tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039301717263754082024-03-12T18:00:39.497-07:00What grows there?Hugh Conlonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18174470294466565549noreply@blogger.comBlogger187125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803930171726375408.post-87963622909859563012023-02-27T21:00:00.072-08:002023-02-27T21:00:00.191-08:00Poppy Anemones For The Spring Garden<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrP-3dPWUsa8ni69rB9LpoRNe1C5psJ5Mio_OTgAH8mD5C0nAS10CG_IY_g5bHAfIxZIzm-arxp44ZyX4YIQ3r5xGWkRxRDlv4DoXxljOH4RwBaMSA83hs8Vnf3g_Y66t0uO3sadew3vWwxyLMcERpxdGQM8rQ-5a40KUC4tx2JXQHUau8x-6u3To6/s5184/IMG_3507.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrP-3dPWUsa8ni69rB9LpoRNe1C5psJ5Mio_OTgAH8mD5C0nAS10CG_IY_g5bHAfIxZIzm-arxp44ZyX4YIQ3r5xGWkRxRDlv4DoXxljOH4RwBaMSA83hs8Vnf3g_Y66t0uO3sadew3vWwxyLMcERpxdGQM8rQ-5a40KUC4tx2JXQHUau8x-6u3To6/s320/IMG_3507.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Poppy Anemones at Duke Gardens in Durham, NC</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Windflowers (<i>Anemone coronaria</i>) are native to the Mediterranean
region (USDA hardiness zones 7-10). Sometimes called “poppy anemones”, they are
in the buttercup</span><em><span style="background: rgb(242, 251, 250);"> </span></em><em><span style="background: rgb(242, 251, 250); font-style: normal;">plant family (</span><span style="background: rgb(242, 251, 250);">Ranunculaceae</span></em><em><span style="background: rgb(242, 251, 250); font-style: normal;">). These</span></em><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> upright perennials grow from tuberous rhizomes. Their frilly foliage is medium green and is not edible
to most critters, including deer. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Solitary, showy, poppy-like, single
flowers, each with 6-8 petals, measure 1.5 to 2.5 inches across. Flowers bloom
in mid- to late-spring on stems rising to 10-12 inches high. Flowers are blue,
red or white with black centers. Plants go dormant after flowering.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">In southern locales, plant these tuberous rhizomes in early spring about 2-3 inches deep and 4-6 inches apart in an organic-rich, sandy, medium moist, well-drained
soils in full sun to part shade. In a fall planted bed, spread a 3-inch mulch layer for
winter protection which is removed in late winter. Alternatively, plant
tubers in pots in fall for overwintering in frost free cool spot such as an
unheated greenhouse, sunporch or cold frame; set out the pots in early spring. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Spring-planted windflowers bloom in late May-June. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">In
wintery climes (Zones 3-6), they must be dug up in early fall for winter storage. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Consider windflowers are short-lived and are best treated as annuals. Each spring dig them after
flowering, plant summer flowering annuals, and purchase new rhizomes for next spring.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Also called “lilies
of the field”, they are not commonly sold at garden centers. Numerous online bulb emporiums offer them for sale in their fall and winter catalogs. Popular cultivar
groups include ‘De Caen’ (mix of single flowers) and ‘St. Brigid’ (mix of double--petalled
flowers). Personal favorites include </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">‘Fokker’ (bright blue
ray petals/black dome center) and ‘Sylphide’ (violet pink petals with black
dome center). Poppy anemones</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> make excellent cut flowers.</span></p><br /><p></p>Hugh Conlonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18174470294466565549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803930171726375408.post-81408642623437525852023-02-18T17:37:00.000-08:002023-02-18T17:37:38.712-08:00Crapemyrtle Varieties You Should Be Growing<p>Crape myrtles come in a variety of size sand flower colors. Many (not all) show off an ornamental patchwork bark. Before heading to the garden center decide what flower color you want. Shop the internet or find a variety that grows (matures) to the correct height for the garden space and is winter hardy in your plant zone. Plant crape myrtles almost any time of year with spring / summer being best and fall / winter the worse seasons. </p><p>There are over 125 varieties listed on the internet. Here is 50+ of the best:</p>
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<p><strong><em>Miniature/Weeping: less than 3<br />feet tall</em></strong></p>
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<li>Baton Rouge (red)</li>
<li>Mardi Gras (purple)</li>
<li>Pixie White (white)</li>
<li>Pokomoke (deep pink)</li>
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<p><strong><em>Dwarf: 3 – 5 feet tall</em></strong></p>
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<li>Centennial (purple)</li>
<li>Dazzle<strong>®</strong> series (GAMAD I-VII)</li>
<li>Petite Series (6) Pink Ruffles (pink)</li>
<li>Tightwad (Whit V) (red)</li>
<li>Velma’s Royal Delight (purple)</li>
<li>Victor (dark red)</li>
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<p><strong><em>Intermediate: 5 – 10 feet tall</em></strong></p>
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<li>Acoma (white)</li>
<li>Cheyenne (red)</li>
<li>Hopi (pink)</li>
<li>Red Rooster (PIILAG III) (rich red)</li>
<li>Siren Red (Whit VII) (red)</li>
<li>Tonto (red)</li>
<li>Zuni (purple)</li>
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<li>Apalachee (lavender)</li>
<li>Black Diamond series (9)</li>
<li>Burgundy Cotton (Whit VI) (white)</li>
<li>Catawba (purple)</li>
<li>Centennial Spirit (red)</li>
<li>Comanche (pink)</li>
<li>Dynamite (Whit II) (true red)</li>
<li>Lipan (lavender)</li>
<li>Osage (pink)</li>
<li>Pink Velour (Whit III) (pink)</li>
<li>Powhatan (purple)</li>
<li>Raspberry Sundae (Whit I) (red/white)</li>
<li>Regal Red (red)</li>
<li>Seminole (pink)</li>
<li>Sioux (pink)</li>
<li>Tuskegee (pink)</li>
<li>Yuma (lavender)</li>
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<li>Arapaho (red)</li>
<li>Biloxi (pink)</li>
<li>Byers Hardy Lavender (lavender)</li>
<li>Byers Standard Red (red)</li>
<li>Kiowa (white)</li>
<li>Miami (pink)</li>
<li>Muskogee (lavender)</li>
<li>Natchez (white)</li>
<li>Potomac (pink)</li>
<li>Red Rocket (Whit IV) (true red)</li>
<li>Sarah’s Favorite (white)</li>
<li>Townhouse (white)</li>
<li>Tuscarora (pink)</li>
<li>Watermelon Red (red)</li>
<li>Wichita (lavender)</li></ul>Hugh Conlonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18174470294466565549noreply@blogger.com02501 Camelot Circle,Johnson City, TN. USA34.3233564 -80.85681419.018557480568365 -116.0130641 59.628155319431642 -45.700564099999994tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803930171726375408.post-59966085311067389192022-08-31T21:00:00.004-07:002022-08-31T21:00:00.181-07:00Select A Shade Tree For Your Yard<div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><h1><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0.2in; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #020202; font-family: Roboto, serif;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why not plant the
best! The average person will likely a dozen or less trees. Many homeowners
choose to buy a </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">fast-growing</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">tree. But, in the long run, in 25-30 years, you
will likely pay the price for the fast growth. The speedy trees are generally
weak-wooded and branches can break in ice and storms packing high winds. They
become hazard trees. Don’t plant a fast growing tree within 50 feet of your
home. Below ground their roots will grow into sewer and water lines. </span></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: Roboto, "serif"; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">All trees listed are
hardy in USDA hardiness zones 5-9.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0.2in; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #020202; font-family: Roboto, "serif"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Moderate growing trees (50 feet and higher):</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0.2in; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, "serif"; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">Hybrid Freeman Maples (</span><i style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, "serif"; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">Acer
freemanii</i><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, "serif"; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">)</span></p></h1></div></div></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, "serif";">Red Maple (</span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, "serif";">Acer rubrum</i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, "serif";">) 'Red Sunset', 'October Glory'</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin: 0px;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif;">Sugar Maple (</span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif;">Acer
saccharum</i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif;">) 'Green Mountain'</span></div></div></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin: 0px;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Ohio Buckeye (<i>Aesculus
glabra</i>)</span></div>
</div>
<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Ginkgo (</span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Ginkgo biloba</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">) (select male clones only)</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strike></strike></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin: 0px;">Thornless Honeylocust (<i>Gleditsia
triacanthos</i> var. inermis)</span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin: 0px;">Kentucky Coffeetree (<i>Gymnocladus
dioica</i>) 'Espresso'</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin: 0px;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Sweetgum (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Liquidambar styraciflua</i>) 'Happidaze', 'Slender Silhouette'</span></div>
