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Growing the Astrantia (Masterwort)

The Astrantia is a group of flowers that are also known as masterwort. The Astrantias are both beautiful and unusual, and they come in a variety of colors. The flowers look very much like a star or a firework; their abundant blooms float like little pincushions above rosettes of mid-sized, deeply lobed...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 11-05-2009
Growing the Torch Lily or Red Hot Poker

What easy plants to grow! They will do well in mid summer's heat, when other plants have wilted. They are great for arid, and semi-arid areas. You may know Red Hot Poker by another name. It is also called Torch Lily and Poker Plant. Red Hot Poker plants look their best when grown in clumps, and displaying...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 08-19-2009
Attracting the Monarch Butterfly

When Fall is starting to creep into September, the Monarch butterfly begins to arrive on the scene. To attract these floating beauties you will need a hardy perennial to be blooming. One of the most reliable early fall bloomers is the Blazing Star (Liatris). Some of the Blazing Stars bloom from July...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 07-11-2009

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