News from the gardening community
All-America Selections, the only non-profit trialing organization for plants that demonstrate great garden performance throughout North America, presents eleven exciting new AAS Winners for the 2017 garden season. Each of the following varieties was trialed in North America by professional, independent, volunteer judges during one growing season. Each was trialed next to comparison varieties that are considered best-in-class among those currently on the market.
It's time for the annual photo contest! The photo contest begins now, and you have until the evening of November 24th to enter your photos. There are 17 categories and you can submit up to 5 photos per category.
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Pansies for Cool Weather Color
Make Use of Fallen Leaves in Your Garden
By Newyorkrita November 21, 2016 | Collect Curbside Fall Leaves for Free Mulch Each fall the last task to put the garden to sleep is to mulch everything with a thick blanket of fallen leaves. If you are like me, you don't have enough of your own to go on all of your beds. So, I go around my neighborhood and collect the bagged leaves put out by the curb. (127 words - Read the full article) |
By Suga November 19, 2016 | Recycle ... Reuse Broken items can find a place in your garden. (103 words - Read the full article) |
By SarasotaPatty November 17, 2016 | Broken Pots, Little Plants, and Some Imagination I have a pile of broken pots that I can't bear to throw away, a plastic container full of garden "miniatures" that I started collecting a long time ago, and lots of "baby" and small plants filling my shelves.Today I stirred in some creativity and it all came together! (284 words - Read the full article) |
By SteveandJeannie November 15, 2016 | Tomatoes Cozy in Low Tunnel We took a cutting from what we observed to be a cold-tolerant summer 2015 tomato plant and put it fully rooted into a low tunnel in our zone 8b south-facing garden. It was still happy after some 28-degree nights in the beginning of February 2016. (293 words - Read the full article) |
8 people gave for the idea "Broken Pots, Little Plants, and Some Imagination" by SarasotaPatty
4 people gave for post #1320611 in "November 2016 Butterflies, Moths & Larva" by LindaTX8
4 people gave for a photo of Meconopsis betonicifolia by bootandall
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3 people gave for post #1318974 in "Bee Friends And Other Garden Guests - Chapter 6" by GrammaChar
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Subject | OP | Area | Replies |
Banner for November 16, 2016 by Char | Char | Site Banners forum | 23 |
Hybridizing Lingo | irisarian | Irises forum | 21 |
increasing yields | ChefDebbie | Ask a Question forum | 18 |
Difficulty identifying these plants. | ErickAyala | Plant ID forum | 17 |
Can you "resoil" a plant? | Rez | Ask a Question forum | 16 |
Mulch for peonies in the winter | joannakat | Peonies forum | 12 |
Banner for November 18, 2016 by Lestv | Lestv | Site Banners forum | 12 |
Caladium bulb companies | ge1836 | Ask a Question forum | 11 |
Siberian Iris | vanozzi | Irises forum | 11 |
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