Slide show: Beautiful black flowers
Black is an intriguing color, especially when you talk about flowers.
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March 2009
Columbine leaf miner
If you have columbine, you’ll eventually have to deal with leaf miners.
Pick a pack of peppers
Starting the seeds of flowers or veggies indoors in early spring is a great way to get a lot of plants for not much money.
Botrytis gray mold
Botrytis gray mold appears as small, wet-looking spots, usually in spring, on tender new flower buds and blossoms.
Butterfly container garden
Want to bring in the butterflies? Create a garden using plants they love. The butterflies will flock to the “buffet” selection of flowers.
Sulfur cinquefoil
This 2-ft.-tall perennial weed blooms with sulfur-yellow flowers from late spring to late summer. The plant has stout, hairy stems and hairy five to seven deeply lobed leaves.
Front of the border design tips
That small strip of plants that runs along the front of your border is prime real estate — it’s the first thing people will see when they glance at your garden.
Tobacco hornworm
These 3- to 5-in.-long giants of the caterpillar world have a large harmless spike, or horn, on their tails.
‘Golden Sunrise’ Lenten rose
After a long winter, Lenten rose is a welcome sight, sometimes blooming even through snow.
Black nightshade
This rambling, 1- to 2-ft.-tall annual weed blooms all summer with clusters of star-shaped white flowers with yellow centers.
