Controversial Coneflower
Leo was wide awake and was tickling his brother's leg with a dried cone-flower he had pulled out of the hay. Ambrosch kicked him and turned over. In the middle of cold and flu season, it seems appropriate to talk about what is probably this ... [... more]
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A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs: Of Eastern ...
 Intriguing Herbal Lore for the Amateur Botanist: Just when you thought there were no more plant identification guides to be written, Peterson's came out with this interesting little guide. In its pages you will find the many thousands of uses that [... more]
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Burpee Complete Flower Gardener
Two Green Thumbs Up!: I like intelligent garden writing that is both engaging and friendly. Nothing puts me off more than dry or condescending writing, and if it puts off a seasoned gardener, it will intimidate and discourage a newbie. Happily, Burpee [... more]
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A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs: Of Eastern ...
Intriguing Herbal Lore for the Amateur Botanist: Just when you thought there were no more plant identification guides to be written, Peterson's came out with this interesting little guide. In its pages you will find the many thousands of uses that [... more]
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E is for Echinacea
Coneflowers are great in the garden for many reasons. Read about what makes them so great, and how to grow them. In a POLL taken by readers, Echinacea won, so this is what this article will be about. Echinacea is easy to grow in most any garden ... [... more]
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Recommended Types
Echinacea is an herb which can be a great addition to the landscape. Echinacea, or purple coneflower, can add a dramatic color addition to your herb and landscape garden border. This versatile and beautiful perennial is native to central United ... [... more]
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Tower Hill Botanic Garden
What used to be a field with thousands of naturalized daffodils on a previous visit is now under construction for a Orangerie and a Systematic Garden. The Coneflowers tolerate heat and do best on sandy soil. Perhaps that is why they are giving ... [... more]
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Revamping for Fall
Has your glorious flower display turned into a few dibs of colour here and there? Adding fall bloomers such as Mums, Susans, Coneflowers and Stonecrops can make sorry beds stupendous. Are your garden beds looking tired and worn? Has the profusion ... [... more]
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Impossible Gardening: Hot, Dry, Clay Soil, Part Shade-Part 2
Last week I discussed Coneflowers and shasta daisies. This week, let's move on to Russian Sage and Rue which are also hardy plants in USDA Zone 5. As with all the plants in this series, these grow well in dry, clay soil, with part-sun. They also ... [... more]
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Waiting for Wings
From Amazon.com: Lois Ehlert, beloved illustrator of Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and many other bold, beautiful picture books has outdone herself with this gorgeous (seriously breathtaking) celebration of butterfly metamorphosis. "Out in the fields, [... more]
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