 |
 |
| June 25, 2009 |
|
Reader Questions:
 Q:
I was picking peas in my garden when I heard something moving nearby. I
saw a big, light-colored snake! Hattie H.
 Q: My Better Boys are showing this yellow pattern
on the leaves. They seem healthy but the new growth is odd. Alan O.
 Q:
We found this vine in Louisiana. Folks there could not identify it.
Frankie S.
|
Garden Knowledge:
Pruning Azaleas
 Now that
they are finished blooming, spring azaleas often send up tall sprouts
above the main shrub mass.
If that's your situation, here are some tips on how to prune them  |
advertisements
|
|
|
Garden
Calendar
Walter's To Do List for June
Mulch vegetables, pick okra, fertilize houseplants,
...more
|
|
|
Join
the team!
WSB is looking for someone to be the phone screener for the Lawn and
Garden Show. If you have knowledge about plants and you enjoy waking up
at 5:00 a.m. every Saturday morning, you could be the person were
looking for!
Click here for details |
|
|
|
Be sure to
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.
|
|
Cool
Plant
Ornamental Onion (Allium spp.)
 Perennial
native to Europe and Asia. Unlike the culinary varieties of onion,
ornamental onions sport large, showy balls of flowers that range in
color from white to lavender, blue, pink and yellow. These stalks can
be from 2 or more feet tall. Easy to grow and pest resistant.
Learn more...
by
Theresa Schrum
|
|
Design
Tip
Ferns in the garden
 There are many hardy
and even some evergreen ferns that grow exceptionally well in Georgia.
Even when we were having severe drought, these ferns thrived without
supplemental water. Now that rain has returned, they are even more
lush. There are even a few ferns that can handle the sun.
Learn more...
by Theresa Schrum |
|
Garden Events:
6/27 Bird Walk at CNC
7/4&5 Sun Flower Farm Festival
7/11 - Iris Society Meeting
|
|
Tell
a Friend:
I hope you enjoy receiving this newsletter every two weeks. If you have
friends who might enjoy it too, click the link below to send them a
note. I promise that it will always be free, we will never spam you and
we won't give or sell your e-mail addresses to anyone.
Click here to refer a friend and to see archived newsletters |
| |
 |
|
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 |
|
 |
|
