Most people enjoy planting into what garden publications call a well-prepared, loose seedbed. The well-prepared, loose seedbed gets the seed in contact with soil moisture for good germination. However, what you do to prepare that seedbed can create major problems later in the growing season, says Dr. Charles Mitchell, an agronomist with the
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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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Herbaceous perennials generally live for three or more seasons, but usually the tops die back to the ground each fall. The crown and roots of the plant resume growth in spring. A few perennials are evergreen or keep a green rosette of leaves at the base in winter. Hardy perennials can live through
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