The world is full of odors, and some of them are not good. Then again, “good” is a relative term. The source of one person’s aromatherapy is the cause of another person’s allergy attack. The human nose is a […]
SCENTS AND SENSIBILITY – Gardening
THE VITALITY OF VITA
It is both irritating and encouraging to have a string of rainy days during the busiest season of the gardening year. Irritating because there is so much to do outside, and so little time to get all the planting, weeding, […]
Competitive Grower Atlantic Giant Pumpkins 1990- 1995
DILLS ATLANTIC GIANT PUMPKIN 500+ SITES-TOP TEN AVERAGES It is just as interesting to track the top sites as the top pumpkins. I believe the best way to do this is use the top ten average weight. In 1995 […]
All-America Selections Flower Winners – 2017
Each year the best of the new annual flowers (those that only live for one year) are judged, and the winners given the All-America Selections (AAS) designation. In the past these have all been grown from seeds, but starting in […]
Organic Gardening Tips and Plants – How to
Organic Gardening Tips Terra Viva Organics Bringing Your Plants Indoors by Arzeena Hamir As the risk of frost nears, it’s time to bring in some of the non-hardy plants so that they can overwinter indoors. But before you start […]
Rosa ( Vera Johns Rose )
‘Vera Johns’ is a Hybrid Tea rose which produces abundtant, large, light orange and salmon flowers. In general, roses are a large group of flowering shrubs, most with showy flowers that are single-petalled to fully double petalled. Leaves are typically […]
Rosa ( Velvet Hour Rose )
‘Velvet Hour’ is a Hybrid Tea rose which produces large, sweetly scented, rich dark red flowers with semi-glossy, dark green leaves. In general, roses are a large group of flowering shrubs, most with showy flowers that are single-petalled to fully […]
Rosa ( Velutinaeflora Rose )
‘Velutiniflora’ is an Old Gallica rose which produces single, 5-petalled, rich rosy-purple flowers with rough-textured leaves. In general, roses are a large group of flowering shrubs, most with showy flowers that are single-petalled to fully double petalled. Leaves are typically […]
Rosa ( Velours Parfume Rose )
‘Velvet Fragrance’ is a Hybrid Tea rose which produces large, high centered, fragrant, deep red flowers with large, semi-glossy, dark green leaves. Blooms through summer and fall. In general, roses are a large group of flowering shrubs, most with showy […]
Rosa ( Variegata Di Bologna Rose )
‘Variegata Di Bologna’ is an Old Bourbon rose which produces clusters of fragrant, double white flowers striped with purplish red. In general, roses are a large group of flowering shrubs, most with showy flowers that are single-petalled to fully double […]