</div>
</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin: 0px;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Tuliptree (</span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Liriodendron
tulipifera</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">) </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Black gum, tupelo (<i>Nyssa
sylvatica</i>) 'Green Gable', 'Wildfire', 'Red Rage'</span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">London Planetree (<i>Platanus
x acerfolia</i>) 'Columbia' </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif;">Shingle Oak (</span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif;">Quercus
imbricaria</i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif;">)</span></div></div></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Willow oak (</span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Quercus phellos</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">)</span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">English Oak (</span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Quercus
robur</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">American Elm (<i>Ulmus
americana</i>) 'Washington', 'Princeton', 'Jefferson'</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Japanese zelkova (</span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Zelkova serrata</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">) 'Murashino', 'Green Vase'</span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin: 0px;"><b>Medium Sized Shade Trees (35-50 feet) </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjlzTSbeQR2vjKgmFmwerQG_rCpuALGn9_1IKUXl0YbFpoZIchE79Kv6_X11TiJWfkIFCDgNlFeCtpyBOcYtnKJZiY9utD15ezIk9Wvn9FXzOKbQxHtA5LBEAgUCIK410BTWegK66gDMNwBLykARpmb-cK6S3-a74flXLQARyJG8zDrhlOxmhKY9bz=s3696" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3696" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjlzTSbeQR2vjKgmFmwerQG_rCpuALGn9_1IKUXl0YbFpoZIchE79Kv6_X11TiJWfkIFCDgNlFeCtpyBOcYtnKJZiY9utD15ezIk9Wvn9FXzOKbQxHtA5LBEAgUCIK410BTWegK66gDMNwBLykARpmb-cK6S3-a74flXLQARyJG8zDrhlOxmhKY9bz=w265-h400" width="265" /></a>Trident maple (</span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Acer buergerianum</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">River birch (<i>Betula
nigra</i>) -'Heritage', 'Duraheat' </span></div>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">European Hornbeam (<i>Carpinus
betulus</i>)</span></div>
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Yellowwood (</span><i style="font-family: georgia, "serif";">Cladrastis
kentukea</i><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">)</span><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration-line: none; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Crape myrtle (tree forms) (</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif;"><i>Lagerstroemia x</i><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">)*</span></span></div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Hophornbeam (<i>Ostrya
virginiana</i>)**</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Live oak (</span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Quercus virginiana</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">)*</span><strike></strike></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br /></span></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Japanese pagoda tree (</span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Styphnolobium japonica</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">)</span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Basswood, American linden (</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><i>Tilia americana</i></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">) </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></span><br /></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Little leaf Linden (<i>Tilia
cordata</i>) </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif;">Lacebark elm (</span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ulmus parvifolia</i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif;">) 'Athena', 'Bosque', 'Allee'</span></div></div></span></div>
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Hugh Conlonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18174470294466565549noreply@blogger.com0Johnson City, TN, USA36.3134397 -82.35347278.0032058638211581 -117.5097227 64.623673536178842 -47.1972227tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803930171726375408.post-4081947841184921712022-08-15T21:00:00.001-07:002022-08-15T21:00:00.173-07:00Fall Apple and Pear Harvest<div>
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Apples (<i>Malus spp.</i>) and pears (<i>Pyrus communis</i>) are plentiful in home orchards this fall. Several late apples such as Winesap, Stayman, Rome, Fuji, Cameo, and Granny Smith are harvested in late September. Pears do not ripen on the tree, so late varieties should be pulled from the tree when outdoor temperatures under 25<span style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;">°</span>F are predicted.</div><div>
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Apples can be stored for 4-6 months if harvested before they are fully ripe. The ideal apple storage temperatures are 31-33 <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">°</span>F with a relative humidity of 90 percent. Stored apples are best packaged in closed plastic bags to retard moisture loss. Modern day frost-free refrigerator is not an ideal spot to store temperate (non-citrus) fruits because humidity levels are too low. A storm cellar or unheated garage is adequate at temperatures between 37-45 <span style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;">°</span>F. </div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Asian</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> </b>pears</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> are ready to eat when harvested off the tree; fruits can be held refrigerated in plastic bags for several months.</span></div>
Hugh Conlonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18174470294466565549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803930171726375408.post-65710622823967255402022-06-14T21:00:00.025-07:002022-06-14T21:00:00.241-07:00Ten Popular Native Vines<p><strong></strong></p><div style="text-align: left;"><blockquote><blockquote><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_POecSxlh8g6Ia7FT0OHIF2TbSBQEKJrs3wNs6FxMeOFoL_NZTS6bN6h7YAEczBwp5Le5dz_w57cS7bMR59fsGz75j30k3Te59_99BcS6u941yF5VOYyWja5N16L4-fyZHvnkJsJn294rDM1Mc3axMI9QrzSzyfFbFyhi9IjfX_cYkuzOpJ4f0fr8/s5184/Bignonia%20capreolata%20(7).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_POecSxlh8g6Ia7FT0OHIF2TbSBQEKJrs3wNs6FxMeOFoL_NZTS6bN6h7YAEczBwp5Le5dz_w57cS7bMR59fsGz75j30k3Te59_99BcS6u941yF5VOYyWja5N16L4-fyZHvnkJsJn294rDM1Mc3axMI9QrzSzyfFbFyhi9IjfX_cYkuzOpJ4f0fr8/w400-h300/Bignonia%20capreolata%20(7).JPG" title="Crossvine" width="400" /></a></strong></blockquote></blockquote></div><strong><br />Pipevine (</strong><em>Aristolochia macrophylla</em><strong>) </strong>grows 20-30 feet long and produce Dutchman pipe-shaped bronze
flowers in summer. Butterflies, particularly the Pipevine Swallowtail, flock to
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<p><strong>Crossvine </strong>(<em>Bignonia capreolata</em>) is fast growing evergreen vine that grows up to 20 feet long. Fragrant, tubular, orange-red flowers appear in late spring. It has tendril branches that terminate in adhesive disks that easily attach to walls. ‘Tangerine Beauty’ is a popular cultivar.</p>
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<p><strong>Trumpet Creeper </strong>(<em>Campsis radicans</em>) is an extremely vigorous fast-growing woody vine up to 40 feet long with trumpet-shaped flowers that should be supported on sturdy arbors or fences. Choose from yellow, orange, or red blooms. Warning: this vine suckers profusely and grows too aggressively.</p>
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<p><strong>Texas or Scarlet
Clematis</strong><em> </em>(<em>Clematis
texensis</em>) blooms from mid-summer to fall and tops out at 6-10 feet length.
This sparsely leafed vine is often trained to intertwine through nearby shrubs.
Cultivars: ‘Gravetye Beauty’ (red flowers) and ‘Duchess of Albany’ (pink
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<p><strong>Leatherleaf clematis</strong> (<em>Clematis glaucophylla</em>) produces lavender to purple urn-shaped flowers with curling white tips. Vines grow 6-10 feet long is native to portions of Tennessee. Treat this vine as a deciduous perennial and allow it to ramble over small to mid-sized shrubs.</p><p><strong>Carolina Jessamine </strong>(<em>Gelsemium sempervirens</em>) is a vigorous vine, up to 20 feet that add a dash of yellow blooms to walls and sturdy arbors in very early spring. Train it as a 3-5 feet tall mound shrub or attach one on your mailbox post. Favorite cultivar: ‘Margarita’.</p>
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<p><strong>Coral Honeysuckle, Trumpet Honeysuckle </strong>(<em>Lonicera sempervirens</em>) is a 12-15 foot in sun or partial shade. Red or yellow trumpet like flowers appear early spring into mid-summer. Evergreen leaves are circular. Favorite cultivars: ‘Major Wheeler’ (orange-red flowers) and ‘John Clayton’ (yellow flowers).</p>
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<p><strong>Virginia Creeper </strong>(<em>Parthenocissus quinquefolia</em>) grows 6-8 feet long and is frequently seen growing up trees. Its deciduous foliage turn beet red in the fall. Blue-black berries form in late summer and quickly consumed by birds. Warning: aggressive grower and seeds freely.</p>
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<p><strong>American Wisteria </strong>(<em>Wisteria
frutescens</em>) grows a lot less aggressive
compared to its Asian counterparts in in sun or partial shade. Train it up a
15-20 foot pole or tree trunk; blooms are blue or purple in mid-spring.
