Zinnia and Marigold Win All-America Awards for 1973
Zinnias and marigolds top home gardeners list with two new All-America winners for 1973 Peter Pan Scarlet Zinnia and Happy Face Marigold. The zinnia features large three to four inch flowers on dwarf plants under a foot high, while Happy Face Marigold offers four inch fully double blooms on 26 inch plants. Both are easy to grow from seed and suitable for borders, containers, or patios.
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Lavatera Plant Described As Hardy Annual Mallow
Lavatera, an easy to grow Mediterranean annual mallow, grows about 2 feet high with pale pink single blooms resembling tiny hollyhocks. It tolerates light frosts, with bronze leaves in late season, and only the variety Loveliness is offered by seeds.
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Mediterranean
Plant trees after thaw for early spring planting
Trees and shrubs may be planted anytime after thaw. The best time is during dormancy or before buds swell in spring. Suitable early spring choices include fir flowering dogwood beech American holly magnolia oak mountain ash and hemlock.
Flora and Fauna Divide Among Living Things
The statement separates living life into two broad categories: flora for plants and fauna for animals. It reflects a basic biological classification used in biology and natural history discussions.
Dwarf Fruit Trees Outperform Standard Orchards
Paul Stark Jr of Stark Bro's Nurseries says dwarf fruit trees yield more per foot, bear earlier, and reach full production by year five or six. They require less land, use fewer inputs, cross pollinate for a longer harvest, and add decorative value for home landscaping.
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Paul Stark Jr
Stark Bro’s Nurseries
Louisiana
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Cactus Stores Water Better Than Other Succulents
A passage notes that four succulent types can store water but only the cactus absorbs and holds moisture in large quantities, highlighting its unique water storage capacity.
Calendulas In The Garden A Gardener’s Easy Bloomers
Calendulas are easy to grow and bloom through summer with Pacific Beauty varieties. Plant outdoors after frost danger ends, thin seedlings at about two inches, and transplant or share extras. Varieties include Lemon Beauty Apricot Beauty Flame Beauty Persimmon Beauty Cream Beauty and mixed shades. Geisha Girl and Crested forms offer unique blooms Kablouna and Zvolanek Crested provide distinct options. Most reach two feet tall though dwarf forms and pot friendly Sunny Boy and Dwarf Orange exist.
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