Category: Alyssum Flowers
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Show Your Summer Bloomers!
By: Alyssum Flowers Summer heat and drought can pay a toll on perennials and the annuals planted in Spring. Soon the lush greenery and bright colors fade to tired, dry browns. This is an excellent time to visit your local nurseries and greenhouses to adopt heat-tolerant Summer annuals that will also provide nectar and/or pollen…
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Milkweeds Are Not Just For Monarchs
By: Alyssum Flowers Although milkweed has often been considered a weed, and to farmers, an annoying nuisance, it has recently enjoyed new respect and attention due to our desire to “save the Monarch Butterfly”. The Common name of Milkweed is derived from the milky sap in the stem which contains cardiac glycosides – toxins that…