Butterflies love the nectar from flowering plants but they also …
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Bean Leaf Roller – Identification
Q: Attached is a picture of a pest I found …
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Sassafras – Hard to Control Root Sprouts
Q: Over the last six months, I have made great …
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Flowers for Drying
Harvest when the flowers are not fully open and in …
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Butterfly Japanese Maple – Unusual leaf color
Q: I purchased a Butterfly Japanese maple tree last fall. …
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Deadheading Flowers
Q: Should all flowers be deadheaded when they wither? Do …
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Sassafras – Cause Cancer?
Q: I’ve heard that sassafras can cause cancer. Should I …
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Disease Control – Fungicides
A friend of mine recently told me about his drugstore …
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Animal-named Plants
A readers recently posed an unusual question: “I am preparing …
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Garden Phrases – Misunderstood
I was reading late at night recently when I came …
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What to Do After the Easter 2007 Freeze
An extremely warm March in 2007 was followed by a …
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Ordering Plants from a Catalog/By Mail
Buying plants from a distant provider is not without risks …
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What to Expect After an Unexpected Freeze #1
An extremely warm March in 2007 was followed by a …
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Rose – Carefree Varieties
My favorite breakfast cereal has been “improved” once again. Now …
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How To be Sherlock Holmes in the Landscape
I receive more than 5000 emails a year asking my …
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How to Rekindle Romance in the Garden
George Ball, the proprietor of Heronswood Nursery (a part of …
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Fruit – Pollination Requirements
In order for a plant to produce fruit, the flowers …
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Butterfly Puddle – Building
Butterflies love the nectar from flowering plants but they also …