Q&A - Perennials - Russian Sage
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I had the weirdest dream last night... “Okay, kids, let’s simmer down! Hey, everybody, we only have the room until 9 o’clock.
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Here’s the thing about gardening: it’s never done. So now 2015 is winding down, the year in which I thought my garden would …
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A new project from the Garden Clubs of Illinois is hoping to halt the diminishing numbers of monarch butterflies.
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Don’t you just hate it when columnists fall into that trap of using the same old formulas year after year after year? Yeah ...
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The day began with signs of gloom and doom. A new report from the National Wildlife Foundation said that monarch butterfly ...
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I am interested in growing fruit trees in my suburban DuPage County yard. Can sweet cherries be grown here? Can you suggest varieties of apples, pears, peaches, apricots and plums that are hardy and disease resistant?
What ratio and amounts of fertilizer would you use for a perennial bed and a vegetable garden? For growing annuals in a greenhouse, should the fertilizer be fast or slow-release, organic or inorganic?
I thought that purple coneflowers were insect proof, but now I see some aphids at the bud and tiny flies. What is wrong?
