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Easy annuals for high color impact
Petunias (pink and purple), lantana (yellow), and lobelia (blue) complement each other nicely in a hanging basket. These flowers perform best in full sun. Petunias (white), lobelia (blue), and potato vine (green) perform great together in a hanging basket in full sun. These beautiful gloriosa daisies flower abundantly all summer and also reseed themselves for…
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What time of year is best for pruning?
It is generally best to do your pruning in the spring. For spring-blooming bushes such as forsythia, lilac and spirea, prune after they’re done blooming. Summer blooming plants such as rose-of sharon and butterfly bush can be pruned in the summer after they bloom. Nothing should ever be pruned in the fall. Pruning at this…
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Blue Purple and Pink Hydrangea Flower
Hydrangea flower color is influenced by soil acidity. An acidic soil produces blue flowers; an alkaline soil produces pink flowers. Soil with variable acidity produces flowers with a variation of color.