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Opportunists

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Opportunist plants lurk in every garden, even those well maintained oases of perfection that routinely knock visitors’ socks off.  Some of those opportunists we tag as “weeds”, but others are perfectly respectable plants whose only sin is seeing the main chance and taking it.  In fall, some of the most prominent of these plants make … Read more

Morning Glories

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Right now morning glories are working their way through the garden, climbing the trellising by the back porch, creeping along the ground in front of the privet hedge and insinuating themselves into the plantings between the sidewalk and the street.  In short, they are everywhere.  The reason for this is that ‘Grandpa Ott’s’, the variety … Read more