Favorite cultivar: ‘Amethyst Falls’ (lavender purple).</p><p><strong>Passion Flower </strong>(<em>Passiflora
incarnata</em>) is a hardy fast grower
vine, up 12 feet in length that climbs by tendrils. Its unique 2-3 inch wide
flowers are white with purple filaments. Grows in full sun to partial shade,
dies back in winter, and restarts in spring. Warning: roots may spread
aggressively and become weedy.</p>
<!-- /wp:paragraph -->Hugh Conlonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18174470294466565549noreply@blogger.com0QG4C+R8 Charmian, PA, USA39.7571163 -77.4791886-40.242006320854166 141.8958114 90 63.1458114tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803930171726375408.post-37081054549587963412022-04-14T21:00:00.001-07:002022-04-14T21:00:00.179-07:00Six Ornamental Grasses For Small Gardens<div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidGMUI48ezM0W8osU2r--FFS9TPp4R1p2b5ZCMQqbx_AkUa0kISElq-9uZ9JUo-LmsYiS-bYfD8JhjI8Oqw7uQ3qF-K4EcjoRJ32k9xunbiEjHtPnYPJRNSMQhFyMvqhSryX5rkqZvhat2xXpCaWn-QfK2VyaWG0UK-VdTvzQ71Fc9yLguup5Kngqs=s3696" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3696" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidGMUI48ezM0W8osU2r--FFS9TPp4R1p2b5ZCMQqbx_AkUa0kISElq-9uZ9JUo-LmsYiS-bYfD8JhjI8Oqw7uQ3qF-K4EcjoRJ32k9xunbiEjHtPnYPJRNSMQhFyMvqhSryX5rkqZvhat2xXpCaWn-QfK2VyaWG0UK-VdTvzQ71Fc9yLguup5Kngqs=s320" width="212" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Panicum 'Northwind'</td></tr></tbody></table><strong>Maiden grass, </strong><strong>Eulalia</strong><strong> grass</strong> (<em>Miscanthus sinensis</em>), are beautiful in the early autumn landscape. Several cultivars are very invasive in U.S. landscapes. My Fair Maiden™ (6 – 8 ft. tall x 4 ft. wide), ‘Rigoletto’, ‘Morning Light’, ‘Bandwidth, and ‘Zebrinus’ ('Variegata’) produce very low amounts of sterile seed and are rated less invasive.</div>
<strong><div><strong><br /></strong></div>Switchgrass</strong> (<em>Panicum virgatum</em>) is a U.S. native prairie grass that is an exceptional performer. ‘Northwind’ switch grass grows 4 -5 ft. tall and 2.5 ft. wide and is tightly constricted at its base; airy panicles of feathery flowers in late summer. ‘Shenandoah’ forms a small 3 feet tall clump; summer foliage is dark purple cast on its tips dark, black-purple foliage in fall. ‘Cheyenne Sky’ emerges with blue-green leaves in late spring, forming a tidy and well-behaved mound. In late summer deep wine-red leaf tips and airy sprays of dark-red flowers.<br />
<strong><br /></strong><div><strong>Feather Reed Grass</strong> (<em>Calamagrostis x acutifora</em> 'Karl Foerster' has a strong upright habit and blooms with showy flowers that ripen to tawny seed heads that decorate the plant through the fall and winter months. Other cultivars are: ‘Overdam’ and ‘Avalanche’.<br />
<strong><br /></strong><div><strong><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqgUWBIMp0Mp_nf-9D3P46YiWb8ViOPoXaZp7TkHDr2GnwDQ_yyyXeySLVQCDAhpsyIz1GO7f_7VtXVcw7gdTtYsALrAvmejqnMp18ELgZP2-6-sWq9rDI3Pg_yg6I5B65MVo9NhtM7HECkEojHIsCEdNeCfJ192UN_OQ5n2FSJI3dJ1WIyzRgYeSF=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqgUWBIMp0Mp_nf-9D3P46YiWb8ViOPoXaZp7TkHDr2GnwDQ_yyyXeySLVQCDAhpsyIz1GO7f_7VtXVcw7gdTtYsALrAvmejqnMp18ELgZP2-6-sWq9rDI3Pg_yg6I5B65MVo9NhtM7HECkEojHIsCEdNeCfJ192UN_OQ5n2FSJI3dJ1WIyzRgYeSF=w246-h185" title="Pink" width="246" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pink Muhlygrass</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Muhlygrass</strong> (<em>Muhlenbergia capillaries</em>) produce a loose, airy inflorescence that is nothing less than spectacular pink clouds in early fall. Muhlygrass typically grows to 3 ft. tall x 3 ft. wide when in flower (USDA hardiness zones 6-10). Pink Muhly is the most popular form; ‘White Cloud’ sports white flowers and grows more upright than pink form.<br />
<strong><br /></strong><div><strong>Little bluestem</strong> (<em>Schizachyrium scoparium</em>) are popular native warm season grasses. 'Standing Ovation' keeps a tight, upright habit through the four seasons. The sturdy, spiky stems start out bluish-green and mature in the fall with brilliant color array of orange, red, yellow and purplish-brown. Colors do not or flop have a tendency to lodge in late as many varieties do.<br />
<strong><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Prairie dropseed</strong> (<em>Sporobolus heterolepis</em><em>)</em> is a warm season, clump-forming grass. Fine-textured, hairy, long green leaves (to 20 in. long and 1/16 in. wide) typically form an arching foliage mound to 15 in. tall and 18 in. wide. Foliage takes on a golden with orange hues in fall, and light bronze in winter. Open, branching flower panicles appear on slender stems which rise well above the foliage clump in late summer to 30-36 in. tall. Flowers have pink and brown tints, with a unique coriander fragrance in fall.<br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br /></div></div></div>Hugh Conlonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18174470294466565549noreply@blogger.com0Johnson City, TN, USA36.3134397 -82.35347277.2391436464233259 -117.5097227 65.387735753576678 -47.1972227tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803930171726375408.post-60902935521915952482022-03-31T21:00:00.009-07:002022-03-31T21:00:00.209-07:002022 Perennial Plant Of The Year - Little Bluestem<p>The Perennial Plant Association is pleased to promote Little Bluestem (<em>Schizachyrium scoparium</em> and cultivars) as the 2022 Perennial Plant of the Year®. The wider selection of <em>Schizachyrium scoparium</em> and cultivars allows the perennial expert in any region to select and promote the cultivars that do best in his or her location!</p><!-- wp:paragraph -->
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<p>PPA Board members selected top performers in their regions and shared appealing details about each one. Highlights of each selection are below:</p>
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<p><strong>Central region</strong> - Richard Hawke of the Chicago Botanic Garden selects <em>Schizachyrium scoparium</em> 'Jazz' for the Central region. Richard notes, "The striking silvery blue leaves of 'Jazz' are most comparable to 'The Blues’, but at 36 inches tall and 30 inches wide, 'Jazz' is a foot shorter than 'The Blues' and has sturdier stems.</p>
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<p><strong>Southern region</strong> - Shannon Currey of Hoffman Nursery selects <em>Schizachyrium scoparium</em> 'The Blues' for the Southern region. Shannon comments, "In the South, our humidity, high nighttime temps, and wet springs can slow down some Little Bluestem. ‘The Blues’ is a strong, vigorous grower and has fantastic color. Blues, pinks, purples in the summer followed by reds and oranges in the fall. In the right conditions, it stands out for us."</p>
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<p><strong>Canadian region</strong> - Tony Post of Brookdale Treeland Nurseries - Valleybrook Farm, choses <em>Schizachyrium scoparium</em> 'Standing Ovation' for the Canadian region. Tony says, “This selection adds excellent texture to the summer garden. Burgundy highlights add late season interest. Seed heads are attractive, particularly when backlit."</p>
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<p><strong>Western region</strong> - For the Western region, Nanci Hollerith Allen of MarkWatch Plants notes that <em>Schizachyrium scoparium</em> can be a tricky plant unless you have reasonably dry, well-drained soil. She shares two recommended cultivars for the Pacific Northwest and the Rocky Mountain region: 'The Blues' and 'Standing Ovation'.</p>
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<p><strong>Great Lakes region </strong>- Patty Steinhauser of Stonehouse Nursery chooses <em>Schizachyrium scoparium</em> 'Carousel' for the Great Lakes region. Patty says, "This uniquely mounded selection forms a wide clump of blue-green foliage that emerges nearly horizontal and matures into strong, upright stems that remain standing through inclement weather and winter. It takes on pink, copper and orange-red tones in fall topped with tiny seed tufts."</p>
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<p><strong>Mid-Atlantic region</strong> - Taylor Pilker of Cavano’s Perennials suggests 'The Blues', 'Standing Ovation', and 'Jazz'. Taylor likes ‘Blue Heaven’ because “it is taller and has good autumn color with a wide range of shades of burgundy and pink."</p>
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<p><strong>Information source:</strong> Perennial Plant Association website</p>
<!-- /wp:paragraph -->Hugh Conlonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18174470294466565549noreply@blogger.com0Johnson City, TN, USA36.3134397 -82.3534727-20.407627548022418 -152.6659727 90 -12.040972699999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803930171726375408.post-12961333769503569952022-03-11T21:00:00.043-08:002022-03-11T21:00:00.192-08:00Best And Most Reliable Coneflowers<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjd66qoDo2DAbm0-RuguIKRs0ngpnlFv3a1zezulPL453mM4-k1zILS5ykJjgwD3SXQau-gwCTDoctw9I_nqHvR0OGcUru0EZW7r4KclhYtKx1eClVBkM3uFOlBOX_zz9lSYIlqXfb_qRFu8o22n2rchLCNCmNgdjvYM3DxFzO_mjgtWH9FpZB4YTJQ=s5184" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjd66qoDo2DAbm0-RuguIKRs0ngpnlFv3a1zezulPL453mM4-k1zILS5ykJjgwD3SXQau-gwCTDoctw9I_nqHvR0OGcUru0EZW7r4KclhYtKx1eClVBkM3uFOlBOX_zz9lSYIlqXfb_qRFu8o22n2rchLCNCmNgdjvYM3DxFzO_mjgtWH9FpZB4YTJQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Echinacea </i>'Artisan Soft Orange'</td></tr></tbody></table><br />In 2020 MT Cuba Center in Greenville, DE released their most up to date ratings. This represents an updated test summary from their previous 3-year <em>Echinacea</em> (coneflower) variety trial in 2007-2009. The new report lists many more coneflower introductions and compares some newer cultivars against some of the tried-and-true top performers from the 2007-2009 trial.</p><!-- wp:paragraph -->
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<p>In addition, MT Cuba conducted a pollinator survey to determine the cultivars that were most attractive to pollinating insects. This data was collected by their Pollinator Observation group. They tallied insect visitation to help determine ecological value of plants in our trials. For <em>Echinacea</em>, special attention was paid to the difference between single and double flowers in their ability to attract pollinators.</p>
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<p>The best performing coneflowers<em> </em>in the trial are <em>E. purpurea</em> ‘Pica Bella’, <em>E</em>. ‘Sensation Pink’, <em>E</em>. ‘Santa Fe’,<em> E</em>. ‘TNECHKR’ (KISMET® Raspberry), <em>E</em>. ‘Snow Cone’, <em>E</em>. ‘POST301’ (Postman),<em> E</em>. ‘Glowing Dream’, <em>E</em>. ‘Purple Emperor’, <em>E. purpurea</em> ‘Fragrant Angel’, <em>E</em>. ‘TNECHKIO’ (KISMET® Intense Orange), <em>E</em>. ‘Balsomcor’ (SOMBRERO® Hot Coral), and <em>E</em>. ‘Julia’.</p>
