How To Grow Scaevola

With its delicate , devotee - shaped flower and evergreen leaf , scaevola ( Scaevola aemula ) adds year - round of drinks color and texture to recurrent bed and hang field goal . It is an adaptable and humble - maintenance plant , require little more than mundane feeding and watering once established . However , scaevola will possess a healthier , more attractive appearance and longer lifespan if grown where its needs are met ....

December 2, 2024 · 4 min · 740 words · Angela Berry

Keep Your Containers Looking Great With These 6 Simple Tricks

It ’s a sad sight to see . And it encounter every year . Planters andcontainersthat were once full-bodied with coloring material and foliage slow fade and fail , becoming worn out and tire - looking by the time mid - summertime rolls around . And the higher the temperature climb up , the more those pretty blossoms and plump leaf shrivel and disappear . Well , this does n’t have to be your tale of woe this yr ....

December 2, 2024 · 16 min · 3274 words · Tracy Key

KeyGene successfully applies selective DNA sequencing in plants

Scientists of inquiry ship’s company KeyGene in Wageningen , the Netherlands , are the first to cover the program of adaptive DNA sequence in works , applying the Read Until cock of Oxford Nanopore Technologies . Using a combination of the Oxford Nanopore Technologies MinION sequencing machine , a powerful GPU equipped computing machine and the Read Until software , the team was able to achieve an eightfold enrichment of 800 regions in a melon genome that were chosen to be selectively sequenced ....

December 2, 2024 · 3 min · 618 words · Carmen Marquez

March Garden To-Do List for the Midwest

As the seasons shift from wintertime to spring , meteorologic patterns in the Midwest variegate substantially . Looking at historical norm will help inform decision regarding the appropriate fourth dimension to conduct certain tasks , but jeopardy is unavoidable . As one travels from magnetic north to southward , temperatures are comparatively warm , but the heat - island outcome of urbanization , the law of proximity to big bodies of water ( i....

December 2, 2024 · 9 min · 1796 words · Justin Stanley

October – Pot Marigold

botanic name : Calendulaspp . and cvs . Common name : Pot marigold Calendula officinaliswas namedHerb of the Yearin 2008 by theHerb Society of America . The Romance wordkalendaemeansfirst solar day of the month , and that ’s when they ’re said to bloom . spate marigolds are a great flora to have in decorative , veggie , and herb garden likewise . They attract good bugs and drive back the bad ones ....

December 2, 2024 · 3 min · 539 words · Suzanne Charles

Platycladus orientalis ( Elegantissima Chinese Arborvitae )

Conical evergreen conifer with cherry-red - brownish barque . The leaves are blunt , shell - corresponding , little , triangular , medium green to scandalmongering - green , and hold in a distinct vertical plane . distaff cones are low , to 3/4 in long , flask - shape , gray - brown , with 3 to 4 twosome of opposite scale of measurement . Good for wind shift or as a hedge ....

December 2, 2024 · 17 min · 3494 words · Sara Gardner

Rhododendron ( Imperial Countess Monrovia Hybrid Azalea )

The Monrovia Hybrids , including the ‘ purple ’ category , are Belgian and Southern Native American intercrossed evergreen azaleas that were developed by the Monrovia Nursery in California . industrial plant as you would any of the other azalea : high and in well - debilitate , acerbic soil , rich with constitutional matter . Though azaleas have a potentially big leaning of potential pest and disease problem , they are usually trouble free if planted correctly in right cultural conditions ....

December 2, 2024 · 18 min · 3666 words · Dawn Anderson

Rhododendron ( Pink Progress Kurume Azalea )

The Kurume hybrid azaleas of Japan owe their parentage to several coinage of mountain azaleas , preponderantly R. sataense with R. kiusianum . Formerly , the Kurume loan-blend were grouped under R. obtusum , but advanced horticulturists now consider R. obtusum a crossbreed and not a separate species . Dense , vertical , evergreen shrub with lowly , 1 1/4 in foresighted , ovoid , lustrous , olive dark-green leaves ....

December 2, 2024 · 21 min · 4381 words · Sarah Kim

Rhododendron hybrida ( Kinpo Satsuki Azalea )

Compact , depressed - develop , evergreen plant shrub that is twiglike and heavy with a spreading to rounded pattern . Leaves are lance - shaped to elliptic and notably smaller , 1/2 to 2 in long , than other azalea hybrids making it the marvellous bonzai plant that it was in the beginning bred to be . Showy , funnel - influence , crinkly , white flowers with very calorie-free jaundiced throat , 2 to 2 1/2 in full ....

December 2, 2024 · 20 min · 4255 words · Jessica Jones

Rosa ( Tall Story Rose )

‘ Tall narration ’ is a Floribunda rose which produces clusters of semi - double , lightly sweet-smelling , chickenhearted flowers with bright light-green lustrous leafage . In universal , roses are a large group of flowering shrubs , most with gaudy flush that are single - petalled to in full repeat petalled . leaf are typically average to black green , glossy , and ovate , with finely toothed edges ....

December 2, 2024 · 8 min · 1673 words · Jennifer Schmidt

Sweet Herb Planter Yields Just Desserts

A combination of sweet mint and pineapple sage means many sweet summertime treats. Here’s how to grow a sweet herb planter and how to enjoy the results.weet I think it was on a cold day in January that I daydreamed about sit on the sunny patio , feet up , fountain gurgling and a refreshing mojito in hand . I finally made that pipe dream number true after growing my own Mentha spicata ( Mentha spicata ) to create the classical Cuban cocktail ....

December 2, 2024 · 4 min · 838 words · Glenn Thompson

Trillium chloropetalum ( Wood lily )

Chloropetalum is a robust , clump - forming Western native perennial , with thick , hairless red - green stems . Leaves are widely ovate to adamant - shaped and dark green in color . Variably marbled grayish cream or maroon . Produce erect , sweet flowers with dark-green white-hot , chickenhearted or brown violet petals . Establish rhizomes in shady location where soil is rich and moist . Google Plant Images : click here !...

December 2, 2024 · 10 min · 2077 words · Christina Morales

US (FL): TPIE is coming to an end

“ The tropical market is strong ” , say Lars Jensen with Blackmore . As we talk , they are expose at the Tropical Plant International Expo ( TPIE ) in Tampa , Florida . There , they indicate their new product concept Rootzone PlantItFriendly , for the first time . Today is the final day of this 3 - day event and in this article , we give a small effect of the show and what ’s on display ....

December 2, 2024 · 3 min · 447 words · Danny Garner