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Gladiolus -- easy, abundant

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

"Strength of character, sincerity, generosity, natural grace" are the meanings of gladiolus. Gladiolus (plural is gladioli, gladioluses or sometime gladiolas, according to Wikipedia) belongs in the iris family (Iridaceae), with more than 250 species in the genus. Gladiolus is one......

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Burnet, sanguisorba

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

The first time I saw burnet at the local nursery -- three years ago, I just knew that I had to have it. My burnet is alive and well, getting taller each year at the same spot in my front......

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Autumn crocus or 'naked ladies'

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

Autumn will arrive at 5.18 pm today, but my autumn crocuses ( plural also crocus or croci ) made their entrance more than 2 weeks ago. Some years they bloom a few weeks later. 10.8.08 They are called naked ladies......

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Climbing sweet peas

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Sweet pea is not edible, even though the pea pod looks similar to regular pea pods. 7.29.08 It is an ornamental, climbing annual plant with fragrant, delicate-looking flowers. 7.15.08 This year the sweet peas in my front garden were......

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