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New life for a tasty old tree
Fruit's a bust if there's too little pollen
Spikes: Determined deadheading required
Say no to iffy shrubs near foundation
Turning on the viburnum berries
Variegated plants: When green's no good
Now cut it out! Bulb leaf relief
Bush is a beauty at 45 mph
Aphids? Ready, aim, fire -- with water!
Enlist help to seize perfection
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In this issue you will find the ten articles listed above (here, a
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This issue includes suggestions
for partly shaded
foundation beds, and berry-bearing shrubs
Alcea rosea, hollyhock,
deadheading Pg 4-5
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata'Elegans', variegated porcelain
vine Pg 8
Antirrhinum, snapdragon, deadheading Pg 4-5
aphids, control with water Pg 11
birds, berry plants Pg 7
birdsnest spruce, beautiful in spring (article includes page shown
above)
Brunnera macrophylla, bigleaf forget me not, reverted to
green Pg 8
bulbs, braiding bulb foliage, cut back after bloom, unreliable
perennials Pg 8-9
Eremerus, foxtail lily/desert candle Pg 1, 11
butterflies and moths, nectar sources Pg 10
cats, dangerous plants Pg 5
Clethra, summersweet, as foundation plant Pg
6
Cornus kousa, sometimes have a stellar year Pg
10
cut flowers, salvage from deadheading Pg 5
dangerous plants, toxic to pets, other mammals Pg 5
deadheading, spike flowers Pg 3-5
Delphinium Pg 4-5
design, foundation plants set tone Pg 6-7, variegated
foliage Pg 8
Deutzia gracilis Pg 6
Digitalis, foxglove, dangerous plant, deadheading
Pg 4-5
Eremerus, foxtail lily/desert candle, double up to cover
dormancy Pg 1, 11
Euonymus fortunei, evergreen woodbine, variegated forms
revert to green Pg 8
fragrance Kolkwitzia amabilis Pg 10, Lonicera
fragrantissima, winter honeysuckle Pg 6
fruit trees, apple-crabapple crosses Pg 2-3, longevity
Pg 2
fruit trees need adequate pollination for good crop Pg
3
fruit trees propagation Pg 1-2, seedlings not the same as
parent Pg 2-3
Gypsophila,baby's breath, double up with
Eremerus P 11
Hosta variegated forms revert to green Pg 8
Hyacinthus cut back after bloom Pg 9
Hydrangea paniculata, panicle Hydrangea Pg
6
insects, beetles, lady beetles beneficial Pg 11
insects, beneficial lightning bugs, etc. Pg 11
Iris germanica, bearded iris, sometimes have a stellar
year Pg 10
Iris reticulata, bulbous iris/netted iris Pg
9
Kolkwitzia amabilis, beautybush 45 mph beauty, attractive
to butterflies Pg 10
leaves, variegation unstable, reverts to green Pg 8
Lonicera, honeysuckle shrubs and vines
Lonicera fragrantissima, winter honeysuckle Pg
6
Lupinus, lupine, deadheading Pg 4-5
Malus, apple propagation Pg 1-2
mentors' advice cut more flowers, get more flowers Pg
3
mentors sow barley when oak leaves downy gray Pg 3
Narcissus, daffodil cut back after bloom Pg 9
daffodil disappointing bloom some years Pg 10
node, related to deadheading Pg 4
Paeonia, peony sometimes have a stellar year Pg
10
perennials deadheading Pg 4-5
perennials doubling up for easy care and good looks Pg
11
pesticide insecticide, withhold use at fruit tree blossom time
Pg 3
pests, aphids, natural controls, toad to lightning
bug Pg 11
Picea abies 'Nidiformis', birdsnest spruce Pg
7
pollination, protect bees at fruit tree flowering time Pg
3
pruning, making paired shrubs more uniform Pg 6
Pyrus, pear, propagation Pg 1-2
quotes, do first, read later Pg 7
Robinia, black locust Pg 10
Salvia deadheading Pg 3-5
Sedum reverted to green, Sedum 'Frosty Morn', Sedum 'Red Carpet'
Sedum 'Tricolor', Sedum spectabile variegata Pg 8
seed, developing seed prevents fruit drop Pg 3
sow barley when oak leaves downy gray Pg 3
when does not "come true" same as parent Pg 2
shrubs 45 mph beauties Pg 10
shrubs, berries for birds Pg 7
shrubs grow evenly in uneven conditions Pg 6
shrubs, foundation evergreens Pg 6-7
trees grown from cuttings Pg 2
Tsuga canadensis 'Bennett' hemlock Pg 7
Tulipa, tulips cut back after bloom Pg 9
Verbascum, mullein deadheading Pg 4-5
Viburnum berries don't form Pg 7
Viburnum dentatum, arrowwood as foundation plant Pg
6, 7
Viburnum dilatatum, linden Viburnum
Viburnum plicatum, doublefile Viburnum Pg
7
Viburnum sargentii, Sargent Viburnum Pg
7
Viburnum x carlesii, Koreanspice Pg 7
Viburnum x juddii, Judd Viburnum
Pg 7
Viburnum x rhytidophylloides, leatherleaf
Viburnum Pg 7
weeds, keeping focus in weedy year Pg 10
Weigela sometimes have a stellar year Pg 10
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