Last summer while trimming back a shrub, I got stung. It wasn’t a bee, wasp or hornet sting. I explored the shrub to see what caused the pain and found an insect that looked like ...
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Television shows and movies frequently get it wrong
In the NCIS episode 'Viral' aired Oct. 27, 2015, McGee tells Bishop to be careful because the area they are investigating (outside Washington, D.C.) is covered with poison oak. ...
Tips for keeping leafy goodness in your garden
The city has announced its schedule for fall leaf collection and gardeners have some decisions to make. Will you rake and bag? Mow? Chop? Or, compost your own leaves to make your ...
Prime time for planting spring-blooming bulbs
Gardeners are nothing, if not hopeful. And one of our signs of hope is the fall planting of spring-blooming bulbs: Tulips, crocus, daffodils, hyacinths and alliums to name a ...
Beautyberry lives up to its name in the fall garden
If you are looking for a shrub that will perk up the fall season, check out beautyberry. Although beautyberry (Callicarpa spp.) blooms in early summer, the tiny whitish-pink ...
Prepare for winter, and sprout micro greens, too
If your houseplants summered outdoors, it’s time to bring them back inside, if you haven’t already. You want to do this once the night temps hit the 50s. Before you move them ...
Meet a couple of hydrangeas that bloom reliably
The most frequent question about hydrangeas is why don’t they bloom. Breeders have boosted the reliably blooming types by at least two in the last couple of years, and these ...
Trial plants will do what they want to do
Sometimes you get it right and sometimes, well, Mother Nature has her way. This past spring, I was thrilled with the trial combos I got from Ball Horticulture Co., annuals ...
Annuals a best buy for season-long color, blooms
Annuals have always been billed as a lot of color for the coin, because their seasonal role is to bloom their heads off, set seed and die. And, even though consumer interest has ...
Fall-planted bulbs bridge the season from spring to summer
You know that gap between spring and summer, when there’s nothing blooming in the garden? It’s after the spring bulbs, columbine (Aquilegia) and Iris have bloomed but before ...