Varieties, Cultivars, Hybrids…..Oh My!
It is important to know the difference between cultivars, hybrids and varieties for propagation as well as legal reasons. Hybrids are fairly simple and most people who deal with plants […]
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The Frost Resistant Fall Garden
Wintry weather is upon us and we watched our gardens succumb to the cold early this year. No gardener likes to see his plants freeze with the onset of cold […]
Ladybells
We have a new/old plant to review this month. In our last garden club sale we had several ladybells. This bellflower look alike was […]
New Controls for White-nose Syndrome
Five million, seven hundred thousand bats have succumbed to white-nose syndrome since 2006. Seven bat species are included in this number: :big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus), little brown myotis, (Myotis […]
An Illegal Alien at Longwood Gardens
Saprophytic plants are not unusual in nature. These are plants that live off of dead and decaying matter. They cannot make their own food as they contain no chlorophyll and […]