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June 2013 - Lawanda's Garden

Month: June 2013

Lots to love about Calibrachoa

Posted on June 16, 2013 in Newspaper Columns

The first thing I love about calibrachoa is the way its name rolls up and down: Kal-a-bra-KO-ah. Secondly, its gorgeous! Calibrachoas look like mini-petunias, or petunias without their tattered petticoats. Each plants has hundreds of inch-wide flowers giving rise to its common name, “Million Bells.” It’s an annual plant that comes to us from South [Continue]

Plants are fierce competitors

Posted on June 2, 2013 in Newspaper Columns

Competition in the plant world is fierce. The techniques plants use against each other to ensure their own survival make the conniving in corporate boardrooms and reality TV shows look like child’s play. Some plants develop extremely dense or deep roots systems so they can steal water and nutrients from seedlings of any other species [Continue]