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TODAY'S FEATURES

September In The Garden, by Joyce B. Gladden

September brings leaves of crimson, gold, scarlet, bronze and orange. It is a transformative month for gardeners to survey the fruits of their labor and to look ahead to prepare for what will be.

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Drying Hydrangea Flowers, by Marie Harrison
Hydrangeas have been a favorite decorating subject since Victorian times or before. Artists choose the handsome flowers as subjects for their paintings, and fabric designers incorporate their images into beautiful fabrics for home decorating. Ceramic and porcelain hydrangeas can be purchased, and replicas are readily available in artificial, silk-like renditions.

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PLANTFILES:

Cobweb Houseleek

(Sempervivum arachnoideum)

I have Sempervivum Hens and Chicks 'Frosty'. They are small, green, tight clusters, like little pin cushions, and covered...
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GARDEN WATCHDOG:

Flora Exotica

Review by edkravcik:

Plant ordered was virtually dead. I attempted to nurse it to health.I have over 40 years experience in exotics. It died...
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BIRDFILES:

Black-capped Chickadee

(Poecile atricapillus)

These little guys are my favorite birds! So energetic, social, and always on the go. I love their songs too. I always...
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BUGFILES:

Carolina Sphinx Moth

(Manduca sexta)

Although I think that the caterpillar is very pretty and I do love the moths, I grow tomatoes and peppers for me not them,...
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GO GARDENING:

Western Sierra Nursery

Western Sierra Nursery has a wide selection of plant suitable for the Mountain Area around Oakhurst, just south of Yosemite....
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GARDEN BOOKWORM:

Wildflowers of Texas

Review by stevesivek:

Probably one of the best field guides for Texas wildflowers. I've used this book for many years and it has never failed me....
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TODAY IN THE FORUMS

Red Star and Black Star

At McMuraays they have the Red Star and the Black Star sex links that they say are both the best egg laying machines. I can't figgure out any difference. Is there a difference between these two breeds other than the obvious
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Today in history: September 2

1857: Sarah Elizabeth Dodgson, hybridizer, was born. She would eventually marry Robert Ormston Backhouse and together they created many hybrids including one of the first pink daffodils (history also credits Australian rosarian Alister Clark as the first to create a pink daffodil.) The Backhouse's creation is named 'Mrs. R.O. Backhouse' in her honor; another of their hybrids, Lilium x marhan 'Mrs. R.O. Backhouse' was introduced in 1921.
1961: At the meeting of the Pacific Science Congress held in Honolulu, a resolution was passed to establish the United States National Tropical Botanic Garden in Hawaii.
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