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Rose Fertilizer – Rose Magazine

BySteve March 9, 2006March 9, 2006

This article has a formula for organic rose fertilizer. It looks worth investigating.

2006 Most Valuable Annual (MVA): Rudbeckia

BySteve August 28, 2006November 20, 2014

OK, since I gave an MVP award a few weeks ago, I thought it good to give an MVA to the Most Valuable Annual flower in my garden this year. I’ve been growing Rudbeckias for a long time, and they seldom disappoint. There is a perennial variety (Rudbeckia fulgida), but it’s too orange for my…

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Things blooming in my yard

BySteve September 6, 2008March 27, 2019

OK, starting at the top, from left to right: The Pink Simplicity roses are in their second wave of bloom, and it’s starting to look pretty darn good! These bright pink petunias are the best flowering ones in my garden. They really are that bright — the photo was not modified to increase saturation or…

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A cool blue Larkspur

BySteve July 7, 2008July 9, 2008

Just look at this Larkspur — doesn’t it seem to have an iridescent shine to you? And it’s so BLUE! It’s tough to find real blues in flowers. I admit this looks just a little more purple in real life, but this photo was not “photoshopped” or adjusted in any way (besides resizing). It does…

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USU publication on landscape trees

BySteve October 18, 2006

I just learned about a great publication on selecting landscape trees for Utah. It’s available from the USU Extension at: http://extension.usu.edu/files/natrpubs/nr460.pdf. It’s called “Selecting and Planting Landscape Trees”.

Spring flowering shrubs at our California home

BySteve February 27, 2015February 2, 2018

Spring always comes early to California, but it seems a bit earlier than usual this year. Up at 2,500 feet, the camellias don’t bloom as early as down in Sacramento, but ours are already on the waning end of bloom season. Here are a few sweet shots of them, plus the lovely forsythias. Both of…

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Late winter/early spring pruning advice

BySteve March 6, 2008March 6, 2008

A friend asked a question on a forum about what I’m pruning these days, and I thought I’d share the answer here. This is based on what I have in my yard: It’s good to prune any shrubs now EXCEPT those that are spring flowering shrubs. Things like forsythia, flowering cherry, or others that will…

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