Butterflies and Butterfly Gardening
West Virginia Wildlife: Butterflies and Butterfly Gardening in West Virginia Planting gardens with flowers that attract butterflies is a natural way to attract these lovely creatures to your yard, garden, patio, or even window sill. Brightly ... [... more]
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Sweet Fern - (Fern Bush) - Comptonia peregrina
Low (1 to 3 feet), open-branched plant with fern-like appearance sometimes forming dense stands. Twigs slender, slightly zig-zag, brown to purplish and usually more or less hairy; no terminal bud; lateral buds very small. Breaking of stems ... [... more]
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Preserving Flowers for Year-round Use
Preserving flowers for year-round use has been an artistic form of expression for decades and there are many methods by which flowers, foliage, grasses, seed pods, etc., may be preserved. Each method has its advantages and disadvantages and only ... [... more]
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Elderberries - Native Shrubs in wildlife landscaping
Open, many stemmed, broad rounded shrub with spreading and arching branches, to 5 to 15 feet tall. Fruits are eaten by mammals and birds such as deer, rabbit, squirrel, chipmunks, grouse, turkey, quail, dove, brown thrasher, rose-breasted ... [... more]
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Pruning and Training Thornless Blackberries
Adapted from North Carolina State University, Department of Horticultural Science, Horticulture Information Leaflet 8206 by E. B. Poling, Extension Horticultural Specialist For two years after planting, thornless blackberry primocanes tend to ... [... more]
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Gardening and the Law
This is a general summary of gardening and the law in West Virginia. Facts and circumstances may vary in each case; gardeners should consult legal counsel for more detailed advice. The legislature of West Virginia has enacted legislation ... [... more]
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Planning and Building a Greenhouse
Careful planning is important before a home greenhouse project is started. Building a greenhouse does not need to be expensive or time-consuming. The final choice of the type of greenhouse will depend on the growing space desired, home ... [... more]
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Ground Cover
This increased demand has brought about the development of new cultivars of plants which possess varied esthetic qualities, such as a variety of flower color, size and color of foliage and habit of growth. Low growing shrubs, which reach a height ... [... more]
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Common Periwinkle (Vinca minor)
Mid-spring through summer; perfect, tubular; lilac-blue, 5 petals, to 3/4" across; often hidden under foliage Opposite in 2 or 4 rows, simple, 1/2 to 2 inches long; glossy, short petiole; oblong to ovate; lustrous dark green above, lighter green ... [... more]
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History of Herbs
Adapted from Pub. NE 208 published by the Cooperative Extension Services of the Northeast States Herbs have played an important part in man's life for countless years -- in his politics, romance, love, religion, health, and superstition. Celery ... [... more]
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Master Gardener Resources On-Line
Las Vegas International Master Gardener Conference - March 22 - 26, 2009 This program provides West Virginia gardener groups an opportunity to perform community service by making gardening accessible to West Virginians with arthritis. Here is a ... [... more]
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Black Walnut Toxicity
Awareness of black walnut toxicity dates back at least to Roman times, when Pliny noted a poisoning effect of walnut trees on "all" plants. More recent research has determined the specific chemical involved and its mode of action. Many plants .. [... more]
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