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Amaranth--Our Summer Garden Drama Queen
Hopi Red Amaranth shares the garden with other flowers. Have you ever had a "drama queen" in your family? We called ours "DQ" for short. This is the person who will not go unnoticed and provides depth and emotion to life. I have a drama queen, but in plant form, in our garden. Officially, it is Hopi Red Amaranth, Amaranthus cruentus. When the summer heat turns up, I know it is her turn to provide drama! She is native to North America and has been cultivated both as a food pl

Dawn Bly
Jul 302 min read
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Daffodil facts
Q1: Are they native to Kansas? A1: No--daffodils originate from eastern Europe and North Africa.[i] They travel well in bulb form,...

Dawn Bly
Jan 29, 20242 min read
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Hollyhocks in the Suburban Garden
Dear Lovely Assistant: In the realm of garden blooms, few flowers evoke a sense of nostalgia quite like hollyhocks. With their tall...

Dawn Bly
Jun 12, 20233 min read
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Delightful Daffodils
My Dear Lovely Assistant-- One of our signs that spring has really returned is when the daffodils bloom in abundance. You can literally...

Dawn Bly
Apr 11, 20232 min read
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Bringing Pickable Country Flowers into the Suburbs
Do you remember when you were a kid going someplace, perhaps your grandparents, and picking flowers or something from nature, and giving...

Dawn Bly
Mar 23, 20231 min read
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