Keeping Roses, Mums From Winter’s Toll
In most of our areas, hard frosts have come by mid-November. Mild weather sometimes holds until Thanksgiving, leaving some hardier annuals such as snapdragons, stocks, sweet alyssum, lobelia, verbena, and
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Take Steps Now To Minimize Winter Injury To Trees And Shrubs
Plants growing in poorly drained soils are far more subject to winter damage than those growing in well-drained ones. They also tend to grow more readily when the host leaves
The Fabric of Winter
Colors will be subdued, to be sure, but the winter details in a garden need not be drab and dull. The textures of many plants, dormant or dried, are handsome
October Pointers: Southern Plant and Garden To Do’s
October is planting time for many things in the South. All the way from the Virginia seaboard to the Texas plains it is considered the best time to plant daffodils.
Try Growing Caladiums As House Plants This Winter
Perhaps the one time that indoor plants are most appreciated is in the long gray wintery months that precede spring. Average Indoor Plants Foliage plants, African violets, gloxinias, and begonias
Is Wilt-Pruf A Good Winter Protector?
Tired of looking at unsightly burlap winter covers on your evergreens? Spraying Shrubs With Wilt-Pruf You can banish burlap from the winter scene and protect your choice shrubs by simply
Is October A Good Time Make Tender Plants Safe In Western Gardens?
We must realize that many of the perennial plants we grow in our gardens need special protection to live from year to year. Some bulbs, corms, and tubers need to
Can Winter Weary House Plants Thrive Outdoors?
House plants and those grown in a greenhouse will benefit from a location outdoors during the summer months and can make an attractive addition to the outdoor living area. As
Flowering Amaryllis Bulbs: The Indoor Beauty Queen
On a spring day back a year ago, I enjoyed a tour through one of the Deep South show gardens when our guide pointed toward a passage through a hedge
Ideas On How To Combat Frost Damage
Every gardener knows what a late frost in the spring or an early frost in the fall can do to his prized plantings. Among the more common victims at one