The Home and Garden Information Center (HGIC) team visited the Atlanta Botanical Garden in late August. The garden was full of blooms despite the sweltering heat. One plant that caught my eye was a vine called evergreen wisteria (Callerya reticulata, formerly Millettia reticulata). It was full of fragrant dark purple blooms. Its showy flowers were in clusters or racemes, like spring-blooming wisteria, but held outward instead of downward. Evergreen wisteria is native to Asia and is in the Fabaceae (legume) family with wisteria. Unlike Chinese (Wisteria sinensis) and Japanese (Wisteria floribunda) wisteria, it is not invasive.
Deter Garden Pests with Thorny Rose Canes
16.09.2024 - 23:30 / gardengatemagazine.com
Deter Garden Pests with Thorny Rose Canes Do you deal with critters tracking through your winter garden? Try this smart reader tip that utilizes rose canes to keep them out. Use thorny rose canes to deter pests in the garden
During the winter months, Lucille found herself dealing with a pesky problem in her garden. Raccoons and opossums seemed to have made a habit of trampling right through her carefully tended perennial beds. Determined to find a solution, Lucille decided to take matters into her own hands.
Put thorny rose canes to workAfter pruning her shrub roses, Lucy developed a clever strategy. She carefully removed the leaves and allowed the canes to dry out. Then she uses one or two dried canes to mark the location of her perennials as they go dormant in late fall.
The cunning critters that had previously meandered through her garden beds swiftly learned to steer clear of the prickly barriers presented by the dried and thorny canes.
Tip submitted by Lucille Sessions, MS
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