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Arum italicum: “Lords and Ladies”, also known as Cuckoo Pint




Lords and ladies belong to Arum genus and Italicum species. It is also known as Arum italicum ‘Pictum’, Cuckoo Pint and Italian Lords-and-Ladies. It is a tuberous perennial which grows up to a height of 30cm and can spread up to 20cm. It is a native of Britain. Its leaves are spear-shaped in spring and [...]






Baby Blue Eyes : what are the different growing conditions and what care should be taken.




California poppies or Baby blue eyes are the perfect wildflower. They do great in the garden, growing like the proverbial weed, blooming in spring and then again in most gardens come autumn. Baby blue eyes is a small plant, rarely growing over 10 inches high. The mounding plants are covered with flowers that are up [...]






Organic weed removal




Got this information from another group via email, so don’t know what the source of this information is:

Organic Landscaping in Planting Beds “Weed control without chemicals” may conjure up unpleasant thoughts of getting down on your hands and knees in the yard on a hot day and pulling out stubborn weeds by hand. But [...]






Tip on controlling weeds




Q. I have a question about controlling weeds in my garden. Unfortunately, I live 45 miles away from my garden, so it gets weedy very quickly. I was thinking about putting straw on top of the soil to keep the weeds down. Have any of you used this before? Any other suggestions? I need to [...]