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<p><strong>Important to gardeners</strong>: if you live in the mid-Atlantic States, results from the MT Cuba trial should be most useful and are posted online on the MT Cuba website. Midwest gardeners should look to recent <em>Echinacea</em> evaluations at the Chicago Botanical Gardens. </p>
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<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Living privacy fence to provide privacy from street
traffic and neighbors<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sound barrier to reduce noise<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Windbreak to reduce harsh winds<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Snow fence to reduce snow accumulation<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wildlife sanctuary and feed birds<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Planning</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Select
vigorous disease-free and pest-free and resistant plants that suit your region.
Wise plant choices make a healthy hedge that's easy to maintain. Slow- and
moderate-growing shrubs and trees are best. Fast growing plants require more
pruning (hedging). </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: .75pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Your
choice of shrubs or seedling trees also should be guided by the style of hedge
you want. Formal hedges, with a solid architectural form, neatly frame a yard
or rooms within it. Deciduous flowering shrubs, such as lilac, spiraea,
forsythia, and evergreens, such as boxwood, arborvitae, holly, develop into
effective hedges although much of the flower power is loss. Set the height and
depth of the hedge according to the vigor of the plants chosen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Planning,
Measuring and Staking the length of the planting area is next up, followed by
shopping for plants, digging, and watering. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Planting...<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; letter-spacing: .75pt;">1. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Stake
and mark the planting area, whether in a straight line or a curved one. Use a
measuring tape as a guide. Be sure to consider underground utilities when
selecting the planting location. Avoid planting over utilities if possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; letter-spacing: .75pt;">2. Space plants s</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">et
potted shrubs in place, allowing room for the plants to reach their mature
size. Stagger plants in two rows for a thicker hedge that will fill in more
quickly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; letter-spacing: .75pt;">3. Space accordingly based as on </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">the mature width of the shrub as
the spacing between the plants' root balls.<b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; letter-spacing: .75pt;">4. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Dig
the planting holes and remove the shrubs from pots and set them at the same
dept. Space according to what shrubs you are setting and refill in the planting
holes.<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; letter-spacing: .75pt;">5. Water shrubs</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">
as needed throughout the first growing season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; letter-spacing: .75pt;">6. Mulch - </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Spread
a 2 to 3 inch layer of shredded pine bark mulch between the plants. Keep the mulch
away from the plants' stems to allow water to reach the roots.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 21.6pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 4.6pt; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #212529; font-size: 14.0pt;">Plant Choices For Hedges:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<h2 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><u><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Evergreens:</span></u><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Emerald
arborvitae</span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">(</span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Thuja occidentalis</i> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #111111; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">‘Smaragd’</span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">)</span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">, </span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Western arborvitae</span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">(</span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Thuja plicata</i>), </span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Green
Giant arborvitae</span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">(</span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Thuja standishi x
plicata</i>), </span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Canadian hemlock</span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> (<i>Tsuga
canadensis</i>), </span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Schip or Cherry Laurel</span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> (</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #666666; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"><i>Prunus
laurocerasus</i> 'Schipkaensis'</span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">), </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Glossy abelia</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <span style="color: #222222;">(</span></span><em><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #222222; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Abelia </span></em><em><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">×<span style="color: #222222;"> grandiflora</span></span></em><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">),</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Japanese holly</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> (<i>Ilex crenata</i>), </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Inkberry holly</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> (</span><em><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Ilex glabra</span></em><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">), </span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Boxwood</span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> (<i>Buxus spp</i></span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">.</span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">), </span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Hicks
yew (</span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Taxus x media</i>), </span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Junipers</span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> (<i>Juniperus chinensis</i>), </span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Cedars</span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> (<i>Juniperus virginiana</i></span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">), Japanese Euonymus</span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">(</span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Euonymus japonicus</i></span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">).</span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><u><span style="font-size: large;">Deciduous:</span></u></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">European beech (<i>Fagus sylvatica</i>), Linden (<i>Tilia
spp</i>.), European hornbeam (<i>Carpinus
betulus</i>), <strong><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Hedge Maple (</span></strong><em><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Acer campestre</span></em><em><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">),</span></em> Arrowwood
viburnum (<i>Viburnum dentatum</i>), Rose of
Sharon (<i>Hibiscus syriacus</i>), Firethorn
(<i>Pyracantha coccinea</i>), Forsythia (<i>Forsythia spp</i>.), Various spireas (<i>Spiraea spp</i>.), Flowering quince (<i>Chaenomeles x</i>), red chokeberry (<em>Aronia
arbutifolia</em> 'Brilliantissima'), Japanese barberry<b> </b>(<em><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Berberis thunbergii</span></em>).</span></p>Hugh Conlonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18174470294466565549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803930171726375408.post-46730424727548115402021-08-14T21:00:00.027-07:002021-08-14T21:00:00.251-07:00Landscaping With Goldenrods<p><em><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K3gk_-ihe8E/YFJLYWNw1GI/AAAAAAAAB5M/vyaxg9TQ9ZkzUEBbzGaIm7A2TfsjVG1zgCLcBGAsYHQ/s5184/Solidago%2B%25285%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K3gk_-ihe8E/YFJLYWNw1GI/AAAAAAAAB5M/vyaxg9TQ9ZkzUEBbzGaIm7A2TfsjVG1zgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Solidago%2B%25285%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goldenrods at Dawes Arboretum</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Goldenrods
(</span>Solidago spp.</em><em><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">)</span></em><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> represent
about 100 species of perennials that grow ubiquitously along U.S. roadsides, prairies,
open woods, and riverbanks. (USDA hardiness zones<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">
4-9).</span> A small number of species are also native in South America and
Eurasia. Goldenrods are grown for their bright yellow or golden flowers that
form late in the summer. They are <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">easy to grow,
and the tiny yellow flowers are a bountiful source of nectar for bees and butterflies,
including Monarchs; seeds are eaten by songbirds fall and winter.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Goldenrods grow in almost any soil that is
well-drained and in full sun. Removing spent flower clusters will encourage more
blooms. Deadhead the old spent flowers to avoid prolific self-seeding. Every
3-4 years, divide plants in spring or fall.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Showy goldenrod<em><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> (</span>Solidago speciosa</em>) is an eye-catching selection
with abundant tiny, bright yellow terminal flower clusters atop stiff,
narrow-leaved, reddish stems; 2-3 feet tall starting in mid- to late-summer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Wreath goldenrod (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Solidago caesia</i>), aka blue stem goldenrod grows 1.5- 3 feet tall on
arching, glabrous, wiry, greenish-purple stems which are covered with a
