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Looking to add some colorful and easy-to-care-for plants to your garden? Yarrow might be just what you need!
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One of the earliest peonies to flower in the spring, 'Claire de Lune' is a very popular Hybrid Peony. It features slightly crinkled, nicely rounded, creamy-yellow to ivory guard petals surrounding a center packed with bright golden-yellow stamens and orange filaments in their center. It has large hairy carpels with pink tips. The single blossoms of 'Claire de Lune' are borne on nicely contrasting reddish stems. It took over 500 crosses every year for 8 years to achieve this beautiful creamy-yellow Peony! Up to 28 in. in height (80 cm). Very Early season Peony
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The winter took a toll on some of my Heuchera, especially the older ones. My larger (older) Heuchera looked absolutely horrible! Here are a couple that needed lots of help: "Caramel" Heuchera "Southern Comfort" Heuchera looks dead It was the combination of sub-zero temps, snow load and varmints-specifically rabbits and voles that have my Heuchera looking like they are goners. But guess what-they aren't goners. In fact, they will be back to their awesome selves in a few weeks with a little help from me and a couple of tools. Here is what you will need: 1. Good pair of clean, sharp scissors 2. A pitchfork and/or shovel If you want to propagate a few while you are working on them you will also need: 3. Rooting hormone 4. Small pots 5. Sterile potting mix Begin by carefully cutting and removing the dead/almost dead leaves off near the crown: Also look for dead and dried up pieces of crown and remove them also, they look like this: You can cut them off or sometimes they just snap off: Be sure to be careful and not cut off some of the new growth. When you are done removing the leaves it should look similar to this (you can now see the new growth): Here is the other Heuchera ("Southern Comfort") after I cleaned it up: I don't know if you noticed-but the first Heuchera is extremely woody. There is a way to remedy that. You can either cover the area with soil to cover the woody areas or you can lift the Heuchera and put it in deeper. Since this is a raised bed area (no problems with crown rot) I will dig it up and put it in deeper. Here is how you do it: 1. Gently lift or dig the Heuchera out of the ground. I like to use a pitchfork as much as possible-it causes less damage to the roots of the plant. 2. Set it to the side then dig the hole a few inches deeper than it was. 3. Place the Heuchera back in the hole ensuring that the larger "woody" pieces are going to be covered in soil: 4. Gently firm the soil back over the roots and some of the stems. Here is what it should end up looking like: If the area where your Heuchera is planted has poor drainage you can leave it in it's spot but just mound soil/compost over the woody areas like this: "Woody" Heuchera Cover the woody areas with some soil/compost Make sure to get underneath and around the stems All stems covered All done and mulched After you clean them up you can decide whether or not you want to take a few cuttings. I did-so here is how I do it: 1. Locate a nice size piece that looks healthy and trace it down to the crown like this: Here is another one: Or you can take a piece from the top of the crown- I took of the big protruding piece off of this one to even it out: 2. Cut the piece as far down as you can without damaging the crown. Make sure to have enough stem: 3. You should end up with something like this: or this: 4. Fill pots with damp potting soil and them make an indentation in the middle with your finger: 5. Trim your stems of excess leaves near the stem. Do not leave too many-the plant will wilt. You need as few leaves as possible, and they should be on the smaller size. You should end up with this: 6. Dampen the stem and dip it in the rooting hormone: 7. Insert the plant into the hole in the potting soil up to where the new growth (new crown) is developing and then gently firm the soil around the base of the plant: Heuchera cutting Heuchera cutting Heuchera cuttings 8. Water gently and you are done-it will take a few months for the roots to develop. Keep them in shade and make sure to keep them watered. Here are a few I did last fall: Heuchera cuttings The roots when ready to plant in the ground: Heuchera cutting with roots Here are some before and after pics of the 2 Heucheras-"Caramel" and "Southern Comfort" from the beginning of the post. You will notice that they are starting to fill in nicely "Caramel" before "Caramel" right after I cleaned it up and buried the woody stems "Caramel" 2 weeks later-looking good:-)) "Southern Comfort" before-ugh! After I cleaned it up Today-2 weeks later, WOW! If your Heucheras are looking woody and messy or if you just want more of them, use these tips to make more and bring them back to their former beauty. You won't be sorry you did it! So, until next time-Happy Planting! Rhonda
The sage plant is hardy and easy to grow. Whether you use it to flavor foods or harvest it for healing properties, it's time to plant sage!
