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August in the Garden

Relax! It’s only a garden

By Allan Armitage Filed Under: August in the Garden

“No doubt this can be a thug, but ‘Lipstick’ trumpet vine is a hummingbird magnet in our garden,” says Allan Armitage. (Photos from his Twitter account)

Allan Armitage, well-known for his plant expertise and enthusiasm for all things horticultural, offers candid advice to uptight gardeners.

Hummingbirds love the nectar from turtlehead

By Judith Adam Filed Under: August in the Garden, Making a Garden, Plants, Summer

turtlehead

Pink turtlehead, sometimes called twisted shell flower, are showy plants that provide nectar loved by hummingbirds. They prefer nectar over sugar water.

The scents of it all

By Jodi DeLong Filed Under: August in the Garden, Plants, Summer

When Jodi DeLong walks in her garden, she breathes in the scents – layers of fragrance from petite sprigs of lavender to huge blooms of angels’ trumpet.

Planting fall lettuces

By Judith Adam Filed Under: August in the Garden, Food, Making a Garden

Mesclun being cut (Photo from Renee's Garden)

To plant late lettuce in the fall, you can search out any lettuce seed packets you have hanging around or order online with fast shipping.

Dwarf ‘Beni-hime’ Japanese maple perfect for container

By Judith Adam Filed Under: August in the Garden, Containers

Dwarf Japanese maple (Acer palmatum ‘Beni-hime’) growing in a container. (Photo by Brendan Adam-Zwelling)

The dwarf Japanese maple Acer palmatum ‘Beni-hime’ is perfect for planting in a container. It doesn’t reach its potential size in the container.

3 suggestions for lasting spring bulbs

By Judith Adam Filed Under: August in the Garden, Making a Garden

Siberica (Photo from GardenImport)

Judith Adam wants to plant spring bulbs just once and have them return every spring, forever. Here’s three suggestions for more lasting spring bulbs.

Tips for late tomatoes

By Judith Adam Filed Under: August in the Garden, Food, Making a Garden

As temperatures drop, tomatoes need extra care (Garden Making photo)

Tomatoes are notoriously sensitive to temperature and weather changes. Here are tips to get the best from tomatoes late in the season.

Acidanthera in bloom

By Judith Adam Filed Under: August in the Garden, Making a Garden

Acidanthera are coming into bloom (Photo by Brendan Zwelling)

Abyssinian gladiolus (Acidanthera murielae) — small, frost-tender corms planted in spring for their scented, late-summer bloom –are coming into flower.

Understanding blue hydrangea

By Judith Adam Filed Under: August in the Garden, Making a Garden

Blue hydrangea (Photo by Heather Hayden)

If you’ve purchased a small blue hydrangea in a pot for a holiday and then planted it in the garden, in subsequent years it has probably turned pink.

Autumn-blooming perennials

By Judith Adam Filed Under: August in the Garden, Making a Garden

Yellow rudbeckia, a tall beauty. (Photo by Brendan Zwelling)

There are many forms of coneflowers in the rudbeckia clan, all with reflexed yellow petals and brown, cone-shaped disks.

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