silvery-white waxy covering (zones 4-8). <span style="background: white;">yellow
clusters of tiny flowers<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>bloom along the
purplish stem in early autumn.</span> Lance-shaped, medium green leaves (2-5
inches long) are toothed with sharply pointed tips.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘Fireworks’ r</span><span class="Heading2Char"><span style="background: white; font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">ough-stemmed</span></span><span class="Heading2Char"><span style="background: white; font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span><span class="Heading2Char"><span style="background: white; font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">goldenrod</span></span><span class="Heading2Char"><span style="background: white; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; font-size: 11.0pt;">(<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Solidago</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">rugosa</i>) is probably the most popular
variety, 3-4 feet tall clump-forming plant is covered with stiff bright yellow
inflorescences starting in early autumn, reminiscent of exploding fireworks. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">‘Golden
Fleece’ goldenrod (</span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">S. sphacelata ‘</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Golden</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Fleece’)</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">grows 18 – 24 inches tall and 24-36 inches wide forms showy sprays of
golden yellow flowers starting in mid-September into October.. Its heart-shaped
leaves are semi-evergreen.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><b>Ultra-dwarf varieties:</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Little
Lemon® (‘Dansolitlem’) - light yellow flowers on ultra-compact (14 inches tall / 18 inches wide plants.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">‘Cloth
of Gold’- deep yellow flowers on 18-24 inch tall stems.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">‘Crown
of Rays’ - bright yellow flowers on 2-3 feet tall stems.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">No serious insect or disease problems trouble
goldenrods and are moderately deer tolerant. If summer weather is unusually wet
or planting is too crowded, expect minor disease problems. <o:p></o:p></span></p>Hugh Conlonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18174470294466565549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803930171726375408.post-3127623530778765542021-04-30T21:00:00.001-07:002021-04-30T21:00:00.227-07:00Oyama or Siebold Magnolia<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3UXVCkT1PL4/X8VqTR9eqlI/AAAAAAAAB1c/gXvEZZ009SI0S8Cb80gIrQUAN93i7oMOQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Magnolia%2Bsieboldii%2B%25283%2529.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="20" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3UXVCkT1PL4/X8VqTR9eqlI/AAAAAAAAB1c/gXvEZZ009SI0S8Cb80gIrQUAN93i7oMOQCLcBGAsYHQ/w30-h20/Magnolia%2Bsieboldii%2B%25283%2529.JPG" width="30" /></a></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oyama sieboldii</td></tr>
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Oyama magnolia (<i>Magnolia sieboldii</i>) is a 10-15 feet tall (and equal spread) deciduous tree or large shrub from eastern Asia. It prefers to grow in partial sunlight and in moist, well drained loamy soil (USDA zones 6 -8). <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Why are not more gardeners are not growing this small </span>tree/shrub magnolia. Spring bloom is in May, avoiding the threat of frost injuring the flower buds of this later blooming magnolia.<br />
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White nodding egg-shaped flower buds appear in late June, and blooms appear intermittently thru most of the summer. The 1-3 inch wide saucer shaped flowers are white, centered by crimson stamens within. Oyama begins to flower at an early age.<br />
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Feed magnolias with a slow release fertilizer in early spring. They benefit from annual mulching. Pruning shrub to desired shape and size, and to remove dead or broken branches.<br />
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />Hugh Conlonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18174470294466565549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803930171726375408.post-31842264866997243822021-03-31T21:00:00.049-07:002021-03-31T21:00:00.146-07:00Evercolor® series of Japanese sedges<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DOWATt6urHg/X8ViVoPoTJI/AAAAAAAAB1E/-3xI2ZwBK4YNsUDtIz6QEI_PNBbNWPxigCLcBGAsYHQ/s5184/Carex%2Bohm%2B%2527Everillo%2527%2B%25284%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DOWATt6urHg/X8ViVoPoTJI/AAAAAAAAB1E/-3xI2ZwBK4YNsUDtIz6QEI_PNBbNWPxigCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Carex%2Bohm%2B%2527Everillo%2527%2B%25284%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carex 'Everillo'<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Japanese sedges (<em>Carex oshimensis</em>) are fine-textured variegated sedges that typically grow in a low, grass-like mounded clump to 10-16” tall and wide. This tough colorful sedge was originally found growing in dry woodlands and rocky slopes throughout Honshu Island, Japan. Brownish floral spikes are mostly inconspicuous.<p></p>
<p>Japanese sedge are evergreen across the southern U.S. They’re long-lasting and easy to grow! Evercolor® series of variegated Japanese sedges are the result of breeding from Pat Fitzgerald, at Fitzgerald Nurseries in Kilkenny, Ireland. This collection of seven cultivars (to date)have been introduced so far. They are hardy in zones 6-8, but are being evaluated in USDA zone 5. Plants are evergreen through most of their growing range.</p>
<p>Sedges are grass-like plants, and prefer moist, organic rich soil and partial shade. Once established sedges tolerate dry shade, accompanied by intermittent watering during dry periods. Foliage colors are richer in partial shade than in full sun. Plants spread are propagate by rhizome division in early spring.</p>
<p>Evercolor® series make exceptional ground covers, as well as bedding and specimen plants. They are planted in mixed containers and window boxes, as billowy plant mounds spilling over the edge into a path or billow up (mound) in a container or window box. Spacing varies with cultivar. Utilize sedges for edging along pathways, streams or ponds, and in rock gardens.</p>
<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J9I2vscbRXw/X8VlQXw-iOI/AAAAAAAAB1Q/AZlTgreaAmIRHUe4f96sDCN808ASfTdqwCLcBGAsYHQ/s5184/Carex%2BEvercolor%2B%25281%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J9I2vscbRXw/X8VlQXw-iOI/AAAAAAAAB1Q/AZlTgreaAmIRHUe4f96sDCN808ASfTdqwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Carex%2BEvercolor%2B%25281%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Evercolor' sedge<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Evercolor® sedges grow 12 inches high and 12-18 inches in spread in shade or part shade in moist to average soil with good drainage. Water well after planting and regularly until established after one year. Trim back all last year’s growth in late winter. No serious insect or disease problems trouble sedges and are deer resistant<p></p>
<p><strong>‘Evergold’</strong> - (original variegated form) - narrow leaves with broad, creamy, yellowish-white center stripe and bordered by thin dark green margins.</p>
<p><strong>‘Everillo’</strong> - a cascading mounding fountain of lime green leaves deepen to yellow-gold later in the summer.</p>
<p><strong>‘Everest’</strong> - more vigorous sport of ‘Evergold’ with green center and crisp snow-white edging.</p>
<p><strong>‘Everlime’</strong> – a mound of leaf blades with deep green centers flanked by lime green margins.</p>
<p><strong>‘Eversheen’</strong> has distinctive lime yellow striped foliage, all in a neat flowing mound.</p>
<p><strong>‘Everoro’</strong> – leaf blades emerge lime-green and turn golden yellow late in the season.</p>
<p><strong>‘Everlite’</strong> – rich green leaf blade edges and broad white center stripe.</p>Hugh Conlonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18174470294466565549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803930171726375408.post-87105013995702341432021-01-31T21:00:00.001-08:002021-01-31T21:00:03.521-08:00Willow Oak - A Fine Street / Landscape Tree<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #474747; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Verdana; font-style: inherit; font-variant: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rE7Y-Ets6Ao/X8V1UVzXteI/AAAAAAAAB2A/26O389X-xtIunBMdLLD9peJh3_mgSi89gCLcBGAsYHQ/s5184/Quercus%2Bphellos%2B%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rE7Y-Ets6Ao/X8V1UVzXteI/AAAAAAAAB2A/26O389X-xtIunBMdLLD9peJh3_mgSi89gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Quercus%2Bphellos%2B%25281%2529.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Willow oak (<i>Q. phellos</i>)<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Willow Oak (</span><em style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: currentColor; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: currentColor; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: currentColor; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border: 0px none currentcolor; color: #474747; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Quercus phellos</em><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #474747; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Verdana; font-style: inherit; font-variant: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">) is medium to large, deciduous tree, part of the "red oak" group <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #474747; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Verdana; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 20px;">(USDA hardiness zones 5-9).</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #474747; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Verdana; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 20px;"> </span>It is distinguished for willow-like oak foliage. Growth rate following a 2 year establishment period is moderate (12-16 inches annually).</span><br />
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Willow oak grows 50-75 feet tall and 30-35 feet wide with a rounded top or canopy. Young trees tend to be pyramidal in form. Individual specimens may reach 90 or more feet under ideal site conditions. Its small ¼ – ½ inch nearly round acorns form almost every year, are not a major maintenance headache, and serve as an important food resource for wildlife.</div>
