Perennial
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By Dawn Perlotta, Cherokee County Master Gardener Originally published Feb/Mar 2010 Climbing roses generally have a heavy spring bloom followed by scattered blooms throughout the season. As with most rose types, climbing roses prefer six hours of sunlight daily to flower and perform well. Their roots need loose soil rich in nutrients and mushroom compost…
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By Mary Schuster, Cherokee County Master Gardener This writer was fortunate enough to become a Cherokee County Master Gardener (CCMG) as a participant in the class of 2014. The UGA Extension Office, along with designers of our training schedule, provided a vast array of interesting topics for us to consider. One that stood out for…
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Cherokee County Extension and Cherokee County Master Gardeners are organizing a pre-order Fruit Sale now through March 7th. Find the link to the order form here: https://www.caes.uga.edu/extension/cherokee/documents/2016CherokeeExtensionPlantSalefillable.pdf
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By Gail Roos: UGA Master Gardener Extension Volunteer-Cherokee County Originally published in Cherokee County Master Gardener Newsletter Volume 12: issue 1 December 2014 Here’s why I love hellebores: they’re evergreen, tough, long-lived, shade-loving, deer and rabbit resistant, and quietly beautiful year-round. Add to that – they start flowering in the dead of winter when our…
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By Marcia Winchester Originally Published in the Volume 13 (2006) of the Cherokee County Master Gardeners Newsletter There are quite a few Osmanthus in Michael Dirr’s Manual on Woody Plants. The one that I’m familiar with and in fact fell in love with is O. fragrans or fragrant tea olive. I feel this plant is…