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A pair of garden clippers or even kitchen shears should do the trick for thicker-stemmed plants and flowering shrubs like hydrangeas and roses. Cut the stem at an angle. Just be sure to clean your ...
When deadheading mums, trim off the spent flower and its stem down to the next leaf or node. Snipping off only the spent flower at the base of the bloom can leave an ugly, pointy stem sticking up.
Deadheading is a widespread form of pruning, [1] since fading flowers are not as appealing and direct a lot of energy into seed development if pollinated. [2] The goal of deadheading is thus to preserve the attractiveness of the plants in beds, borders, containers and hanging baskets, as well as to encourage
Leaf spots can vary in size, shape, and color depending on the age and type of the cause or pathogen. Plants, shrubs and trees are weakened by the spots on the leaves as they reduce available foliar space for photosynthesis. Other forms of leaf spot diseases include leaf rust, downy mildew and blights. [4]
Infected leaves are filled with numerous black lesions that cover an obvious portion of the leaf. [5] These lesions first appear as small purple spots which turn red to brown and then black. Most spots are circular but can amalgamate to form large, irregular dead patches. [6] These spots tend to enlarge and separate from healthy tissue.
Salvia farinacea, the mealycup sage, [1] or mealy sage, [2] is a herbaceous perennial native to Nuevo León, Mexico and parts of the United States including Texas and Oklahoma. [3] Violet-blue spikes rest on a compact plant of typically narrow salvia-like leaves; however, the shiny leaves are what set this species apart from most other Salvia ...
Peach tree leaves displaying various stages of the shot hole disease: brown spots on the leaf with conidium holders in the middle (center) that eventually fall off, leaving BB-sized holes behind (left) Shot hole disease of apricot leaves. The fungal pathogen Wilsonomyces carpophilus affects members of the Prunus genera. Almond, apricot ...
Riders of the Purple Sage is a novel by Zane Grey, and several films based on the novel. Riders of the Purple Sage (band) is a name used by three separate western bands in the United States. New Riders of the Purple Sage is an American country rock band; New Riders of the Purple Sage is their debut album.