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Gaillardia
... ball-shaped Hardiness: generally grown as an annual Soil: well-drained, moist, performs well on poor soils; pulchella tolerates dry Light: full sun best, tolerates light shade Pests and Problems: few, occasionally ...
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Tropaeolum majus
... fragrant Hardiness: annual Soil: most, tolerates dry and gravelly, see problems below; flowers best in poor soils Light: full sun Pests and Problems: few flowers if excess fertility, heat; leaf spot and ...
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Medicinal Herb Garden - Lobelia inflata L.
... two-celled capsules with hundreds of small brown seeds Agronomy adequate moisture grows well in poor soils Properties and Uses medicinal part is the plant, 50-60% stems, the rest leaves contains ...
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BBC - Gardening - Basics - Grow beans
... a fertile soil are essential for a good crop of beans so avoid very dry, poor soils if possible and prepare the ground well before planting or sowing. Like most vegetables, they ... sheltered site with some protection from cold winds. This also helps to avoid poor pod set due to poor pollination. Rotate crops Choose a new site for planting each year as beans ...
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Cape Cowslips (Lachenalia species)—Diverse and Adaptable South African Beauties
... and offsets that can be separated and repotted. South African bulbs are found in nutrient-poor, rocky soils. To simulate this in cultivation, always use a well-drained mix, with little or ... Duncan recommends coarse sand mixed with a little fine compost. Because lachenalias naturally grow in poor soils, there is no need to fertilize. In my experience, the plants do respond very well ...
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The Alpine Rock Garden @BFAG
... with even aged trees. These dark forests have thick carpets of acidic needles and nutrient poor soils and consequently very little diversity. They occur on north and east facing slopes at elevations ...
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Denver Botanic Gardens
... nutrients from the surrounding soil. Plants, which develop these associations, grow less well in nutrient-poor soils that lack the appropriate fungus. Ex situ conservation A conservation method that entails the removal ...
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CPC Plant Profile - National Collection of Endangered Plants
... live in their roots. This gives them a competitive advantage over other species in nitrogen poor soils and increases the available nitrogen in the soil (Gamon 1995). Cattle do not seem to ...
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Large Trees for North Carolina
... 30' Good tree; light shade; easy fall cleanup; grows in variety of soils. Dove tree Davidia involucrata 6, 7, 8 D Moderate Sun to ... rounded crown 70 to 90' 30 to 40' Good windbreak; tolerant of poor soils. Pine, Longleaf Pinus palustris 7, 8 E Rapid Sun Fine Open; ... E Slow Sun Medium Horizontal branches 15 to 40' Will grow in poor soils. Poplar, Lombardy Populus nigra 6, 7, 8 D Rapid Sun Medium ...
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Redbud
... in clusters along the stem before the leaves emerge. In natural conditions the redbud tolerates poor soils and dry locations. When planted in the landscape, fertile soil and full sun are best ...
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