Evening Primroses and Deadheading Tips for Summer
The piece explains growing Evening Primrose Oenothera biennix and related species, their hardy, self sowing nature, and why they bloom at dusk. It guides deadheading spent blooms to sustain flowering, pinch back repeat bloomers like pansies and zinnias, and suggests pruning strategies for sunny border plants to encourage new growth and extended flowering.
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Patsy Parks
Gardening in Aiken offers seed ideas and plant notes
The piece shares tips on reseeding Cleome and repeat blooming roses with deadheading needs, plus lavender trials in multiple spots around a home. It describes a Vitex or Chaste Tree blooming on Fairfield Street and mentions Carol Bishops Hipps’ enthusiasm for it near Evening Primrose, with a seminar by City Horticulturist Tom Kapp and a Downtown Development Office contact.
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Cleome
Oregon
Lavare
Fairfield Street
Carol Bishops Hipps
Tom Kapp
Chem Mysteries class offered for USC Aiken Kids in College
The University of South Carolina Aiken will host Chem Mysteries from July 19 to 23 in Room 119 of the Science Building. Rising fifth and sixth graders will do hands on work with topics from ice cream to pain relief medicines. For details call 641 3288.
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USC Aiken
University of South Carolina
Aiken
Lexington gardener shares tips from a neighbor John Cullen
A Lexington gardener profiles John Cullen, a Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions examiner, sharing his personal gardening journey. He grows a small, productive yard on Brookwater Lane with raised beds, rotates crops seasonally, cans and freezes surplus, and emphasizes starting small for steady yields.
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Lexington
John Cullen
John
Cullen
Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions
Brookwater Lane
South Lexington
Jane
Kristen
Kathryn
Gallup
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