• Late Blight Fungus Disease

    Late Blight Phytophora fungus 1

    Late blight is a fungus disease that can infect tomato and potato plants. The disease spreads rapidly and will likely destroy the infected plant in a few days. Wind- and water-borne fungal spores can quickly spread to other plants—including eggplants, and peppers. Late blight commonly strikes when nights are cool and moist and days are […] More

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  • Early Blight Fungus Disease

    Early blight

    Early blight is a fungal disease that targets tomatoes in particular but also hits potatoes, peppers, and eggplant. Early blight can infect plants at almost any time during the growing season. It is most prevalent in regions where there is high humidity and when temperatures are greater than 75°F. Fungal spores carrying the disease are […] More

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  • How to Grow and Care for Snapdragons –Antirrhinum

    Snapdragons, Antirrhinum, are known for their colorful, upright spikes of fragrant flowers in a wide range of bright and pastel colors. Snapdragon cultivars include some that grow just a half foot tall and others that grow to 6 feet (182cm) tall. Tall and intermediate-sized Antirrhnum provide vertical color and accents in the garden. Dwarf forms […] More

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  • How to Grow Pot Marigolds — Calendula

    Calendulas are the cool-season cousins of summer marigolds. These easy-to-grow annuals are nicknamed “pot marigolds” because they resemble marigolds and the leaves were once cooked in pots as a vegetable. Calendulas can be readily grown from seed. The large seeds are easy to handle and plant and they germinate quickly. Use calendulas in beds and […] More

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  • How to Plant and Grow Broccoli

    Broccoli ready for harvest

    Broccoli is an edible flower. Broccoli is a cool-season crop. Grow broccoli so that it comes to harvest when temperatures average no more than 75°F (23°C) each day. Broccoli heads are clusters of tightly packed flower buds waiting to open. Broccoli is a hardy biennial, grown as an annual. It is a member of the cabbage […] More

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  • How to Plant and Grow Spinach

    Spinach in the garden1

    Plant spinach in cool weather. It is well suited for the spring and autumn gardens. Plant spinach before the weather warms in spring and again as the weather cools in early autumn. (When days lengthen in late spring and the weather becomes dry and hot, spinach bolts and stops making new leaves.) Spinach can be […] More

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  • How to Plant and Grow Snap Beans

    How to Grow Beans

    Snap beans–also called green beans–are tender annuals best planted shortly after the last frost in spring. Snap beans are grown for fresh eating or for canning. The color of snap beans can vary. Green beans are green but other snap beans can be yellow, purple, or speckled depending on the variety. Yellow snap beans are […] More

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  • How to Grow Bluebells — Hyancinthoides

    Hyancinthoides — sometimes called bluebells–bears charming racemes of small bell-shaped flowers in spring. Blossoms are blue or white and sometimes pink; they appear above lance-shaped or linear leaves.  Hyancinthoides is a Turnicate bulb which means it is renewed annually–new bulbs form each year to replace the old one that dies. Hyancinthoides also self-sows, so there is little need for replanting […] More

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  • How to Grow and Care for Dahlias

    Dahlias are bright, flowery plants. Some are tuberous-rooted perennials. Other are seed-grown annuals. Dahlias are grown for their colorful flower heads in a variety of forms, colors, and patterns. Leaves are pinnate and divided into oval leaflets with toothed margins and rounded tips. Short small-flowered dahlias are often used as bedding annuals. Tall, large-flowered dahlias […] More

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  • How to Grow and Care for Cyclamen

    Cyclamen is a perennial bulb with rounded, silver-marble dark green leaves and blooms that are sometimes fragrant. Flowers can be white to pink and carmine-red. Purple blotches appear at the base of each petal in winter. Cyclamen goes dormant in the summer heat. Cyclamen is a tuberous perennial. Heart-shaped leaves form at the base of […] More

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  • How to Grow Canna — Canna Lily

    Canna is an upright tropical perennial with large oval leaves and orchid-like flowers. Cannas can be grown in all regions, but they will be killed by frost if not protected or lifted and brought indoors. Cannas are often grown for their decorative foliage as much as their colorful flowers. Foliage is sometimes green and yellow […] More

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