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This amazing native plant actually moves when you touch it

Garden Experiments — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 22:38:47 +0000

If you haven’t been introduced to this tiny plant with fuzzy little pink flowers, you are missing out. It might not be much to look at, but sensitive briar does something pretty amazing. It moves. By itself. No, really. Sensitive briar – Mimosa spp. There are several species in the genus Mimosa that share the […]

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How to Grow Pink Evening Primrose

Garden Experiments — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 23:08:47 +0000

Sundays after church, my dad would pile the family into the car and take us for a drive through the countryside just outside the boundaries of the big city. We would see miles of delicate pink flowers lining the edges of the roads, growing the cracks in the sidewalk, and on the banks of the […]

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Japanese Honeysuckle vs Native Honeysuckle Vine

Garden Experiments — Sun, 12 Nov 2017 14:12:16 +0000

Have you ever plucked a honeysuckle flower, turned it around, and gently sucked the nectar from the tube-shaped back of the flower? If you grew up in the southeastern U.S., I bet you did. That taste of super-sweet honey nectar always makes me think of summer nights spent chasing fireflies and summer days spent running […]

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Cypress Vine: Delicate, But Aggressive

Garden Experiments — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 13:40:50 +0000

Tiny, star-shaped, brilliantly red flowers cover my cypress vine (Ipomoea quamoclit) in spring. Although the flowers are tiny, they really stand out against the light green of the leaves and vine. My favorite part about the cypress vine is its dainty, feather-like leaves. The leaves look so fragile and fairy-like that, even when it isn’t […]

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Low-Maintenance Container Gardens

Garden Experiments — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 12:41:31 +0000

With the hot sun and the high humidity of our Mississippi summers, having a lot of container gardens sprinkled around my yard usually means I’m going to have to do a lot of watering each week. Watering my garden is a tedious chore. The hose gets tangled on everything, my shoes usually end up getting […]

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Obedient Plant – Physostegia virginiana

Garden Experiments — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 15:11:00 +0000

Deer-resistant AND it can grow in clay soil – what’s not to love about obedient plants? Native plants are favorites of mine because they are particularly suited for the local conditions (soil, heat, drought or rain, clay soil) of my area. When I find those native plants with particularly pretty flowers, I add them to […]

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Partridge Pea: Butterfly Host Plant & Pollinator Plant

Garden Experiments — Sun, 27 Aug 2017 11:41:33 +0000

Summer is the time of the year that you’ll see the bright yellow flowers of partridge pea blooming along the side of the road or along streams and ditches. They will continue to flower from late summer to early fall. Creates Food for Pollinators & Wildlife This little plant packs a mighty punch when it […]

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Lyreleaf Sage – Mississippi Wildflower

Garden Experiments — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:31:36 +0000

Spring comes early in Mississippi. While my friends who live in states to the north continue to fight through snow and ice, I start to see the fresh green of new plant growth emerge from my lawn in mid to late-March. The early arrival of spring weather is one of my favorite things about living […]

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June 2017 Flowers From My Garden

Garden Experiments — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 19:50:02 +0000

The weather this late spring and first days of summer have been hot, wet, and sometimes in between. It may be a little hard on us humans, but my garden seems to be enjoying it well enough. June is the month for Asiatic lilies, hibiscus, zinnias, and echinacea. These flowers have been blooming their little […]

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How to Keep Your Gladiolus Flowers From Falling Over

Garden Experiments — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 21:35:55 +0000

The gladiola flowers have been putting on quite a show this year. Pink, white, red, greenish-yellow, and purple gladiolus have graced my garden. I really like gladiolas but whenever there is a heavy rain or higher-than-usual winds, the glads dip over or break off. This content includes affiliate links. I get a small percentage of the […]

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