Weeder's Guide Hanging Baskets Buying Considerations
Earl Aronson outlines hanging basket basics from container choice to water needs. He stresses light, drainage, weight, and proportional design, with plant suggestions from Cary Arboretum and NY Botanical Garden such as English Ivy Sedum Crassula Pilea Swedish Ivy and others for varied light and moisture needs.
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Earl Aronson
Cary Arboretum
New York Botanical Garden
Cooperative Extension Service
Boston
Brake
Care in Lawnseed Packaging and Standards
The Lawn Institute notes heavy care in lawnseed packaging and oversight. Farmers, university researchers, and seed laboratories screen fields harvest by harvest to remove chaff and defects. Retail shelf checks enforce stop sale if any labeling or standard deviation is found.
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Lawn Institute
Contrast Rich Flower Bed Plantings for Sun and Shade
Six companion planting ideas for vibrant borders in sun and shade. Edges feature white alyssum with pink petunias and tall snapdragons. blue ageratum with marigolds and pink cleome. white grandiflora petunias with scarlet geraniums and blue lobelia. substitutes include scarlet sage. Dry spots use portulaca and verbena. island bed mixes creeping verbena with portulaca. Shady corners pair white creeping vinca with impatiens or wax begonias and a coleus backdrop. End with dwarf French marigolds edging tall zinnias and a dramatic mix of dahlia or cactus dahlias with orange French marigolds.
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United States
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