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Long stringy yellow-green long catkin flowers appear in April, a few days before leaves emerge. Unlobed 5-inch long leaves mimic those of willow trees (<em style="border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: currentColor; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: currentColor; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: currentColor; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border: 0px none currentcolor; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Salix spp.</em>). Leaves are tipped with a single 1-inch wide bristle. Green summer leaf color turns an undistinguished yellow-brown or dull gold very late in autumn. A young tree has a smooth grayish bark which darkens and becomes furrowed with age.</div>
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Native to the Southeastern U.S., willow oak prefers a moist bottomland, organic-rich, well-drained soil. This landscape tree tolerates light shade, but performs best in full sun. Willow oak can handle a wide range of soils including clay. Once established, it copes with summer drought well. Foliage is tolerant of urban air pollution.</div>
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />Hugh Conlonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18174470294466565549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803930171726375408.post-18548158597755605562021-01-05T10:36:00.000-08:002021-01-05T10:36:47.513-08:00New Fragrant Landscape Roses<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K_Sd0wPXa_8/X_SwuaweyLI/AAAAAAAAB3c/KQil7USby-wgrLmyjl7_rX1TryKvyAxygCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Rose-Brindabella-Purple-Prince-001%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1776" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K_Sd0wPXa_8/X_SwuaweyLI/AAAAAAAAB3c/KQil7USby-wgrLmyjl7_rX1TryKvyAxygCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Rose-Brindabella-Purple-Prince-001%2B%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br />Over a century of rose breeding has rewarded gardeners with so many gorgeous garden roses: hybrid tea, grandiflora, floribunda and shrub types. Rose breeders have concentrated on plant vigor, flower color, disease resistance, and greater numbers of flowers over the growing season. Over the years, floral fragrance has been mostly ignored.</div><p></p><!-- wp:paragraph -->
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resistance to black spot and powdery mildew. Their colorful blooms are doubled and
highly fragrant. Blooms are produced in flushes from spring into fall, and no
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Thunderhead <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">(</span></b><em><span style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">Pinus thunbergiana</span></em><em><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; margin: 0px;">) </span></em>is
a choice shrub variety of Japanese Black pine. This <span style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">medium-sized evergreen shrub</span> conifer grows 10 to 12 feet high
and 12 to 15 feet wide <span style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">(in 10 - 15 years)</span>.
Its distinctive cottony terminal buds and dark green densely packed needles are architecturally beautiful in the fall-winter landscape.<br />
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“Billowy emerald clouds” best
describes the needle foliage on Thunderhead pine. Silvery white candles (shoots)
grow 10 - 12 inches long in response to warm spring temps. The shoots reach
their full length by late May. Branches are rigid and its lower needles are mostly retained.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.66px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Desired location is<b> </b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 14.66px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">in </span><span style="font-size: 14.66px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">full to partial sun and in moderately acidic soils that are well-drained<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span>. Provide a minimum of 6 hours of
sunlight. Plant in late winter to early fall from container or balled and
burlapped (B&B) stock. Allow 1-2 years to become established after
planting; afterwards drought and heat tolerant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.66px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Feed annually</span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
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equivalent granular fertilizer. </span>Pruning is rarely necessary except for
desired shaping and sizing. Cut back new shoot growth (“candles”) around late
May to early June before needles are fully expanded.</span></div>
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Disease and pest problems are rare when
properly sited. Thunderhead is highly tolerant of wind, drought, and salt spray. Provide
shelter from harsh winds to minimize off-color in winter. Availability is primarily
from specialty conifer nurseries on-line or in the southeast region.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">Thunderhead Japanese black pine is loved for its low maintenance and its dark evergreen foliage. This shrub pine conifer deserves a place
in your landscape.</span><br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Hugh Conlonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18174470294466565549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803930171726375408.post-52308415440197279272020-11-30T14:16:00.003-08:002020-11-30T14:16:40.087-08:00Planting Deodar Cedars<!--wp:paragraph-->
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Deodar cedar is<strong> </strong>an excellent specimen tree. You may opt to mass several for privacy screening or a windbreak around your property. Create a unique focal point by clustering 3-5 trees together. Plant these long--lived evergreens for multi-generations to enjoy.<br />
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Site selection is most important. Deodars prefer mostly sunny sites and set in moist, well-drained soils. Two-year established trees are drought <strong>t</strong>olerant. Relatively free from pest and disease troubles, once planted, deodars will provide maintenance-free beauty.<br />
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Elegant weeping branches dip downward to the ground and then sweep upward. The older 2- and 3- year old needles drop in spring, just as new buds emerge to provide a soft green look. Male trees produce catkins that disperse copious amounts of pollen in early spring. Female trees develop 3-5 inch egg-shaped cones.<br />
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Weatherwise, deodars earn a reputation as finicky trees in the mid-South (Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia). Young trees are more susceptible to cold than older stock. In a good soil young trees and shrubs grow off quickly, often achieving two feet of growth a year. If the tops of trees die back, winter freeze injury may be the problem. <br /> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RXrnnN9yw3Y/X8Vuub4X3AI/AAAAAAAAB10/EZHjbUF97Lo-LKPQfix8l0eKYbtlxuaLACLcBGAsYHQ/s5184/Cedrus%2Bdoedar%2B%2527Glacier%2BBlue%2527%2B%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RXrnnN9yw3Y/X8Vuub4X3AI/AAAAAAAAB10/EZHjbUF97Lo-LKPQfix8l0eKYbtlxuaLACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Cedrus%2Bdoedar%2B%2527Glacier%2BBlue%2527%2B%25281%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Glacier Blue' at Univ. of Tennessee Gardens<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Winter hardy tree forms include ‘Shalimar’, a selection made in the Kashmiri region of India and Pakistan. Many shrub forms are also available such as:<br /><strong>'Feelin' Blue'</strong> - low spreading, mounding, space saving form; long, thick bluish tinted needles that retain their color into late summer; grows 1 to 2 feet tall in 10 years. <strong>'Glacier Blue'</strong> -moderate growing shrub form with long blue-green foliage that grows 8-10 feet tall within 20 years.<br />
<!--/wp:paragraph--><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Hugh Conlonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18174470294466565549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803930171726375408.post-37772836884701136492020-10-01T12:00:00.000-07:002020-10-01T12:00:08.530-07:00Highly Rated Camellias Growing In Zone 6 Gardens<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; margin: 0px;">You can now grow camellias in warm winter areas of the
middle Atlantic States (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia) as well as the mid-South (Zones 6 and 7).<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Depending on variety,<span style="color: #000120;"><u> </u>camellias </span>bloom in shades
of white, pink, red, and some speckled and striped kinds. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; margin: 0px;">In northern locales where winters go down to 0 - 10 degrees F, planting time starts from spring to early September to allow the
root systems to grow deeply before cold weather arrives in December.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">S<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.33px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">heltered the new camellias from direct sunlight and high wind</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">. A site should have good soil drainage and has been generously amended with organic matter. Fertilize with a water soluble acidic fertilizer like Miracle-Gro or Hollytone according to package directions. C</span>amellias grow best in partial shade — they do not like late afternoon summer sun. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; margin: 0px;">Do
not overwater camellias.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; margin: 0px;"> A planting site under tall trees or on the north or west side of a building is ideal. Plants grown in full
sun often develop leaf scorch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">Camellias
are relatively deer-resistant. Deer and other garden nuisances are not known to
bother camellias. </span><b><i><u><sub><sup><strike><br /></strike></sup></sub></u></i></b>
</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; margin: 0px;">Some favorites in my
East Tennessee Garden (zone 6-b) are:</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; margin: 0px;">‘April Dawn’</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; margin: 0px;"> grows to about 10 feet tall and
6 feet wide with pale pink petals with dark pink streaks!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; margin: 0px;">‘Artic Rose’</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; margin: 0px;"> is double red floral beauty.
