Down To Earth Garden Club

Green Flowers for the Garden

Green flowers exert a certain fascination. Perhaps it is because they are rather rare in nature. The purpose of colorful flowers is to attract pollinators to insure the genetic continuation […]

African Fig Fly Zaprionus indianus Gupta

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| Plant Problems

Gardeners who grow fruit, especially small fruits such as cherries, blueberries, blackberries, strawberries and raspberries, might be seeing a new invasive pest this summer. According to Penn State researchers the […]

Impatiens and Mildew

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| Plant Problems, Uncategorized

A number of northern gardeners lost impatiens during the last growing season due to infected plants that were greenhouse grown or came in from the south. Typically impatiens (Impatiens walleriana) […]

Perennial Plant of the Year: 2013

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| Plants

Every year the Perennial Plant Association chooses a plant with outstanding characteristics upon which to bestow the title of Perennial Plant of the Year. The plants that are chosen share […]