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Million Bells and Superbells (Calibrachoa)

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

Million Bells and Superbells, in the genus calibrachoa, look a lot like petunias but the flowers and leaves are much smaller. They are, indeed, related and belong in the same nightshade family (Solanacea). 11.22.09 Calibrachoa received its name from Antonio......

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The last cosmos in late November

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

Cosmos or garden cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus) is in the family Asteracea, native to Mexico, central and South America. Cosmos are very easy to grow from seeds. They like full sun and well-drained soil. Mine come back every year from re-seeding......

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Impatiens

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

Impatiens are the most popular bedding plant in the world. I grew impatiens every year in the late 80's and all through the 90's. The usual impatiens (I. wallerina) have flat flowers with large petals and tiny spurs. They come......

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Licorice plant, an ornamental groundcover

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

This past summer I was introduced to a new species of licorice plants (in the genus helichrysum, family Asteraceae, with hundreds of species). They were planted as a low-growing groundcover along both sides of my front walk, partially covered by......

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American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana)

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

The beautyberry is a relatively new shrub for me. I bought it from a local nursery in the early fall of 2007 after seeing the very unusual purple berries on the arching stems. I was told that the berries would......

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Daisies - for spring, summer and fall

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

Daisies are very popular white flowers in the family Asteraceae, with yellow centers that attract bees and butterflies. Most of us think of Shasta daisies when we use the term daisies; they bloom in the spring and summer; some re-bloom......

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The burning bush ( Euonymus alatus )

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

It was the fall of 1989. While driving to Norwich, Conn., I saw beautiful, massive, red bushes along stretches of highway. I decided that I would like to have one. A single, small burning bush was planted in the partly......

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Silene, the forgotten beauty

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

Silene was introduced to me in the spring of 2008. They were planted in the sunny area in my front garden, close to the ice plant, as a ground cover. 6.20.08 Silene flowers are very small, light and dainty-looking. The......

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The last rose

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

I took the picture of this yellow rose on a sunny afternoon, just yesterday. It's probably my last rose of the year. There are fewer and fewer roses blooming in my garden as the temperature drops to low 40s.. .then......

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Autumn joy sedum

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

Sedum is one of the herbaceous perennial flowering plants that requires zero care or maintenance. They are drought tolerant, supported by the nature of their succulent foliage. 9.24.06 Sedum is a very large genus of about 600 species in the......

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All the things you may not have known about Chrysanthemum!

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

Chrysanthemums are the most popular plants sold between August and November. 11.6.09 Chrysanthemums or the hardy mums contribute to varieties of colors in the garden more than any other flowering plants in the fall. 10.14.08 Chrysanthemum is a name of......

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Gaillardia, Blanket flower

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

Gaillardia is in the same family as daisies and sunflowers (Asteraceae). It was named after M.Gaillard de Charentonneau, an 18th-century French magistrate. I do not always have gaillardias in my garden every single year. However this past spring I planted......

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