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Category Archive: Plants

How to kill a tree

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These are good days to plant trees, you can do it right or you can lay a trap […]

Lise Jenkins October 1, 2020 Articles, Plants

Misadventures with trees

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When Kit first moved into her home 28 years ago there were so many trees that one could […]

Lise Jenkins September 24, 2020 Articles, Plants

Tale of a Japanese maple

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When I first saw the Japanese maple, Acer palmatum ‘Mikawa yatsubusa’, it literally stopped me in my tracks […]

Lise Jenkins September 10, 2020 Articles, Plants

When is a bulb not a bulb?

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Recently a garden group asked me to give a presentation on bulbs. When I replied that I really […]

Lise Jenkins September 3, 2020 Articles, Plants

Good grooming

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It is a truism that plants, like people, benefit from good grooming. And, as with people, good grooming […]

Lise Jenkins August 6, 2020 Articles, Plants

Killer petunias

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This season I’m trying out some forthcoming Wave petunias that are faring well. Although pleased with them, I’m […]

Lise Jenkins July 30, 2020 Articles, Plants

Still lazy

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In last week’s article, Mark Weathington mentioned that turf was terribly labor intensive, soil improvement was imperative, and […]

Lise Jenkins July 23, 2020 Articles, Plants

Planning for saffron

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I have a ridiculously small garden that is both a source of frustration and relief. While there are […]

Lise Jenkins July 9, 2020 Articles, Plants

Of twine and tendrils

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If a global pandemic disrupts food supplies, I’ll be ready — at least that’s what I told myself […]

Lise Jenkins June 25, 2020 Articles, Plants

Learn from your mistakes

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A long time ago in a graduate history course, the professor marked in red the monotonous rhythm of […]

Lise Jenkins June 18, 2020 Articles, Plants

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