The City Council of New Orleans has proclaimed April 2011, Louisiana Iris-Fleur de Lis Month. In the 1920s, Dr. John K. Small, Curator of the New York Botanical Garden, dubbed New Orleans the “Iris Center of the Universe.” This was based upon the extraordinary variety of native irises he saw in the wild. Of the […]
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Japanese Magnolias are one of our most cherished spring-blooming trees. Trees are an integral part of any landscape. They provide the foundation of all outdoors, from the smallest garden to the largest park. Small or large, trees serve many purposes: Tree leaves clean the air we breathe by absorbing carbon dioxide and providing oxygen. Trees
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Nectar-rich flowers like this Tithonia or “Mexican Sunflower” attract beautiful butterflies to the garden. Butterflies are beautiful! They add color and movement to your garden. Because butterflies are cold-blooded, they are not typically active during our winter months, but on warm days and as the weather gets gradually warmer later this month, you will start
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Though Dianthus doesn’t bloom much in the shorter days of mid-winter, it is a perfectly hardy annuals to plant now.. January, Janvier or Enero, no matter how you say it, this month is the least rewarding for New Orleans area gardeners. There are multiple mundane maintenance tasks to perform. There is anticipatory preparation for and
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COLD PROTECTION IN THE LOUISIANA LANDSCAPE by Dan Gill, LSU AgCenter Consumer Horticulturist . If you look around at some of our landscapes, particularly in south Louisiana, you would think we live in the tropics. Indeed, some winters the temperature never does dip much below the mid to upper twenties allowing tropicals to survive. Despite
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