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In this issue:
Slow plants in a fast spring
Schedule old rose for June cut
Weed killer is seed stopper
Plant bug and pine sawfly alert
Stumped by flowerless Wisteria
Wishing for fruitless Ginkgo: Seedless trees
Why animals' love your salad bar
A trug full of scrabbling terms
Prodding Hyacinth to multiply
A violet surprise
Kid gloves for smothered new bed
Fertilizing a garden's heavyweights
When dead weeds make trouble
As the stem is bent, so dies the vine
Clipped Clematis vine's comeback
Two-tone trees catch the eye
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Acer
Acer saccharum, sugar maple
late to begin growth in spring WU91 Pg 1
Ailanthus, tree of heaven
suckers WU91 Pg 9
birds
choose your garden over others WU91 Pg 8
budbreak
comes later in spring for some WU91 Pg 2
bulb
nicking WU91 Pg 9-10
propagation WU91 Pg 9-10
calendar
plants used to predict pest emergence date WU91 Pg 6
callus
WU91 Pg 10
Catalpa
late to begin growth in spring WU91 Pg 1
Clematis
heavy feeder WU91 Pg 11
pruning WU91 Pg 11-12
Clethra
Clethra alnifolia, summersweet
late to begin growth in spring WU91 Pg 1-2
crabapple blooms two colors, See Malus
cut flowers
collecting WU91 Pg 9
dangerous plants
any plant new to you WU91 Pg 10
deer, See Wildlife
Delphinium
heavy feeder WU91 Pg 11
dioecious plants
separate male and female plants WU91 Pg 8
dormancy
some plants slower to revive WU91 Pg 1-2
Fagus, beech
late to begin growth in spring WU91 Pg 1
fertilizer
exotic plants WU91 Pg 11
heavy feeders WU91 Pg 11
liquid or solid WU91 Pg 11
micronutrients WU91 Pg 11
relationship to flowering WU91 Pg 5
flowers
two colors on one tree WU91 Pg 13-14
used as cues to predict pest emergence WU91 Pg 6
fragrance
Clethra alnifolia, summersweet WU91 Pg 2
violets, stops singer WU91 Pg 10
fruit
stop tree from producing WU91 Pg 7-8
Ginkgo
females grown for fruit WU91 Pg 8
fruitless male varieties WU91 Pg 8
medicinal value WU91 Pg 8
unwanted fruit WU91 Pg 7-8
grass
ornamental grasses
cutting back after spring growth begins WU91 Pg 9
growth regulator
plant hormones to control growth, bloom, fruitset WU91 Pg 8
Hibiscus
Hibiscus syriacus, rose of Sharon
late to begin growth in spring WU91 Pg 1
Hyacinthus
Hyacinth bulb propagation WU91 Pg 9-10
Hydrangea
Hydrangea anomala, climbing Hydrangea
training the growth WU91 Pg 11
Itea virginica, Virginia sweetspire
late to begin growth in spring WU91 Pg 1
Malus, apple/crabapple
blooms in two colors WU91 Pg 13-14
suckers WU91 Pg 13
unwanted fruit WU91 Pg 7-8
medicinal plants
Ginkgo WU91 Pg 8
meristem
WU91 Pg 10
Morus, mulberry
unwanted fruit WU91 Pg 7-8
mulch
annual flowers held back by mulch WU91 Pg 4
vegetable garden WU91 Pg 4
nicking
propagation method WU91 Pg 9-10
Paeonia, peony
heavy feeder WU91 Pg 11
perennials
heavy feeders WU91 Pg 11
pests
four-lined plant bug WU91 Pg 6
sawfly WU91 Pg 6
Wisteria bloom as predictor WU91 Pg 6
phenology
plant development stage as cue to pest emergence WU91 Pg 6
Pinus
sawfly WU91 Pg 6
problems
slow to leaf out in spring WU91 Pg 1-2
pruning
apple WU91 Pg 13
Clematis WU91 Pg 11-12
plants remarkably tolerant WU91 Pg 13
suckers WU91 Pg 13-14
rejuvenation WU91 Pg 2
roses WU91 Pg 2-3
weeping cherry WU91 Pg 14
Wisteria WU91 Pg 5-6
Prunus, cherry/apricot/peach/plum
blooms in two colors WU91 Pg 14
suckers WU91 Pg 13
unwanted fruit WU91 Pg 7-8
weeping and straight on one tree WU91 Pg 14
Quercus, oak
unwanted nuts WU91 Pg 7-8
rabbit, See Wildlife
Rhododendron and azalea
fertilizer WU91 Pg 11
Rhus
Rhus aromatica, fragrant sumac
late to begin growth in spring WU91 Pg 1
Rosa
old rose, shrub rose
pruning WU91 Pg 2-3
scrabbling, unusual garden terms
culm, etiolation, ortet, ramet, trug WU91 Pg 9
seed
ripens even on cut/pulled stem WU91 Pg 11
sex
male and female flower and plants WU91 Pg 8
soil
bed preparation WU91 Pg 10-11
smothering WU91 Pg 10-11
squirrel, See Wildlife
sumac, See Rhus
tree of heaven, See Ailanthus
trees
preventing fruit-set WU91 Pg 7-8
vines
grow through small opening WU91 Pg 11
Viola, violet
side effects of fragrance WU91 Pg 10
violets, See Viola
weedkiller, See Pesticides, herbicide, See also Weeds
weeds
bindweed WU91 Pg 9
ripen seed even after cut WU91 Pg 11
seedlings WU91 Pg 4
pre-emergent herbicide WU91 Pg 4
thistle WU91 Pg 9
tree of heaven WU91 Pg 9
wildlife
chooses your garden over others' WU91 Pg 8-9
deer WU91 Pg 8-9
diversity of foods most attractive WU91 Pg 8-9
groundhogs WU91 Pg 8-9
masses of food more attractive WU91 Pg 8-8
rabbits WU91 Pg 8-9
repellents' effectiveness varies WU91 Pg 8-9
shelter as important as food WU91 Pg 8-9
squirrels WU91 Pg 8-9
woodchuck, See Groundhog
winter damage
distinguishing dead from dormant WU91 Pg 1-2
test twig for life WU91 Pg 1
Wisteria
WU91 Pg 1, 4, 5
fails to bloom 4-6
pruning WU91 Pg 5-6
woodchuck, See Wildlife
words, unusual gardening terms
culm, etiolation, ortet, ramet, trug WU91 Pg 9
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