This compact variety only grows to 6 feet tall and wide.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; margin: 0px;">‘<span style="margin: 0px;">Snow Flurry’</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; margin: 0px;">
<b>(</b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px;">C. oleifera</span></i><span style="margin: 0px;">)<b> <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></b>6 – 8 feet tall with </span>3-1/2 inch white
blooms<span style="margin: 0px;"> at an early age<b>.</b></span> </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; margin: 0px;">‘Autumn
Pink Icicle’ (</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; margin: 0px;">C. oleifera</span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; margin: 0px;">)<b> </b>-
5-6 feet upright shrub; large, double, rose-pink blooms.<b></b></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; margin: 0px;">‘Winter’s Snowman’</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; margin: 0px;"> - 12 feet tall and 8 feet wide
shrub; semi-double white flowers in fall. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; margin: 0px;">‘Pink
Icicle’ </span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; margin: 0px;">–<b> </b>8 - 10 feet tall shrub;<b> </b>large </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; margin: 0px;">4-1/2 inch <b>s</b>hell pink semi-double
blooms in March/April</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; margin: 0px;">'April
Remembered'</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; margin: 0px;"> - large
cream to pink shaded semi-double flowers on a fast growing plant. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; margin: 0px;">'April
Rose'</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; margin: 0px;"> - Rose red
formal double flowers on a compact. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; margin: 0px;">'April
Tryst'</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; margin: 0px;"> - Red,
anemone form flowers on a well formed plant with medium growth.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; margin: 0px;">‘Korean Fire’ </span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; margin: 0px;">(<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">C. japonica</i>) - vigorous 12-15 feet tall and 6-8 feet wide, blooming
in March - early May; 3-5 inch wide deep red, single blooms /contrasting golden
stamens in center. </span></div>
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Hugh Conlonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18174470294466565549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803930171726375408.post-77955419223837588682020-08-01T00:00:00.000-07:002020-08-01T00:00:02.744-07:00Re-Invigor Your August Garden<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">When
you reach the month of August, your garden is either flourishing or you're
thinking "better luck next year" or on the phone to a paving
company. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Here are some quick-step maintenance suggestions:</span></span><br />
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Keep container plants watered – remember that
other than occasional August rains, you are their only resource for moisture.</span></span><br />
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Fertilize all container plants and perennials in
your garden. Frequent watering may be a must unless summer rainfall has
been plentiful.</span></span><br />
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Add a Water Soluble Fertilizer products as Miracle
Gro™, Jack's™, or Espoma™ Slow Release.</span></span><br />
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Prune back hybrid tea and shrub roses to spur
plentiful re-blooms in September and October.</span></span><br />
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Continue to pull weeds. Don't allow them get ahead and go
to seed.</span></span><br />
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Deadhead (prune back) annuals and perennials so they'll look
better and to stimulate new blooms. Your lawn mower, set at 5-inch cutting height, makes the work faster and simpler.</span></span><br />
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Prune/remove dead limbs and branches on shrubs
and smaller trees.</span></span><br />
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Scout these late summer pests - aphids, white
flies, spider mites on all landscape plants. A number of safe organic
pesticides or a coarse spray of water from a garden hose may take care of most
pests.</span></span><br />
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">If summer annuals have peaked and dying off from diseases or insect pests, head to
your local garden center for fall blooming mums, asters, toad lilies, anemones,
et.al.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Calibrachoa</i> in container</td></tr>
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Hugh Conlonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18174470294466565549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803930171726375408.post-81190129982048343122020-07-15T00:00:00.000-07:002020-07-15T00:00:00.158-07:00July Blooming Japanese Pagoda Tree<br />
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Japanese Pagoda tree (<em>Styphnolobium japonicum</em>), formerly <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sophora japonica, </i>is medium-sized tree that
grows to 50 feet high, but seeing one 75 feet is not unusual in the
southeastern U.S. Pagoda tree is native to eastern Asia (USDA hardiness zones 4
–8) where it is also called “Scholar tree”.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Japanese Pagoda Tree</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">What really makes pagoda tree strik</span>ingly different is its flowering time in July-August,
when few landscape trees are blooming. Its pea-like, creamy-white flowers are
showy, wisteria-like, and fragrant. The 12-inch long flower clusters droop off the branch tips. Fall color is rated average, leaves turning yellow.<br />
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In the
early days of autumn, 3 to 8 inches long green fruits, best described as string
of pearls, form and persist way into winter. Birds don’t are not attracted to
the berries; they turn black, shrivel, and linger through winter. By spring the
tree has shed most of the twiggy fruit rachises.<br />
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Pagoda tree grows in full to partial sun (6-hours minimum) and in a moist
well-drained, slightly acidic soil. Pagoda tree tolerates urban drought, air
pollution, and moderate soil salinity around coastal beach areas. The tree is rarely troubled by serious disease or insect problems.<br />
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Annual growth rate ranges from 18 to 24 inches. Summer foliage is comprised
of 8-10 inch long, pinnately compound leaflets numbering 7 to 17. In some years
its golden fall color can be spectacular.<br />
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Some cultivars, including weeping and upright (columnar) forms, are available.
