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Growing African Violets-A Personal Experience

Growing African Violets can be fun and interesting. Learn how to grow African Violets in your personal space

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Wind Sown Trees: Black Locust, Eastern Red Cedar, and Silk Tree

Trees may colonize areas near or far through wind dispersal of seeds. An arboreal sprout blown by winds far from its kin may be a pioneer in a new locale.

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Ailanthus altissima: Tree of Heavenly Blessings or Curses

As an invasive species, tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima) is able to thrive in challenging environments, unfortunately to the detriment of native plants.

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Eastern Tent Caterpillars: Early Spring Campsites in Black Cherry and Apple Trees

Eastern tent caterpillars announce spring in their own style, sometimes via a population explosion.

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Spring Fever: Restless Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs Stumble Forth

Brown marmorated stink bugs (Halyomorpha halys), as they shrug off their wintry hibernation, announce the arrival of spring.

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Black Cherry (Prunus serotina): Spring's Early Snow White Splendor

Prunus serotina, as the black cherry tree, bedazzles with the showy white splendor of its early spring flowering.

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Four Deer Proof Shrub Roses: Successfully Stymying Deer With Rosy Shrubbery

Shrub roses, with their vigorous growth, serve as excellent natural barriers for gardens. Four deer-resistant shrub roses excel at barring deer as garden visitors.

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Deer Proof Rosa Rugosa Hybrids: Five Rugous Roses for Deer Free Gardens

Five fragrant, pretty Rosa rugosa hybrids excel at discouraging deer as garden invaders.

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Rabbit-Proof Perennials That Naturally Keep Peter Rabbit Out of the Garden

Keeping rabbits out of gardens is a valid concern depicted in Beatrix Potter's "The Tale of Peter Rabbit." A green strategy creates a barrier of perennials disagreeable to rabbits.

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Eight Popular Perennials Favored by Slugs

Ten perennials that are enjoyed as ornamentals by gardeners also are favored by slugs.

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Plants

Hiawatha Rose: A Rambling Rose Shading From Glowing Crimson to Maroon Pink

Rosa 'Hiawatha' was introduced in 1904 by Michael Walsh, a Welsh transplant on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

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Yucca filamentosa: Vital to Yucca Moth and Giant Skipper, Favored by Black-Chin or Broadtail Hummers

Sought by black-chinned and broad-tailed hummers, New World native Adam's needle (Yucca filamentosa) also is vital in the life cycle of yucca moths and giant skipper butterflies.

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Chaste Tree or Monk's Pepper: Sumptuous Nectar for Five Butterflies From Admirals to Skippers

Native to the Mediterranean, Chaste Tree or Monk's Pepper (Vitex agnus-castus) homesteads now in both the Old and New Worlds. Its nectar particularly is sought by butterflies.

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Yellow Rabbitbrush: Nectar Oasis for Admirals, Anglewings, Metalmarks, Patches, and Skippers

A New World plant native to western Canada and United States, yellow rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus) thrives in droughts and is appreciated by butterflies.

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Garden

Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia): Seven Butterflies Under Its Sweet, Orange-Scarlet Allure

The brilliant oranges and reds of Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia) serve as a siren for butterflies, which are of equal beauty. Seven devoted visitors are identified.

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'Rose à Parfum de l'Hay' and 'Roseraie de l'Hay': Sumptuous Tributes to Incomparable Rose Garden

Two sumptuous, exquisitely fragranced roses, namesakes of Jules Gravereaux's outstanding rose garden, were bred after 1901 French mission to glean Bulgaria's rose expertise.

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Plants

Yves Piaget Rose: From Luxury Watches to Exquisite Roses

The luxuriousness perfection of Piaget jewellery watches is exemplified in Yves Piaget rose, namesake rose of the current, well-known representative of the Piaget dynasty.

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Lawn Care

Finally, the perfect garden hose nozzle

Found it, the perfect garden hose nozzle, all brass construction, cleans, rinses, mists, has a lifetime guarantee and best of all it doesn’t leak

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