About Heat Waves
1. How hot does it need to be? The answer depends on where you are. The Heat Wave Duration Index
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About Spittlebugs
1. Who spit on my perennials? See those little dabs of foam on the stems of your favourite perennials? It
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About Native Wildflowers
1. Typhoid saviour. One of the native wildflowers, Joe Pye weed, boneset to some, and botanically Eutrochium (reclassified from Eupatorium a few
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10 Neat Things: About Nettles
1. Hypodermic needle, anyone? Long before man came up with the idea of injecting our bodies with chemicals, the stinging
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About Daylilies
1. The “perfect perennial”. Daylilies are often called the perfect perennial because they are easy to grow, come in many
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10 Neat Things: About Mosquitoes
1. Blood suckers or nectar suppers? In spite of what you’ve heard, mosquitoes don’t eat blood. They eat nectar from
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About Sun and Shade
1. Deadly shade. Very little will grow in deep, deep shade, say right beside a north facing wall with overhanging
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About Cabbages
1. Cabbage head. Coming from the Middle-English word caboge, which itself probably derived from the French word caboce, both meaning “head”, the word
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10 Neat Things: About Alliums
Allium azureum Toxicoxcordion venenosum Allium cepa (onion) Allium sativum (garlic) Allium moly Allium schoenoprasum (chives) 1. What are alliums? Plants
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10 Neat Things: About Hummingbirds
1. Soap bubble throats. Hummingbirds have brilliant throats, but it is not pigment that is responsible for that luster. Instead,
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