Azaleas, St. Charles Avenue Checklist for March 1. Plant warm-season bedding plants beginning in mid-March and continuing through early May. For best results, plant petunias by mid-March and wait to plant periwinkles (vinca) until May. 2. After spring bulbs have finished flowering, wait until the foliage turns yellow before cutting it off. Food is being […]
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Baby Bok Choy February Gardening Checklist 1.Most spring flowering bulbs should have already been planted by now. 2. Remove old flowers from your cool-season bedding plants to extend blooming and improve flower performance. 3. Plant gladiolus in late February. Prolong the blooming season by planting at two- to three-week intervals for a couple of months.
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Pentas, Torenia and Coleus are very reliable annuals for color during our summer heat. May is here! It is time for warm season plants. Before you start shopping and planting, examine your garden. Different microclimates exist. Evaluate the conditions of moisture, air and light. A wet spot suits some plants, but not others. A container
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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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