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Quotation of the Week:
"Grass is the cheapest plant to install and the most expensive to maintain."
— Pat Howell |
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Red in spring? We think roses.
Red in fall? How about burning bush?
Burning bush - it's on fire? No, but the name and appearance might lead you to that conclusion. Euonymus alata compacta 'Burning Bush' is a deciduous shrub that gives an impressive fall color. The dark green leaves turn flaming red in the fall. A dense, flat-topped shrub with horizontal branching, burning bush (sometimes called Winged Euonymus) can grow to 6 feet tall. This plant is low maintenance, often used in commercial sites where water isn't as available. Plant it as a hedge for a burning effect or against dark evergreens for greatest color impact.
Burning bush is a rewarding plants in the fall, and its value in the spring and summer is to provide texture and leaf color contrasts to the everyday garden.
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Hyacinths: Unparalleled Fragrance |
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by Tamara Galbraith
When there are hyacinths around, you'll know it. In fact, everyone within a 20-foot radius will probably know it.
These compact, spring flowering bulbs are the queens of fragrance and, because of their dense, cylindrical shape, natural disease resistance and range of bright colors, they are perfect for the front of the spring border.
Hyacinth bulbs are best planted in the fall, if possible, about 8" deep and 2-3" apart, in a location where they will get full sun, and plenty of moisture for good root development. Work a good bulb fertilizer into the soil when you first plant, and make sure the soil drains well. Hyacinths are hardy to Zone 3, so nearly everyone in the U.S. can enjoy them.
As is the case with most spring bulbs, clip off the dead flowers once your hyacinths are done blooming, but leave the foliage until it's yellow, flopped over and spent. During this period, the bulb in the ground is already storing energy for the next flowering season.
If you missed the fall planting season, don't despair. Forcing a hyacinth bulb indoors is fun and easy too. Simply plant the bulb in a shallow pot in some good potting soil, water well and place it in a dark location until new growth appears. Then, move it to a bright, warm spot to watch - and smell - the spectacular show.
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...that we have a soil and mulch calculator? Very handy if you want to figure out how many cubic feet of mulch you need to fill your garden.
You can always find it over on our right sidebar - but since it's mulching season, we thought we'd make sure you know it's there.
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Almost everything….40 to 50% off!
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This Week's Question:
Ellie asks:
"My Endless Summer Hydrangeas have long branches that are spreading out on the ground about 3 feet. I plan to use some supports for them next spring, but I would like to prune them back so as to get more upright growth and not such sprawling side growth. Seeing as they bloom on new and old wood, how far back is it safe to prune, and can I do it after we have a frost?"
Hi Ellie,
Thank you for sending in our winning question of the week!
Let me tell you a story about our shipment of Endless Summer Hydrangeas....We ordered them to cautiously arrive May 14th, to get them in just in time for Mother's day.
I should know better than to assume that there will be no frost after that date, as we can have frost until Memorial Day weekend! I was hopefully optimistic but, wouldn't you know, on the 15th we got zapped! All of those beautiful blue blooms turned brown and limp; I was ready to cry! We had to cut them all back to about 1/2 of their size. Bye bye blooms.
Lo and behold, about 3 weeks later they came back with a vengeance! They had twice as many blooms as before. The plants were compact and bushy. They turned out to be the nicest Endless Summer plants I had ever seen.
I learned a lot from this tragedy. Sometimes cutting back a plant is the best thing you can do for it. You can do some shaping and clean up this fall, but leave at most of the foliage to insulate the plant during winter. The foliage acts as a blanket. Hydrangeas are best pruned in the spring and If you want to try it, you can cut back once a little later to encourage blooms and keep the plant compact. Sometimes good things do come from misfortunes. Especially if we learn from them!
Jodee
Westwood Gardens
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Recipe of the Week: Old-Fashioned Apple Crisp |
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What You'll Need:
- 6 apples, Granny Smith: Golden Delicious or other good baking apples
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. ground cloves
- 2 tsp lemon juice
TOPPING:
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup sifted flour
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 cup cold butter, cut into chunks
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
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Pare, core, and slice apples. Combine sugar, cinnamon, cloves, and lemon juice, then mix with fruit. Turn into buttered 8x8x2 inch baking dish; set aside.
In a clean bowl crumble together sugar, flour, salt, and butter. Add walnuts and top apples with crumbly mixture.
Bake at 375 degrees for about 45 minutes or until apples are tender, juices are bubbly, and topping is golden brown.
For variety, try adding a bit of mace, ginger, nutmeg, or whatever seems appealing.
If you want thicker juices, add 2 or 3 tbsp. of quick cooking tapioca to make it more like apple pie filling.
Yield: 6-9 servings
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