. The mature plants have leaves which are lobed with some holes in them, presenting interesting pattern designs.
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Pesky Springtime Growth: Thick Turf Key to Weed ControlHome owners who strive for an attractive lawn may be worrying about an assortment of weed pests that respond to the same spring weather conditions that make the grass perk up at sometimes of the year.
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Long Life Bulb FlowersGladiolus bulbs will grow sturdier if a gardener sets out the bulbs (corms is the technical name) in a planter or in the ground at least four inches deep, and deeper still in sandy soil.
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Planting to Harvesting Means WorkOnce your garden is planted, there is plenty of work to do and a tasty harvest ahead.
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Hydroponics Not New but Are SuccessfulHydroponics refers to the culture of plants without soil. Other terms are used such as: tank farming, nutriculture, soilless agriculture and gravelculture, etc.
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How to Grow SquashSquash make for good eating, but need care.