Phyllis Benson
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Stories By Phyllis Benson
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How To Prune Snapdragons
How to Prune Snapdragons. The snapdragon is a flowering plant named for its dragon-face blossom. Check out its namesake by placing your fingers gently on each side of a snapdragon blossom. Squeeze carefully so that the upper and lower blossom lips open and snap like a dragon mouth. Snapdragons are showy with flower clusters from solid brilliant colors to tricolor blooms. Heights range from 6 to 48 inches, making the snapdragon suitable for most flower gardens. With light pruning, the snapdragon provides a wealth of colorful blossoms on a sturdy plant.
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What Vegetables Will Grow In San Francisco?
What Vegetables Will Grow in San Francisco?. Vegetable gardening in San Francisco, California requires cool planning. According to Sunset Garden Climate Zones, this coastal region is marked by cool and foggy weather. The growing season is March to November with summer temperatures averaging 75 degrees. Sunset Garden reports, "Heat-loving plants disappoint or dwindle here." Vegetable gardens thrive when gardeners choose cool-season or short-season varieties.
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Slugs And Chrysanthemums
Slugs and Chrysanthemums. Chrysanthemums are hardy, sun-loving perennials favored for their autumn blooms. Grown as perennials in U.S., Department of Agricultural zones 5 to 9, mums are popular annuals in other zones. Their flowers are varied shapes from single to pompom blooms, with color shades from white and yellow to bronze. Easy to grow, these flowers do fall prey to slugs; slugs devour the foliage and damage mums.
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How To Choose A Money Plant
How to Choose a Money Plant. A money plant is a plant that looks like money or is thought to bring good fortune. Money plants come in all types and sizes. If you want to bring money in your home in the form of a plant, here are steps to help you make a great selection.
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What Time Of Year Do Lemon Trees Bear Fruit?
What Time of Year Do Lemon Trees Bear Fruit?. Lemons are an acid citrus fruit. Available in many varieties, lemon trees grow in temperate zones. The time of year lemon trees bear fruit depends on the variety and climate.
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How To Screen Your Yard Drains
How to Screen your Yard Drains. A yard drain carries excess water away from your home and landscaping. Many homes have perforated pipe buried in trenches to collect and carry off overflow water from rainfall, sprinklers and irrigation systems. These drains often have top openings with plastic drain covers with ventilation slots. If grass clippings, dirt or bark get into the drain cover, they can block the drain. More importantly, mosquitoes can get into the drain and breed. Where a few mosquitoes went in, a week later hundreds can emerge. You can easily make simple drain screens to protect the drain from debris and block those dratted mosquitoes.
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How To Choose A Money Plant
There are many different kinds of plants that refer to a "money tree" or money plant, all of which are grown indoors and can be even be a bonsai option.
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