‘Regent’ is the most popular cultivar, high valued as a vigorous grower and
lustrous green foliage. <br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Hugh Conlonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18174470294466565549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803930171726375408.post-56096978483566677152020-07-01T00:00:00.001-07:002020-07-01T00:00:05.422-07:00Seedless (Sterile) Blooming Rose Of Sharon Shrubs <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Lavender Chiffon' althea</td></tr>
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Rose of Sharon, aka shrub althea, (<em>Hibiscus syriacus</em>) is a woody hibiscus shrub that is hardy in temperate northern areas of the U.S. (USDA hardiness zones 5-9). This summer flowering shrub is exceptionally easy to grow. </div>
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At one time, it was a great pass-along shrub that fell out of favor. However, old fashioned varieties frequently reseeded around the garden. New cultivars strut variegated foliage, double flowers, and infertile (sterile) blooms that produce little or no seed. They are available in a wide range of flower colors including pink, purple, blue, white, and almost red. </div>
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Blooms may be single, semi-double, and double and range in size from 2-5 inches across. They grow in average to good garden soils with moderate drainage. For maximum flowering, site plants where they receive 6 or more hours of direct sun and feed annually with a slow-release fertilizer such as Osmocote™ or Nutricote™. Blooms attract numerous bees and butterflies. Japanese beetles may damage the flowers for a few weeks in early summer, but shrubs rapidly recover.</div>
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After their first year, Rose of Sharons are highly drought tolerant. Shrubs respond well to annual pruning and to severe “rejuvenating” by pruning to a few inches above the ground.<br />
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Some gardeners opt to grow them as perennials by cutting the plant back every year or two. In late spring the “shortened” plant(s) emerge as multi-stems, grow a 2-3 feet tall, and flower.<br />
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<u><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">Alternative technique</span></u><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">: thin out emerging growth to 1, 3 or 5 main
shoots to train into a small patio tree.</span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Utilize Rose of Sharon
as a specimen shrub or small tree, as a shrub border, or set into a large
container.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , "bitstream charter" , "times" , serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "&quot" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Best of the sterile forms of Rose of Sharon (althea):</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "&quot" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Chiffon® series</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "&quot" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> feature
anemone-like double blooms for low seed set and long-blooming; color choices:
Lavender (purple), Blue, and White; 8-12 feet x 6-10 feet wide.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "&quot" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Sugar Tip®</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "&quot" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> - pure pink double blooms (no seed) and
variegated semi-double creamy-white blooms/ bluish-green foliage; 8-12 feet x 6-8 feet.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "&quot" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Purple Pillar®</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "&quot" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> - slender columnar
growth habit (16 feet tall x 3 feet wide), 4-inch vibrant purple single to semi-double flowers with red centers; <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "&quot" , "serif"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">ideal fit for small urban
gardens</span>.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rodgersia</td></tr>
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Rodgersia (two forms) is an <span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">outstanding summer flowering perennial </span>grown for its broad foliage and showy flowers. Rodgersia has one key requirement: consistent soil moisture through the spring and summer months. Don’t attempt to grow this bold perennial unless its water needs is totally satisfied. Plants prefer wet, boggy feet (roots).</div>
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Rodgersias (<i>Rodgersia pinnata</i>) sport bold pinnately compound leaves that emerge with a dark bronze tint. Leaves measure more than a foot wide and 3-4 foot high perennial. In early summer, white bloom panicles rise 2 to 3 feet above the foliage and bloom over 3 to 4 weeks. </div>
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A secondary species, Chestnut-leaved Rodgersia (<em>R. aesculifolia</em><strong>), </strong>is another clump form with bold green foliage and bears creamy-white flowers in mid-summer (USDA hardiness zones 5 to 8).</div>
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Varieties of rodgersia: 'Chocolate Wing' -- cherry blossom pink and cream blooms); ‘Alba’- white flowers and dark green leaves/bronze veining.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Rodgersia prosper in partial day sun tor light shade all day. Site them nearby water features like within the splash-zone of a waterfall. They grow exceptionally well along woodland creeks.</span></div>
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When properly sited, the foliage remains blemish-free all season long. Disease and pest problems are rare if growing conditions are ideal. Deer and rabbits rarely trouble them</div>
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<b>Planting in containers:</b> plant a single crown into a 3 to 5 gallon size container filled with humus-rich potting soil. To restrict most water loss, line the bottom of the container with plastic shopping bags. This reduces irrigation needs that saves on your monthly water bill.</div>
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<i>Tall and pretty spectacular </i>pretty much describes Queen of the prairie <em>(Filipendula rubra</em>) (USDA hardiness zones 3 to 8). The species is native from Pennsylvania to Georgia west and north to Iowa and Missouri. This long-lived beauty will dominate its garden spot for many years. Unlike most <em>Filipendula</em> <em>spp</em>. which bear white flowers, <em>F. rubra</em> flaunts wonderful pink flowers.<br />
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Queen of the prairie is valued for both its bold foliage and flowers. This clump-forming perennial grows 6-8 feet tall. Many 6-9 inch wide panicles (corymbs) tiny, fragrant, pale pink flowers fill the tops in early to mid summer. Bright green, deeply cut, pinnately compound leaves comprise 7-9 lance-shaped large leaflets, each leaflet 7-9 lobed. Leaves are fragrant.<br />
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In Zones 3 to 7, filipendulas grow naturally in mostly full sun sites. In the South (Zones 7b - 8), plants are best lightly shaded from mid-afternoon sun. Plant in moist acidic soils, but they also will prosper on poorly drained, calcareous sites. More soil moisture means taller plants.<br />
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Few serious disease or insect problems
trouble filipendulas when plants are not crowded and roots are kept relatively moist.
Leaf spots, powdery mildew, rust are occasional problems. Though quite tall,
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Filipendulas are tall plants for large gardens. Plant three or more for an early summer spectacular floral show.<br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "&quot" , "serif"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "&quot" , "serif"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Angel trumpet (<em><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "&quot" , "serif"; margin: 0px;">Brugmansia</span></span></em>)
is tropical plant native from Venezuela to Peru (USDA hardiness zones 7-b
to 10). Plants have shown to be surprising hardy outdoors in zone 6-b
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "&quot" , "serif"; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "&quot" , "serif"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">This beautiful shrub, often trained as a tree, may reach heights of 6-10 feet before cold weather arrives in the fall. It is a member of the <em><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "&quot" , "serif"; margin: 0px;">Solanaceae</span></span></em> family
which includes tomato, potato, petunia, nicotiana and other great garden
plants. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "&quot" , "serif"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;">Angel trumpets are highly prized for their enormous fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers, some
10 </span>inches or more in length. The exotic flowers emit a strong lemony
scent over the evening hours. Blooms are pollinated by moths. Flower colors
range from white, orange, yellow, and pink. Some varieties exhibit
variegated foliage.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "&quot" , "serif"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">If you live in a northerly area, purchase angel
trumpet in early spring and grow the new plant indoors to get it
well-established. Move it outdoors after the threat of frost has passed. Plant angel trumpet in a large 12-16 inch (or wider) container in well-drained potting soil (media). If you live in a mild
temperate climate, plant directly into a garden bed in a
well-drained soil and keep well mulched. You may want to place the
heavy container on a dolly to move it around to different locations
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<span style="font-family: "&quot" , "serif"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">This fast growing plant demands lots of water,
but it fails when over-watered. Keep soil moist and let soil dry out
between waterings. Fertilize monthly with a water-soluble fertilizer such as
Miracle-Gro®, Peters®, and Schultz®. In the summer, when plant growth
is more rapid and most blooms form, feed every two weeks according to
package directions. Cut back on fertilizing in fall and do not
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<span style="font-family: "&quot" , "serif"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">In northerly areas, bring angel
trumpet(s) inside as outdoor temperatures drop below 40°F.
If you garden where winters are mild, protect by setting poles around it and
wrap with milky white plastic. You may opt to cut back entire plant to the
ground and mulch heavily to protect the crown during winter.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "&quot" , "serif"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Occasionally snip off old spent
flowers, and spur new growth. A container plant can be cut to the ground
for winter. <b>Beware</b>: sap from this plant is highly poisonous when
ingested by humans, pets, or livestock.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "&quot" , "serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">For a large selection of
angel trumpet hybrids, shop on-line at Plant Delights Nursery in Raleigh, NC.</span></span><br />
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Their roots must be kept constantly moist so that leaves don’t wilt or "faint". Even after a summer shower, ligs may still go through a brief spell fainting in the mid-afternoon due to summer heat and water loss from transpiration. By early evening the leaves recover fully hydrated.<br />
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Bigleaf ligs (<em>L. dentata</em>) and narrow-spiked ligularias (<em>L. stenocephala</em>), aka "golden ray", grow well in temperate climes (USDA hardiness zones 6 and 7). Tropical species are listed under the genus <em>Farfugium </em>(zones 7b -10)<i>. </i>Favorite cultivars include: 'The Rocket', <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">'Bottle Rocket', </span>'Britt-Marie Crawford', 'Desdemona'.<br />
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Ligularias (ligs) thrive in part day sun or light shade all day. Site them nearby water features like within the splash-zone of a waterfall. They grow exceptionally well along woodland creeks.<br />
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Coneflowers (<em style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Echinacea spp.</em>) have undergone great improvements over the past quarter century. Varieties are now available in many color shades and plants flower for longer periods. Recently introduced cultivars also grow alot shorter. On the negative side, some hybrid forms have been disappointing, barely surviving 1-2 years in the garden.<br />
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For overall dependability, Purple Coneflower (<em>Echinacea purpurea</em>) is my #1 favorite for dependability (USDA hardiness zones 3-8). The species is native to most of the Eastern and Midwestern U.S. They bloom in July, August, and into September, their nectar-filled flowers attract butterflies and bees, and their winter seed heads provide food for birds and other critters.<br />
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Yellow Coneflower (<em>Echinacea paradoxa</em>) is native to the Ozark region in Missouri and Arkansas. The yellow blooming <em>E. paradoxa</em> have been bred with <em>E. purpurea</em>. Flowering starts in June, and puts on a long show even as the petals fade. This species has a small geographic range due to habitat loss.<br />
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Pale Purple Coneflower (<em>Echinacea pallida</em>) are native from the central U.S. Petals tend to be long, narrow, and droopy along with washed out lavender color. Leaves and stems are particularly fuzzy. They bloom from June to July and grow in most U.S. gardens under proper care.<br />
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Tennessee Coneflower (<em>Echinacea tennesseensis</em>) are native the state, but their habitat has been in decline over the past half century. Only recently has it been removed from the endangered species list. This mid-summer bloomer grows 2 to 2 ½ feet tall.<br />
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Coneflowers perform best in full sun and within a low to moderate range of soil fertility. While good soil drainage and watering during prolonged dry spells are good practice. Keep in mind that most coneflowers establish deep taproots and resent constant irrigation and over-feeding. To insure winter survival, coneflowers should be planted before July 1st.<br />
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