Sometimes winter gardens are lacking when it comes to color, foliage and texture. This does not have to be the case in our area because there are some trees, shrubs, perennials and bulbs that can add a touch of color or fragrance to the garden between New Year’s and Valentine’s. […]
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Icy frost flowers found on plant common in Shawnee State Forest
Saturday, Nov. 19 dawned crisp and cold. I had stayed at the Shawnee Lodge in Shawnee Point out Park (Scioto County) the previous night to attend a assembly. The largest contiguous forest in Ohio, Shawnee Condition Forest, surrounds the lodge, and there are about 70,000 acres of wildlands to check […]
Easter Cactus Care: How to Make It Flower for Years to Come
Photo: istockphoto.com The waxy, colorful blooms of the Easter cactus appear in local garden centers and grocery stores in March and April, producing an abundance of red or pink, starlike flowers that can last well into May or longer. But once the flowers fade, Easter cacti don’t need to end […]
Georgian brick manor in Greenwich on the market for $7.9M.
GREENWICH — Set again off of Glenville Road, the picturesque brick residence with black shutters sits on much more than eight acres of land. Constructed in 1929, the dwelling at 106 Glenville Road follows a Georgian-fashion of architecture, which is explained as proportional, symmetric and classical, in accordance to thespruce.com, […]
Endless cycles of conquest and liberation yield destruction in east Ukraine
Comment on this story Comment LYMAN, Ukraine — Tamara Klimashenko stood in what was once her cherished flower garden and pulled out her phone to show photos of the peonies, petunias and chamomiles that once covered this patch of dirt now littered with shrapnel. Her husband, Anatoly Klimashenko, pointed to […]
Rare corpse flower in bloom at Cairns Botanic Gardens attracts thousands of visitors
It might smell like a lifeless cane toad, but the blooming of what is affectionately acknowledged as the “corpse flower” is so momentous, people today are organized to fly various hrs to witness it. Essential details: The Amorphophallus titanum is also acknowledged as the “corpse flower” because of its signature pungent odor […]