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Common or Plumed Thistle

Common or Plumed Thistle

Cirsium

Is land fulfilling the primal curse because it brings forth thistles? So thinks the farmer, no doubt, but not the goldfinches which daintily feed among the fluffy seeds, nor

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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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Ornamental Grasses

Ornamental grasses are valued in home landscapes for their hardiness and easy care, dramatic appearance and the wide variety of colors, textures and sizes available.

Pampas grass, one of the toughest grasses for the South. Karen Russ, ©2007 HGIC, Clemson Extension

Types of Grasses

Ornamental grasses refers to both true grasses and

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Forget-me-not; Mouse-ear; Scorpion Grass; Snake Grass; Love Me

Forget-me-not; Mouse-ear; Scorpion Grass; Snake Grass; Love Me

Myosotis scorpioides (M. palustris)

Flowers–Pure blue, pinkish, or white, with yellow eye; flat, 5-lobed, borne in many-flowered, long, often 1-sided racemes. Calyx 5-cleft; the lobes narrow,

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Plants That Will Bring on the Butterflies

Want to turn your landscape into a place that butterflies love to visit?  Plant a variety of colorful bushes and shrubs known to attract the beautiful-winged creatures.

Butterfly bush, or Budleia davidii, is a favorite.

“Butterfly bush can be planted statewide any time of the year,” said

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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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