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Shutterbug Contest
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Clue #1 - Native of Peru
Be the first person to correctly identify this plant and you'll win a free book.
This week's prize is from Minotaur Books :
"Dead Head:"
by Rosemary Harris
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A great hybrid addition to any Echeveria collection, 'Tsunami' is the product of world famous hybridizer Renee O'Connell.
5.5" size
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ROSE of the WEEK
Angela Lansbury - rose garden star!
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| GardenLife Sneak Peeks
This week's radio show
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Saturday, May 8
8 - 9 am PDT
11am - Noon EDT
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 Tune in this morning for easy-to-make recipes using fresh organic fruits and vegetables. Cathy Thomas' new culinary contribution, Melissa's Everyday Cooking with Organic Produce Melissa's Everyday Cooking with Organic Produce has been a cooperative effort with the team of organic produce gurus at Melissa's/World Variety Produce and together, they have come up with mouth-watering delectables from apples to mushrooms, peas, tomatoes and turnips. Call John, Sharon, Bryan or Cathy with your questions at 1-866-606-TALK. (1-866-606-8255)
Sunday, May 9
8 - 9 am PDT
11am - 1pm EDT
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 Happy Mother's Day! Tatiana Anderson from Top Tropicals in Florida will entice us with visions of perfumed trees, a shrub that bears blackberry-jam-flavored fruit, fragrant vines perfect for covering fences and other varieties evocative of warm, languorous summer days and night. Their website is a tropical plant lover's visit to paradise. Bob Reidmuller, our succulent and cactus expert from Oasis Water Efficient Gardens will highlight another must-have water thrifty plant, Echeveria.
 Is your dream garden filled with lively shades of pink and red? Or does the tranquility of an all-white landscape sing to you? For the second hour, Tom Fischer, editor of Timber Press and author of
The Gardeners Color Palette: Paint Your Garden with 100 Extraordinary Flower Choices, will help us identify our favorite color groups and simplify our plant choices. Garden expert Lance Walheim will give us some tips for curb appeal. Join John, Sharon, Bryan and our guests on GardenLife at 1-866-606-TALK. (1-866-606-8255)
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Mom's Rose
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| There's a rose growing in our shaded garden that should not be flourishing, but every year around Mother's Day its bodacious blossoms appear, painted in bold yellows, edged and streaked in neon-oranges. READ MORE >>
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Gigantic Funflowers
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|  Sunflowers and summer are synonymous and giant sunflowers put the fun in gardening. Use them as a temporary "living fence," a golden forest or fashion into a floriferous playhouse or teepee. And when the back of the seed head is brown, dry in an airy place, then scrape off the seeds and roast for a nutritious snack or provide a buffet for the local bird population. The following varieties are known for their towering stalks or platter-sized flower heads or both!
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Did You Know?
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|  Heliotropism is the movement of either leaves or flowers in response to the direction of the sun over a 24-hour period. When sunflowers are still budded, they exhibit heliotropism. During sunrise, most sunflower buds face towards the east, but as the day progresses, they follow the sun from east to west, returning at night to the easterly direction. Once sunflowers begin to open, they no longer exhibit heliotropism. Most wild sunflowers do not turn toward the sun and their mature flowering heads can face many directions. |
Whats Growing in Our Gardens?
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Ambrosia pomegranate blossoms
(Sharon's)
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Angela Lansbury hybrid tea rose
(Sharon's)
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Wisteria, blossoms
(Leonore, Canyon County)
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Strawberries
(Patty, Chico)
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