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Healthy crops on the Central Coast
Photo courtesy of Lance Runels Glad-A-Way Gardens grows annually on about 500 acres of row crop farmland, harvesting more than a dozen different colors of gladioli all year long for cut flower markets throughout the United States and portions of Canada. More than 30...
Garden Q&A: Why would you put ice on tropical orchids?
Stokes’ aster can be difficult to find but is a low-maintenance addition to any yard. [Terry Brite DelValle/UF/IFAS] Hide caption By Becky Wern / For the Times-Union I bought a phalaenopsis orchid and my friend was horrified when she saw me water it with two ice...
Tips on scouting from Metrolina Greenhouses and Buglady Consulting
Metrolina Greenhouses Assistant Grower Carleton Stuecker, second from right, speaks to Plug & Cutting Conference attendees about scouting for insect pests during the Pest Management Workshop for Propagators. On Wednesday, attendees of AmericanHort ’s Plug &...
14 plants with really big blooms
A single flower panicle of a butterfly bush may be up to a foot in length, with each panicle comprised of hundreds of densely packed florets. Butterflies, naturally drawn to the nectar-rich little flowers, create a summer- through-autumn parade of these winged garden...
Brian Minter: Commemorative tulips
Commemorative Tulips. Photo: Van Noort Bulb Co. Ltd. PNG It was the spring of 1945 and the Second World War was still being fiercely fought, but the tide was turning in favour of the Allies, and Canadian troops were being sent to liberate the Netherlands. It was no...Latest News
