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Author: Bob Cook

Hibiscus Show

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The James Hendry Chapter of the American Hibiscus Society held their annual show and sale today (April 30, […]

April 30, 2022 hibiscus

Sunflowers

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Here are various sunflowers we have grown over the years in our front, side and back yard in […]

February 27, 2022 flowers

Good Dirt, Bad Dirt

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Let’s talk dirt. It is the stuff you walk through outdoors and track indoors. “Take off those dirty […]

November 9, 2021 container gardening, florida gardening, potting soil

Pesticides: Useful, Debatable and Banned

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I gave a Zoom talk on Thursday, February 4th, 2021 to the Collier County Master Gardeners. The topic […]

February 3, 2021 pesticides

Scary Faces, Colorful Places

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January, 2021. Selby Gardens in Sarasota, Florida displayed a collection of masks and vivid carvings from Costa Rica. […]

January 23, 2021 Botanical Art

Amaryllis

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This year I bought 36 large amaryllis bulbs from Van Engelen Inc., the Dutch bulb importer in Connecticut. […]

January 16, 2021 amaryllis, flowers

Petrified People

We have become petrified people. We are a people frozen by fear. Immobilized by the specter of illness […]

June 22, 2020 Botanical Art

David Fairchild

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“The World Was My Garden” published in 1938 is an extraordinary travelogue and history lesson written by David […]

May 18, 2020 Plant book

Jasmine or Not?

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The name Jasmine is applied to many plants with green leaves and white fragrant flowers. So when you […]

May 2, 2020 jasmine

Four O’clocks at 8:00

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May 1, 2020 florida gardening, flowers

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