Lawn and Garden
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Bigleaf hydrangea, also called French, Japanese, or snowball hydrangea, is a landscape plant. Bigleaf hydrangea can be transplanted to the landscape for repeat blooms each year.
Sheri Dorn
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All vegetables, especially tomatoes, like an even supply of water throughout the growing season, and will often develop problems if their water supply fluctuates. If watering restrictions or bans are imposed, water conservation becomes a critical issue.
Bob Westerfield
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While most of us are familiar with common poisonous plants that cause dermatitis (skin irritations) such as poison ivy or poison oak, we fail to recognize common ornamental plants in the landscape that may cause internal poisoning when ingested. Although most adults would not intentionally eat the leaves or fruit of ornamental plants in the landscape, young children or pets sometimes do. This resource provides readers with information on some of the common landscape plants known to have poisonous properties when ingested. You may be surprised to learn just how many of our common plants, such as azaleas, hydrangeas, boxwood, and English ivy, are known to have poisonous properties.
Bob Westerfield
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Junipers
This resource provides information about variety selection, characteristics, required care, and disease and pest control for juniper plants.
Bob Westerfield
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C 955
Growing Hostas
Hostas are quickly becoming one of the most popular perennial plants grown in our landscapes. Sometimes referred to as plantain lilies, hostas are reliable plants for both shade and partial sun situations. This publication includes variety recommendations.
Bob Westerfield
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Home Garden Blueberries
Use this resource to understand how to best manage blueberries in your home garden. Native Georgia rabbiteye blueberry bushes will produce some fruit the second or third year after transplanting, and by sixth year they will yield as much as 2 gallons each.
Scott NeSmith and Gerard W. Krewer
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Crape Myrtle Culture
Crape myrtle is one of the most useful flowering shrubs/trees grown in Georgia. It provides abundant summer color with a minimum of maintenance.
Bodie V. Pennisi and Jean Williams-Woodward
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Learn how to grow rutabagas, a cool-season root crop that can be produced in the spring or fall in Georgia.
Bob Westerfield and W. Terry Kelley
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Your guide to home gardening in Georgia! Our climate allows us to grow something almost year-round, and these monthly checklists will help you keep your garden working well. Planting recommendations are based on long-term average last and first frost dates for Middle Georgia; adjust accordingly for South or North Georgia.
Bob Westerfield
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