November Tips: The Pacific Northwest
This month, finish up planting and cleaning up your summer plants in preparation for colder weather and continuing rains. Shred leaves by mowing Putting Your Garden to Bed -- After you're done with your hand tools, clean and oil them for winter ... [... more] Better Homes and Gardens USA
BEDDING PLANTS ARE HARD WORK.
I often wonder if the summer plants are worth all the hard work. The sowing season often starts as early as January and the plants cannot safely be planted out until the end of May. Five months work for as little as three months display if you ... [... more] Suite101
Preparing the Garden for Winter
Cleaning out the summer plants and preparing the garden for Winter After the storm the garden was in a sorry mess and it took me all of two days to tidy up the debris and prepare for winter. All the Busy Lizzie's were turned into a black pulp and ... [... more] Suite101
Goniolimon incanum 'Blue Diamond'
Best grown in a light, moderately dry, well-drained sandy loam. Best in cool summer climates. May struggle in the heat and humidity of a typical St. Louis summer. Plants are generally best left undisturbed once established. Crown rot and root rot ... [... more] Missouri Botanical Garden
The Random House Book of Summer Annuals bIntroduction/bbrbrThis book is divided into three main sections using the flowering times of plants as a guide. The earliest begins to flower in spring and continues into early summer. The second group also germinates in cool weather and flowers through [... more]
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