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Avoiding wild-collected bulbs

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Collecting wild bulbs can be detrimental to natural habitats, and the bulbs are more likely to be irregular or diseased. The American Horticultural Society and the UK-based group Fauna and Flora International produce 'The Good Bulb Guide,' a list of companies that claim not to sell wild-collected bulbs. One indication that bulbs are wild-collected is a difference in the size or shape of a species of bulb.

Services, Environmental aspects, Bulbs, Bulbs (Plants), American Horticultural Society

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Mock oranges

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Mock oranges (Philadelphus spp.), a popular plant favorite during the 1930s and 1940s, are still a welcome addition to a yard or garden. Despite susceptibility to mildew and a somewhat unwieldy appearance after blooming, the flowers provide a pleasantly pervasive fragrance. Mock oranges are fairly adaptable, not requiring specific soil conditions provided drainage is adequate.

Varieties, Flowering shrubs

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An autumn windfall of persimmons

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Fall is the time for the harvest of persimmons at the American Horticulture's Society's River Farm in Virginia. Native persimmons generally ripen during the leaf fall and asian persimmons ripen after the leaves have fallen.

Virginia, Column, Growth, Persimmon, Persimmons

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