About Parsley
1. Once or twice. Parsley, Petroselinum crispum, is a biennial in temperate zones of the world and an annual in very warm or very cold
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July 21, 2022
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About Heat Waves
1. How hot does it need to be? The answer depends on where you are. The Heat Wave Duration Index and the World Meteorological Association
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July 14, 2022
About Spittlebugs
1. Who spit on my perennials? See those little dabs of foam on the stems of your favourite perennials? It looks like spit. Who would
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July 8, 2022
About Native Wildflowers
1. Typhoid saviour. One of the native wildflowers, Joe Pye weed, boneset to some, and botanically Eutrochium (reclassified from Eupatorium a few years ago), shares its common
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June 30, 2022
About Daylilies
1. The “perfect perennial”. Daylilies are often called the perfect perennial because they are easy to grow, come in many varieties (60,000 named and registered
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June 16, 2022
About Sun and Shade
1. Deadly shade. Very little will grow in deep, deep shade, say right beside a north facing wall with overhanging eaves where the sun never
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June 2, 2022
About Cabbages
1. Cabbage head. Coming from the Middle-English word caboge, which itself probably derived from the French word caboce, both meaning “head”, the word has taken on many other
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May 26, 2022
About Alliums
Allium azureum Toxicoxcordion venenosum Allium cepa (onion) Allium sativum (garlic) Allium moly Allium schoenoprasum (chives) 1. What are alliums? Plants in the genus Allium generally
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May 19, 2022
About Hummingbirds
1. Soap bubble throats. Hummingbirds have brilliant throats, but it is not pigment that is responsible for that luster. Instead, it’s the arrangement of their
Dorothy Dobbie
May 12, 2022
About Raspberries
1. Oh Ida, how red your blood. Raspberries, Greek mythology has it, were once white. Then along came Zeus’ nursemaid, Ida, who pricked her finger
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May 5, 2022