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| June 24, 2010 |
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Reader
Questions:
 Q: On a recent garden tour, one gardener
had a spectacular "lawn" of mondo grass. It looks great in shade.
Sherry S.
 Q: My shrubs were used as a landing mat for boys
climbing down the drainpipe. Now there are huge holes. Will they
recover? Jennifer T.
 Q: Something is attacking my columbines. They
bloomed wonderfully last month and now they look so sad! Stephanie F.
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Garden Knowledge:
Diagnosing Brown Patch
 You
have brown patches of dead grass in your lawn. Is it the common lawn
disease 'brown patch' or is it something else? The answer is important:
if it is brown patch you probably need to spray with a fungicide.
Here's
how to diagnose it  |
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New Zealand Trip
Trip Remember how cold it gets in Atlanta in January? Brrrrrrr! Would
you like to join me on a garden tour to a place where it's warm? How
about New Zealand and Australia?! I will be leading a garden tour Down
Under on January 8 - 21, 2011.
Get all
the details here. |
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Garden
Calendar
Walter's To Do List for June
Pick okra, look for caterpillars, prune hydrangeas,
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Ask
an Arborist
Phytophthora Root Rot
 This fungal disease attacks many woody plants
from rhododendrons and anise to any number of other shrubs and trees.
It's always present in the soil but often attacks vulnerable plants,
especially during wet years. Plants that are stressed are especially
susceptible. The problem often appears as though the plant needs water.
....learn more
by
Theresa Schrum
Sponsored by: Bartlett
Tree Experts
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Cool
Plant
Pickerel Weed (Pontederia
cordata)
 Aquatic perennial native to Eastern North
America from Canada to Florida. This stunning pond plant produces 6-8
inch spikes of violet--blue flowers from late spring into early fall.
Grow pickerel weed in full sun in a bog with wet soil or in a pond
submerged up to 6 inches deep.
Learn more...
by
Theresa Schrum
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