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Add Hours to Your Flowers

Dr. Leonard Perry, Extension Professor

Have you ever thought about buying flowers, such as for Valentine’s Day or other special occasions, but don’t because they last so short a time?  Perhaps the problem is how you treat them.  Proper care and handling of roses, daffodils, chrysanthemums, and other cut flowers can add hours

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Cut Flower Gardening For Beautiful Bouquets

By Terry Lowery

Imagine a never-ending supply of beautiful flowers for your home, bouquets and arrangements to give to friends, flowers to pluck at will for gifts, get-well visits, anniversaries and birthdays. By planting a garden stocked with flowers that happily give up their blooms for your pleasure, you can have fresh

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Peonies

The large showy, flowers of peonies are produced in mid-to late spring. Many colors and flower forms are available. Because winter chilling is required for dormancy, peonies often do not perform well in the lower South. Early blooming and single or Japanese cultivars generally perform better in South Carolina than other types.

Height/Spread

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Marigold

Marigolds are easy to grow, bloom reliably all summer and have few insect and disease problems. They have understandably been a favorite annual in this country for many years.

Height/Spread

Plant height varies with the cultivar. Marigolds cover a full range of sizes from about 6-inch dwarves to 3 foot-tall plants.

Ornamental Features

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Cut Flower Gardening For Beautiful Bouquets

By Terry Lowery

Imagine a never-ending supply of beautiful flowers for your home, bouquets and arrangements to give to friends, flowers to pluck at will for gifts, get-well visits, anniversaries and birthdays. By planting a garden stocked with flowers that happily give up their blooms for your pleasure, you can have fresh

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