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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Holiday Plants Decorative plants such as poinsettias, cyclamen, holiday cactuses and living Christmas trees play an important part in decking the halls for the holidays. After purchasing a holiday plant, be sure to protect it while bringing it home. Sudden exposure to low temperatures and wind will damage the plant. Poinsettias are particularly fragile. It’s
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Thanksgiving Cactus (Schlumbergera truncate) Notes from a Master Gardener’s Notebook November – I’m a shutterbug…so I have a camera in my hand whenever I want to make notes about my garden. As I stepped out onto my patio, I saw my ‘Thanksgiving Cactus’ is in bloom; it blooms every November. With the cooler weather coming,
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Chrysanthemum AgCenter’s tips for a successful fall garden Remove all existing weeds including the roots before you plant vegetables. It is essential to remove all weeds, especially perennial grasses from the garden. If you simply till the grasses in and then irrigate, you’ll end up with a relatively nice lawn. Use herbicides if you must;
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Rose (Claude Monet’s Garden) Preparing Roses for Fall Blooms Rose gardens need pruning, disease management and proper fertilization now for flowering in September and October. Late summer pruning of modern rose varieties such as hybrid tea, floribunda, grandiflora and shrub roses should be completed by early September. Pruning should be less severe than that done
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