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   Get It Growing
 Home>News Archive>2007>April>Get It Growing>
Get It Growing: Warm-season Bedding Plants Can Help You Have Colorful Summer Flower Garden
(For Release On Or After 04/27/07) As May approaches, we move from the warm days and cool nights of spring and early summer to the hot days and warm nights that will be with us until sometime around September. With the increasing heat, you also will notice the inevitable decline of your cool-season bedding plants.

Get It Growing: Bromeliads Make Great Houseplants
(For Release On Or After 04/20/07) Who knows what Spanish moss and pineapples have in common? Believe it or not, they actually are related and belong to the same family of plants – the Bromeliad family.
Get It Growing: Ferns Ideal For Shady Gardens
(For Release On Or After 04/13/07) I don’t know about you, but as the hot weather of summer arrives I’d much rather work in shady gardens than sunny ones. I’ve heard gardening in the shade called challenging, but when the proper plants are selected for shady areas the results can be beautiful and durable. Lots of great plants for shady areas can be found among the ferns.

Get It Growing: Understanding Hardiness, Heat Zones Helps You Pick The Right Plants
(For Release On Or After 04/06/07) Average minimum temperatures are an important issue when choosing plants that are well-adapted to our climate. But so are the summer temperatures, since our landscape plants must be able to survive both extremes.
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