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Flowers in the NewsNative Plants Can Also Benefit From The Invasive Ones (Science Daily) Using empirical tests, a pioneering study shows how plant species, such as the prickly pear, invade Mediterranean ecosystems, and can either rob the native plants of pollinating insects, or, surprisingly, can attract them, thus benefiting the whole plant community, such as in the case of balsam. The research contradicts the hypothesis of the "floral market" whereby only the invasive flowers are ... In the Garden: Colorful cut flowers will brighten a home (The Adobe Press) By definition, a cutting garden provides armloads of flowers for indoor arrangements. But the pleasure begins well before the harvested blooms cross your doorstep. Instead, the most successful cut-flower gardens appear as gigantic bouquets outdoors first. Lots of ways to enhance your garden (The Carmi Times) One of the ways that we categorize plants is by their life cycles. Many of the colorful flowers that we admire in the garden centers live only for a single season, and these are called annuals. Landscape: In the Garden and Lawn Watering (San Antonio Express-News/KENS 5) •Thrips are the culprits behind gnarled leaves on new growth of pepper plants and rose flowers. Use malathion or Sevin spray according to the label. •We should have an abundance of ladybugs. Minimize pesticides so the ladybugs can do their job. Their larvae can eat as many as 400 aphids a day. Cutting down the weeds (Athens Review) Flowers aren’t the only plants that sprout up this time of year. Enhance landscaping with plants that benefit wildlife (Journal Gazette & Times-Courier) Spring gardening and landscaping season is in full swing in central Illinois. If you enjoy watching birds and other wildlife species, you may want to enhance your landscape with plants that are beneficial to wildlife. Morton Arboretum: Win the war on weeds (Chicago Sun-Times) Tulips! Lilacs! Peonies! The luscious colors of May surround us. Along with long-awaited garden flowers, spring brings weeds, almost overnight it seems. Sometimes defined as "plants growing in the wrong place," weeds share an uncanny ability to flourish even when prized plants struggle. Butterflies Born to Beauty (The Morning News) WASHINGTON -- Now is the time to install plants that will attract butterflies so that these beautiful insects can spend the summer visiting flowers, drinking nectar, pollinating plants and adding animation to your garden. She helped garden club, church groups (Daily Herald) Over the years, goals of the Garden Club of Inverness have been to preserve native plants, and to promote the love of gardening and flowers with local residents. Farmers markets more than just food (Carroll County Online) May is here, which means the farmers markets will be opening in just a few weeks. Actually, the Carroll County Farmers Market will have a special Mother's Day market Saturday, and while the focus will be on plants and flowers, you may find some early produce as well. |
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