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Poinsettias are Too Pretty to Discard

During the Christmas holiday season, many people buy poinsettias.  When you take down your decorations, do you throw away the poinsettias?  Resist and try growing them inside.   If you can maintain the plants inside until summer, you can try growing them outside too.  Don’t forget that poinsettias are from Mexico so they like heat. To […]

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Always Grow Alyssum

Alyssum is a great flower to border your  vegetable beds or flower containers.  Even though it looks so delicate, it will bloom from Spring until Frost – my kind of flower!  It germinates between 5 and 15 days and tolerates dry conditions.  Alyssum grows well in full sun to part shade.     I bought […]

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Beautiful and Long Lasting Begonias

  Based on my prior flower blogs, you know that I try to find flowers that will bloom from late Spring until Fall.  I found a great flower that meets my requirement!! Originally, I thought the zinnias would take the prize for the longest blooming in Pittsburgh, PA. Guess again – the prize winner is […]