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Design
Tip
Native
Azaleas
 There are approximately 15 species of azaleas that are
native to the eastern U.S. Easy to grow, native azaleas differ from
Asian azaleas in several ways. First, they aren't evergreen and they
tend to be larger and more upright. There are even some that bloom in
the summer and others that are highly fragrant.
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by Theresa Schrum |
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Cool
Plant
Red Twig Dogwood
(Cornus sericea)
 Deciduous shrub native to northern regions of the United
States. Unlike the more commonly seen varieties of dogwoods in the
south, the red twig dogwood is a multi-stemmed shrub that bears flat
clusters of flowers in spring and has bright red bark for great winter
interest. Tolerates wet or flooded soil.
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listen to Garden Basics on The Lawn and Garden Show on Saturday
at 9:00 a.m. We'll open the phone lines for first time homeowners to
ask their most puzzling questions.
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Listen to Walter Reeves' "Lawn and Garden Show" on
News-Talk 750 WSB, Saturdays 6am - 10am.
Walter Reeves, The Georgia Gardener | 1601 West Peachtree St. NE |
Atlanta,GA 30309 |
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During the couple of warm days earlier this week I was out shoveling
dirt around. I had a jacket on but the work wasn't unpleasant. The bed
I worked on doesn't drain well so I added a bag of soil conditioner and
a bag of gritty sand and haphazardly mixed them into the dirt. I'll do
more thorough mixing later but 
Q: Can I apply starter fertilizer to an established
fescue lawn in February without hurting it? Don B.
Q:
This large canker has been on the oak for many years. Why has such a
large canker not killed the tree? Charlie C.
Q: I may have killed the Bradford pear tree in my
front yard. Now it's tearing apart its own trunk. Matt S.
