Late blooming shrubs add summer color to the garden
The article champions late blooming shrubs for summer color alongside spring favorites. Bottlebrush buckeye and smoke bush provide dramatic August displays, with sizes up to 6–10 feet and feathery plumes. It covers other options like potentillas, butterfly bush, plume poppy, hardy hibiscus, and companion shrubs Caryopteris and Hypericum, noting care needs and suitability for mass plantings and low maintenance.
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Timely care tips for raspberries trees and fair talks
This brief provides spring pruning and feeding guidance for red and black raspberries including removing fruited canes, watering new canes, and thinning in spring. It suggests pruning black raspberry canes to 24 30 inches, shortening side shoots to 12 inches next spring, and choosing medium size shade trees like little leaf linden honey locust red maple or sweet gum with good watering for establishment. It notes Lorain County Fair talks on pest control for vegetables fruit ornamentals and turf at 1 20 and 7 00 p m in the Junior Fair Home Economic Building stage.
Wayside's Queen Anne's lace and chicory brighten summer scenes
Summer plant notes highlight Wayside's Queen Anne's lace and chicory as dependable, invasive yet attractive roadside fixtures. The lace, also called wild carrot, features lacy white blooms with tall stems, while chicory produces blue flowers along rigid stalks. Both non native, they naturalize along fields and roadsides, offering striking color despite drought.
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