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May 3rd, 2008

Get ideas for combining native plants with adapted favorites on the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center's Gardens on Tour.


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Plant of the Week: Square Bud Primrose

Square Bud Primrose

Tips of the Week

  • Fertilize container plants and trim spent flowers to encourage more growth.
  • Deadhead and feed roses.
  • Remove spent flower scapes from spring blooming bulbs.
  • Once foliage goes brown, you can tidy up, or move them if you want to spread them around.
  • Continue seeding hot weather annuals.
  • Trim back herbaceous fall-bloomers to encourage branching.
  • Prune spring blooming shrubs.
  • More Tips

Question of the Week

Why are some of my tomatoes rotten on the bottom? And when do they stop setting fruit?

Featured Garden

Tom Spencer

Related Resources

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

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Scott Thurmon