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Vegetable & Herb Gardening for June

Vegetables

Aphid numbers are still high now on a wide variety of landscape and garden plants. It is usually not necessary to spray insecticides or release beneficials to control aphids. Populations of lady bird beetle, green lacewings and wasp parasites build up quickly to keep aphids in check. You’ll see these predators

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Iris

There are hundreds of species and cultivars of iris in all colors of the rainbow. Iris vary from tiny woodland groundcovers to dramatic flowers for the sunny border to species that thrive in swampy soil. There is an iris that will do well in virtually every garden.

Crested Iris (Iris cristata), a

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Growing Annuals

Annuals quickly provide more color in the landscape for longer periods of time than any other garden plants. They are versatile, sturdy and inexpensive.

Annual zinnias, salvia and petunias Karen Russ, ©2007 HGIC, Clemson Extension

Growth Rate

True annuals sprout from seed, flower, set seed and die within one season. Many flowers

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