MISCANTHUS s. 'NCMS2B’ PP29460. 2 ½' tall with equal spread, full sun-part shade, late spring-late summer bloom. This compact and upright maiden grass has green foliage with pronounced outstanding yellow banding. Increased resistance to rust and was bred to be infertile. Warm season. Zones 5-9. Potted in 3" pot.
I'll admit, when I first started gardening the idea of growing ornamental grasses made no sense to me. "If you can't eat it, who cares?" I thought. Well,
The genus Chamaecyparis (False Cypress) includes many cultivars from different species, offering a wide range of color, texture, and habit
Blazing star is a perennial prairie plant with tall wands of purplish-pink blooms that attract pollinators to the garden.
Noted for its luminous foliage, Spiraea betulifolia 'Tor Gold' (Birchleaf Spirea) is a dense, rounded, deciduous shrub with multi-season interest. Opening from pink buds, a profusion of white flowers held in flat clusters are on display from late spring to early summer. They stand out against the sunny yellow foliage of birch-like leaves which matures to chartreuse and doesn't burn in the summer.
Learn to grow toad lilies, which bring an elegant flair to any fall garden. When most shade plants are done blooming, toad lilies are just starting.
Agave ovatifolia (Whale's Tongue Agave) is a succulent plant that forms a dense, symmetrical, usually solitary rosette of bluish-gray...
Learn all about show-stopping alliums including edible vs. ornamental varieties, how to grow, harvest, and dry them, and more.
If you are looking for a tree suitable for a xeriscape landscape, one with ornamental attributes which also fulfills a valuable niche for wildlife, look no further than the Chinese pistache tree. Lear
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln' (Fountain Grass) is a compact perennial grass forming a dense clump of gracefully arching linear leaves. Bright green in summer, they turn golden-yellow in the fall before fading to beige. The foliage usually remains attractive throughout the winter. In mid to late summer, showy silvery-white flower spikes resembling large foxtails are produced above the leaves. They arch outward from the foliage clump and are particularly dramatic when backlit. They make excellent cut flowers for fresh and dried arrangements. Requiring very little care and providing almost nonstop drama in the garden, this compact warm season grass is excellent for groundcover massing but also can be used as an accent plant in gardens and in containers.
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Learn about the Best Plants For Hanging Baskets. Hanging baskets filled with colorful flowers and plants are very showy and elegant and adorn any garden. You don't need a lot of space to display them, too!
Lewisia cotyledon (Siskiyou Lewisia) is an attractive perennial with fleshy, spoon-shaped leaves that form a flat rosette above a long ...
Yes, wisteria is pretty, but you don't want it to take over your garden. Why and how to grow Kentucky wisteria and American wisteria, plus how to remove invasive wisteria.
These colorful, low-maintenance perennial flowers can take hot weather, drought, and poor soil in stride while they keep on blooming.
Helleborus ‘Midnight Ruffles’ is a Lenten Rose with large double flowers, up to 3 in. across (7 cm), packed with gently ruffled, velvety black petals, which contrast with the pale yellow stamens. Blooming heavily in early to mid-spring, these nodding beauties rise on sturdy stems and contrast well with the glossy, dark green, evergreen foliage.
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Santolina pinnata subsp. nepolitana (Green Santolina), a favorite of Mediterranean gardens, is a beautiful evergreen shrub noted for its attractive foliage, profuse midsummer show of long-stalked, button-like bright yellow flowers. Aromatic if bruised, this compact variety of Santolina features thinner, pinnate, gray-green leaves that have a more feathery look, a finer texture and more graceful demeanor than Santolina chamaecyparissus.
