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 The
Georgia Gardener Newsletter |
August 24, 2006 |
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Garden
Knowledge:
 Reality TV
shows that feature people doing odd stunts and eating weird things have
raised the "yuck factor" on the tube. Now a photographer in Sweden has
documented the webs of a certain moth covering a tree trunk and an
entire bicycle!
Double
Yuck! |
Come out and see us!
Come see us at Champion Windows and Patio Rooms! Coach Vince Dooley
will join Theresa Schrum, Bruce Holiday and myself this Saturday
for a morning of garden radio excellence! You can also visit with us at
The Yellow Daisy Festival on September 9.
Champion
Windows and Patio Rooms
The
Yellow Daisy Festival
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Design Tip: Easy to Grow Perennials
- by Theresa Schrum
 Part 2 in
the continuing series of easy to grow plants covers perennials for most
landscape situations: sun to shade for dry, average and wet soils.
Included with the perennials are bulbs, ground covers, grasses and
vines. In the September 7 newsletter, I will cover annuals for summer
and winter. Learn
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Cool Plant of the Week:
- by Theresa Schrum
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
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 Q:
My husband found a dead branch that had been bored out. Inside this
cavity was a fresh, green leaf that was so tightly wrapped that it
resembled a small cigar. - Ruth B.
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 Q:
I've seen grubs in my yard from time to time, but yesterday, I ran
across a big one. This rascal has to be almost 4" long when fully
stretched out! - Dee H.
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Peachtree
Heating and Air
Q:
Last year I had a very old crepe myrtle tree removed. Now the plant is
coming up everywhere. What is the best method to get rid of the last
vestiges? - George S.
Q:
Squirrels are chewing the edges of the boards on our deck. Is this
normal behavior? 
Watch for
the red or yellow, spider like flowers of spider lily, also called
surprise lily because the foliage is nowhere to be seen when it blooms.