Though Dianthus doesn’t bloom much in the shorter days of mid-winter, it is a perfectly hardy annuals to plant now.. January, Janvier or Enero, no matter how you say it, this month is the least rewarding for New Orleans area gardeners. There are multiple mundane maintenance tasks to perform. There is anticipatory preparation for and […]
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COLD PROTECTION IN THE LOUISIANA LANDSCAPE by Dan Gill, LSU AgCenter Consumer Horticulturist . If you look around at some of our landscapes, particularly in south Louisiana, you would think we live in the tropics. Indeed, some winters the temperature never does dip much below the mid to upper twenties allowing tropicals to survive. Despite
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The Euonymus americanus, Wahoo or Strawberry bush is a native plant that displays these wonderful seed pods in the Fall. A time for rest…. It’s that time of year. It’s time for gardeners and Mother Nature to take a rest. We can now sit quietly on a bench and notice what we had little time
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Chrysanthemums are “Short-Day plants,” and will start blooming only when nights reach a certain duration. While September can still be excruciatingly hot, it is during this month that we start really noticing the days getting shorter and can perhaps glimpse some end in sight to Summer. Certain plants in our gardens are sensitive to this
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The Giant Swallowtail lays it’s eggs on Citrus trees While the high temperatures outside in July and August may not agree with us humans too well, insects are a-buzz this time of year and it’s a great time to observe the many forms of insect life in your garden. Many kinds of flies, bees and
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