From the Garden
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Six Tips to Grow Peppers for Flavor
Temperature, watering, feeding, and, in the end, patience are the keys to growing flavorful peppers. If you lack one of these, your peppers will be less tasty than they could be. From the beginning of the season through harvest, you can grow more flavorful peppers if you give peppers what they need. Here are six […] More
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How to Grow Transvaal Daisy — Gerbera
The Transvaal daisy, Gerbera, is a perennial often grown as an annual. It has lobed green leaves and tall stems of daisy-like, summer flowers in a broad range of colors–white, cream, yellow, orange, peach, pink, red, or white with yellow discs. Gerbera daisies are deeply rooted and withstand heat and pests. Flowers bloom for most […] More
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How to Grow and Care for Poppies
Poppy flowers–members of the Papaver genus–are bright additions to the summer garden. Poppy flowers bear solitary or double cup-shaped flowers from 2 to 4 inches (5-10cm) across. Flowers often have a crepe-papery texture. Colors can be white, yellow, pink, red, orange, salmon, and purple. There are annual and perennial poppy flowers. Best known are the […] More
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How to Grow Globeflower — Trollius
Trollius bears large, rounded blooms, thus the common name globeflower. Blooms range from pale cream to orange. Flowers are commonly 2 inches (5cm) across. Trollius grows in full sun or partial shade. It does not like heat or drought so avoid planting it where afternoons are sunny and hot. Trollius will thrive around pond edges […] More
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How to Plant, Grow, and Harvest Celeriac
Celeriac is a cool-season biennial grown as an annual. It has similar requirements as celery. Celeriac is also known as celery root. Celeriac is grown for its large, swollen root that looks something like a turnip. The root develops at the soil level similar to a turnip but celeriac is a member of the celery […] More
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How to Plant, Grow, and Harvest Pineapples
The edible pineapple is a member of tropical plant genus Ananas. The species Ananas comosus produces the edible pineapple. The plant is known for its spiky leaves, compact growth habit, and the iconic, sweet-tasting fruit it bears. While widely grown for fruit production in tropical regions, Ananas can also be used as an ornamental plant […] More
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