Rudbeckia Varieties Boost Garden Color With Bold Summer Appeal
Gardeners embrace Rudbeckia or Black-Eyed Susans as standout performers from annual Indian Summer to perennial Goldsturm and Triloba. Varieties range from knee-high to 42 inches tall, offering long bloom seasons, drought tolerance, and strong cut-flower vase life. Plant in borders with cosmos, zinnias, and verbena for bold drifts of color as warm weather returns.
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Georgia
Cosmos
Zinnias
Angelonias
Prairie Sun
Organic nutrients for gardens from homemade and store mixes
A Washington gardener explains nutri mix using alfalfa meal cottonseed meal kelp meal and other ingredients to feed soil microbes and boost plant vigor. Rosarian Nick Weber shares a separate rose mix of soybean alfalfa cottonseed bone meal and dried blood. apply twice yearly after scratching in and watering.
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Virginia Harmon
U.S. Botanic Garden
Bartholdi Park
Harmon
Nick Weber
Brookeville
Brookeville, Md
Clean water and air need everyones help in Lorain County
The article urges public action to protect water quality amid urbanization and pollution. It notes car leaks, fertilizer runoff, and septic failures as major sources, explains stormwater pollution from urban surfaces, and warns of downstream impacts on drinking water and recreation. Nancy Funni of Lorain Soil District is listed with contact details.
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Lorain County
Nancy Funni
Lorain
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