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George’s Current Ramblings and Readlings Category

Super Flowers

May 15th, 2012

   Now’s prime time for annual flowers. Are you choosing wisely?     I’m all for saving money, but this is one area where you really do get what you pay for.    A few of those cheapo 99-cent packs of flowers might do halfway decent in a pot, but most of the time they just […]

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Hedge Edge

May 8th, 2012

There’s more to pruning than heading out in the spring with a chainsaw in hand. Here are a few important how-to’s from an expert who prunes the topiaries at Longwood Gardens.

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A So-So Dutch Floriade

May 2nd, 2012

   I’m just back from leading a group of central-Pennsylvania gardeners to the Netherlands and its Floriade garden show, held only once every 10 years.     Floriade 2012 was worth a look, but to be honest, I didn’t think it was nearly as impressive as the last one in 2002.    This show had a […]

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About Those Plant Sizes

April 24th, 2012

I have no good answer for the question, “How big does this plant get?” It depends. Here’s a look at what to make of this sticky plant-picking issue.

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Weedfest

April 17th, 2012

You’re not imagining things if it seems like weeds are getting worse than ever. These botanical invaders are flourishing across the United States for a variety of reasons, such as…

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Springing to Life

April 10th, 2012

   April is such a nice time in the garden.    Each day a different plant comes back to life or pushes out flower buds or takes one step more toward peak beauty.    I’d have to rank it as my favorite time of year.    I thought I’d share some pictures and observations of […]

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Can This Last?

April 3rd, 2012

   We made it through March with no kill-off-the-tender-stuff cold snaps, and this week’s forecast is looking frost-free as well.    Can we pull off this super-early start to the growing season?    Every day we inch closer to May is one step closer to safety and getting away with a scam against Mother Nature. […]

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Hershey Gardens Turns 75

March 27th, 2012

   Hershey Gardens opens for the season this coming Saturday (March 31), and it’s a milestone year for our area’s only botanical garden.    2012 marks the 75th year since chocolate icon Milton Hershey decided to build a “nice garden of roses” on the hillside just below Hotel Hershey (and now overlooking Hersheypark).    I’m […]

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Pruning and the Weather

March 20th, 2012

   I’ve never seen this long of a run of unusually warm weather this early.    I’m getting all kinds of questions from gardeners wondering whether they should move up their planting and yard-care schedule and what’s going to happen if a cold spell occurs.    I could answer a lot better if I knew […]

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Did spring sprung?

March 13th, 2012

   I’ll probably be sorry for saying this, but I think spring is here.    At least nature and its plants are acting like it is.    After three weeks of non-stop talks and garden shows, I finally got outside on Sunday to notice blooming daffodils, a nice crop of newly germinated weeds and even […]

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