Creeping Rosemary Information Prostrate rosemary in the landscape is an easy to care for creeping perennial herb suitable for the herb garden, perennial beds, containers, and rockeries. A low growing herbaceous shrub, prostrate rosemary plants can be grown throughout USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 8 to 10. The plant only grows to a height of about 2 inches to 1 foot tall (5-30 cm.) and will spread 4 to 8 feet (1-2 m....

Cauliflower Protection in Gardens Cauliflower is cold-hardy, but it’s not invincible, especially when it’s young and tender, so some cauliflower frost protection is necessary in the spring. Start your cauliflower seeds indoors and transplant them outside around the time of the average last frost. If a later frost is likely, protect your young plants with row covers. Likewise, cauliflower has just as hard a time with hot weather. If grown too late into the summer, the plants are likely to get leggy and bolt....

Symptoms of Black Root of Radish Black root in radish is a fairly common disease in cool, wet soils. It can occur at any point in plant development, resulting in seedling death or rotten roots. Black root of radish has no cure, but there are several cultural methods that can help protect your crop from this fungal disease. The signs of radish black root disease are unmistakable once the roots are harvested, but initial symptoms can be a little trickier to recognize....

Radish Seed Pod Info Radishes are most commonly grown for their tasty roots, but did you know that radish seed pods are edible as well? They are not only edible, but truly delicious with a milder flavor than the root and an interesting crunch. Radish pods are simply the seed pods of a radish plant that has been allowed to flower and then go to seed. There are actually some varieties of radish, such as ‘Rattail,’ that are specifically planted for cultivation of the seed pods, although all radish varieties form edible seed pods....

What is a Flowering Rain Garden? A flowering rain garden is simply a rain garden that you design with several flowering species so that you get attractive blooms throughout the growing season. More generally a rain garden is a strategically designed bed or area that traps, filters, and controls storm and runoff water. A rain garden should be made up of plants that can absorb a lot of water and should be situated where runoff and rain tend to collect, the lower spots in your yard....

Rapeseed Information What is rapeseed? Rape plants (Brassica napus) are members of the brassica family, which means they’re closely related to mustard, kale, and cabbage. Like all brassicas, they are cool weather crops, and growing rape plants in the spring or autumn is preferable. The plants are very forgiving and will grow in a wide range of soil qualities as long as it is well-draining. They will grow well in acidic, neutral, and alkaline soils....

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Read on for tips and suggestions on Northwest planting in May. If you aren’t sure about what to plant in May, your local cooperative extension can offer suggestions. What to Plant In May: Flowers For Planting In The Northwest May is ideal for planting annuals across most of the Northwest, but remember that nights may still be frosty in eastern Oregon and Washington. You can get a head start with small plants from a garden center or nursery, but several annuals, including zinnias, marigolds, cosmos, and asters can be direct-planted by seed....

Care of Rhododendrons in Winter Caring for your rhododendrons through the cold season is easier if you understand how these plants are damaged to begin with. Cold injury in rhododendron is caused by too much water evaporating from the leaves at once, without anything to replace it. When cold, dry winds blow across leaf surfaces, they tend to take a lot of extra fluid with them. Unfortunately, in the winter, it’s not uncommon for this to happen when the ground is frozen solid, limiting how much water can be brought back into the plant....

How Do I Dry Roses? When it comes to learning how to dry roses, there are several options. First, crafters will need to gather the flowers. If the roses have been used in a larger bouquet or vase, they should be removed. Next, all foliage will need to be stripped from the stem to prepare it for drying. The rose drying process should begin well before the flower has started to wilt, as fresh blooms will yield the best-dried roses....

When Should You Transplant Roses – in the Fall or Spring? Questions commonly circulate about should you transplant roses in the fall or spring. Typically, this depends on where you live. Warmer climates, for instance, may find it better to transplant them in fall while people in cooler regions find that transplanting rose bushes is an easier task in spring. As roses are sensitive to shock, moving them while dormant (in late winter or early spring) is generally recommended....

Does Rubber Plant Flower? Yes, rubber plant is capable of producing flowers and, subsequently, small fruits. It is a species of fig, after all, related to the figs that are grown commercially to produce the filling in your Newtons. But popular houseplant species such as rubber trees and their cousins, the weeping figs (Ficus benjamina), rarely bloom or yield fruits. Actual rubber plant blooms are small, greenish, and insignificant; they also are unlikely to occur on a rubber plant growing indoors in a container or even one growing outdoors in warm temperate to semi-tropical conditions....

What is Cherry Rusty Mottle? Several viral diseases attack cherry trees, and two of these diseases are called rusty mottle of cherry and necrotic rusty mottle. While experts have determined that rusty mottle diseases are caused by viruses, they do not have much other information. For example, scientists agree that your tree will get a rusty mottle cherry disease if you plant infected stock, but they don’t know how else the viruses are spread....

Vegetable Gardening To-Do List for September This is one of the best months of the year in the upper Midwest for vegetable gardeners. You’ve been harvesting all summer, but now is the big payoff. Here’s what to do now to harvest, extend, and prepare for winter: Thin any seedlings you started last month for a fall harvest.Early in the month you can still get away with starting some cool weather veggies like chard, kale, spinach, and radishes....

About Sheep Fescue Grass Sheep fescue growing is generally for agricultural and livestock purposes. As an ornamental grass, it lacks elegance but is excellent used in a wild meadow landscape scheme. It can provide food and cover for birds and other animals. Best of all caring for sheep grass is simple and easy. This is a hardy, self-sustaining plant. Sheep grass plants are true grasses in the family Poaceae. The plant is considered a cool season grass and has superior tolerance to different soils, drought, and cold....

Skyrocket Juniper Info If you enjoy evergreen trees, Skyrocket juniper plants may be the right fit for your garden. These cultivars are narrow columnar trees that may approach 15 to 20 feet (5-6 m.) in height with a 3 to 12 foot (1-4 m.) spread. The natural growth pattern is part of the plant’s charm and its ease of care adds to the allure. This slow-growing plant takes up to 50 years to reach maturity, which means it can be used in a large container for many years before it must go in ground....

Container gardening in a crate is a creative and fun way to add plants to any location, from the patio, deck, or front porch to creative indoor displays. Read on for more info on growing plants in wooden crates. Planting in a Slatted Box Container Growing plants in a wooden crate is easy. Line the crate. Select a sturdy, well-made crate with slats less than 2 inches (5 cm.) apart....

Significance of Garden Snakes For some people, the thought of attracting snakes to the garden would seem absurd, but for die-hard gardeners with a slug, snail, or small mammal problem, they are the perfect solution. Garter snakes, for instance, can, in fact, be a gardener’s best friend. Garter snakes are harmless to humans and love to bask in the warm sun in and around garden areas. Unfortunately, many people kill these garden snakes before they realize just how beneficial they can be....

What is a Snow Bush? Snow bush (Breynia disticha) is widely cultivated in tropical locales. It can be found from southeastern Asia through Malaysia, to Australia, New Caledonia, and New Hebrides. This tropical darling is often used as a colorful hedge, but it suckers profusely and must be maintained to keep it in a tidy habit. Southern gardeners can try growing this plant outdoors but northern gardeners will need to grow in containers and move indoors....

How to Winter Sow Flowers Save a few translucent or clear plastic containers for sowing flower seeds in winter. Milk or water jugs work well, or you can use 1-liter (1 qt.) soda bottles or similar containers. Use a sharp craft knife to cut the bottles around the middle, but don’t cut completely around the jug – instead, leave a small uncut area to work as a “hinge.” Punch several holes in the bottom of the jug because your winter-sown seeds will rot without drainage....