Quick Tip: Keep Cutworms From Fall Plants
When you plant fall vegetables, the weather may be cooler but the cutworms are still out in full force. Protect your seedlings with "collars" made of discard tuna cans, says show host Kim Haworth ( Unpot the seedling, and loosen its roots with . [... more]
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Container Gardens: Fresh Ideas for Creating Beautiful ...
 Excellent container garden ideas: Of all the container garden books I read this spring, this was one of my favorites. The pictures are excellent. The book has "recipes" for containers, plant ideas for different kinds of containers, and also [... more]
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Quick Tip: Row Covers
To get an early start with fall plants and protect them from insects, use a floating row cover ( ). Prop it up using sticks or tongue depressors on all four corners of a small plot of plants. [... more]
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How to Grow Ohio Spiderwort
Ohio spiderwort in the backyard in the fall in a second blooming. It was cut back over the summer and the size of the fall plants is much smaller than in the spring. It has spread by itself to distant locations around the yard and into the ... [... more]
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How to Care for Mums
Mums are beautiful fall plants that come in great autumn colors such as ambers, gold, oranges, purples, violets, whites and shades of red and pink. The plants add excellent color to the autumn garden and are relatively easy to care for. Once you ... [... more]
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Tetradium daniellii
Easily grown in consistently moist, moderately fertile, well-drained soils in full sun. Tolerates some light shade. May be grown from seed planted in the ground in fall. Plants exhibit rapid growth in early years. Native to Korea and southwestern ... [... more]
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Collinsia verna
This winter annual performs best in moist, rich, well-drained loams in sun dappled areas or light shade. Seeds germinate in fall, with the tiny seed plants overwintering. Sow seed in summer to early fall. Plants will self-seed. Blue-eyed mary is ... [... more]
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Lycoris radiata
Winter hardy to USDA Zones 8-10 where bulbs may be grown in organically rich, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to light shade. Best flowering is in full sun. Plant bulbs 4-6" deep and 9" apart in fall. Plants should be sited in .. [... more]
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Campanula lactiflora 'Pouffe'
This milky bellflower is an erect, dwarf plant growing only 10-18" tall. Bell-shaped flowers are pale lavender-blue and bloom for an unusually long time (4-5 weeks) in summer with a repeat bloom in fall. Plants may self-seed somewhat rapidly ... [... more]
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