Autumn Red Maples and Garden Notes from Olmsted Falls
The piece extols red maples Acer rubrum as early fall color trees, noting their height, bark, and a patented cultivar The Scanlon Maple. It condemns Silver Maples as weedy and highlights bulbs and lilies in the garden, including Fortune daffodils and Lycoris squamigera, with reflections on future plantings and personal intent.
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Autumn pigments color leaves and poinsettia care tips
The piece explains how chlorophyll loss reveals fall colors and notes factors like temperature and moisture. It advises saving last year’s poinsettia, placing it in a sunny window then darkening from Sept 30 to mid December, and keeping 60 to 70 degrees with regular soil checks. It also discusses drying fall flowers using silica gel or borax sand and methods to preserve petals.
Sage and prayer plants charm readers with home garden tips
E D of Elvria notes sage remains popular and useful in foods and remedies while readers ask about caring for two plants both named Prayer Plant Calathea and Maranta. Advice covers growing conditions light soil warmth watering and propagation via root division in spring.
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