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I Love Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’
Name: Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’ Type of Plant: A tall perennial sunflower that’s hardy in zones 4-9. Why I Love This: This perennial is large, showy, and a butterfly magnet. It flowers in mid to late...
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Decorating in Mid-Winter
I’m a person who often leaves Christmas lights and holiday decor up as long as possible…sometimes too long. I remember the year when I finally went to take down my wreath in the spring and birds had...
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I Hate Artemisia vulgaris!
I was talking to Bill, from the Cape Cod Alarm Company last week and he said that he’s been listening to my radio programs for years and has never heard me say I hate a plant! Is this because I love...
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Better Connections Through Vegetable Gardening
Borrowing a caption from the Forest graphics of a similar nature. (Get it? NATURE?)
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Different Strokes for Different Folks
Recently when I spoke at a garden club I listened to the flower show judge comment on the various arrangements that members had brought in. Her comments were about how the displays would be judged in a...
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Change? You Can Grow That!
Anyone who has a garden comes, at the very least, to accept change. When we’re fortunate, we come to value it. Over the past 8 years I’ve watched great growth and development here at Poison Ivy Acres...
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I Love Verbascum Chaixii – aka nettle-leaved mullein
Name: Verbascum chaixii aka nettle-leaved mullein Type of Plant: A biennial that sometimes only lasts a year and other times might live three years, this plant self-seeds around the garden. The...
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I Love Hydrangea Pinky Winky
Name: Hydrangea paniculata ‘Dvppinky’ aka Pinky Winky Hydrangea Type of Plant: This is a very hardy shrub that flowers in mid-to-late summer and into fall. The large flowers are cone-shaped, a bit...
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I Love Marble Queen Pothos
Name: In part of the world this plant is called Scindapsus aureus. In North America it’s either Epipremnum pinnatum or Epipremnum aureus. Most of us just call it pothos. Or golden pothos, taro vine or...
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