Hyacinth

Fall is here. What does that mean to us gardeners in the Tularosa Basin? (Alamogordo Daily News) - 204 weeks ago

This year is different. After months of one of the worst droughts in state history, we had a heavy monsoon season. Cities from Albuquerque to Hatch to Alamogordo to El Paso have suffered the effects of a deluge of rain.

SUNDAY ARTS CALENDAR (The Wichita Eagle) - 204 weeks ago

EVENTS Fall Circuit & Futurity Horse Show, 9 a.m. today, Kansas Coliseum, 85th North off I-135. Free. Information, 316-755-1243.

Velvet Underground (Boston Globe) - 204 weeks ago

There’s a fresh crop of bulbs in town – new tulip shapes, pink-centered daff odils, deeply colored hyacinth. And despite pretty pictures showing what the fl owers will look like after a long winter’s nap, it can be hard to choose from among a bin of glossy brown bulbs. So here’s a tip: “The larger the bulb, the stronger the ...

Parasitic Plants Sniff Out Hosts (Science Daily) - 204 weeks ago

Parasitic plants do not haphazardly flail about looking for a host but sense volatile chemicals produced by other plants and identify potential hosts by their emissions, according to a team of Penn State chemical ecologists.

Bulbs light up the garden (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) - 204 weeks ago

Mid-September through mid-October is the best time for planting spring-blooming bulbs. Wondering what to plant? Here are some recommendations.

Plant diversity within this urban paradise will inspire you (Pioneer Press) - 204 weeks ago

One of the great things about seeing other people's gardens is they inspire you to do things you wouldn't think of yourself, says Scott Endres, co-owner of Tangletown Gardens in Minneapolis. Endres is right. Visiting his St. Paul garden makes me want to go home, bulldoze everything and start over.

What to watch (Baltimore Sun) - 204 weeks ago

Today on TV When Lina lands in the hospital after a date, Richie has to face her sister Kat (Lizzy Caplan), who's not going to like his explanation in The Class (8:30 p.m.-9 p.m., WJZ, Channel 13).

It's fall, but it's still warm (Daily Bulletin) - 204 weeks ago

Gardeners transplanted to California often have difficulty adjusting to the year-round planting schedule of a warm climate. Almost any tree/shrub put in the ground in October makes root growth all through winter even if the top is unchanged.

Two dead, five injured in four-vehicle crash (The Jamaica Observer) - 205 weeks ago

GREAT RIVER, Hanover -Two persons were killed yesterday and five others hospitalised following a four-vehicle crash along the main road in this rural town.

A campus blooms (The Plain Dealer) - 205 weeks ago

You could say that David Perkowski bought Hyacinth to feed his soul -- and Cleveland's economy. Of course, as a property developer, Perkowski didn't purchase and turn an old Cleveland Board of Education warehouse into Hyacinth Lofts out of pure charity.