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April garden chores
If you over-wintered your Boston Ferns, you can divide them up and repot them now.
A drywall saw works well when cutting the massive roots.
If you dug up your dahlia or caladium bulbs last Fall, you can now plant them.
Wait until the middle of April before planting tomatoes. It doesn't do much good to plant them until the soil has had a chance to warm up sufficiently.
Sharpen or replace your mower blade now that lawn grass has begun growing rapidly.
Plant the seeds of annual flowers such as marigold, cosmos, zinnia and celosia. Mix lots of soil conditioner in beds to help them be drought tolerant.
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Welcome to the McDonough Garden Club. We are a group of gardeners covering all ages, genders and skill levels.
Our main objective is to learn and share all we can about gardening. We would love for you to attend one of our monthly meetings!
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May Meeting Mon. May 14
The May Meeting of the McDonough Garden Club will be a field trip to Suzanne Norman's water gardens in Riverdale. The club will meet at the Heritage bank at 5:00 pm and travel as a group to her home. We will plan on being at her home around 6:00 p.m. The address is 6854 Cedar Hill Ct. We will plan on eating out after the tour.
The McDonough Garden Club plant sale was another big success and the club wishes to thank the community for supporting our sale each year. We have this plant sale each year to support our community gardening projects as well as to help fund agricultural scholarships for deserving high school students. A big thank you goes out to all the club members who work hard to make this event a success. We hope all those who came to the sale found some great plants to add to their garden and that you will come to one of our meetings and experience the joy of gardening with our fun and friendly club.
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What's the Name of that Plant?
Every wonder what the name of the plant you saw on the side of the road was or the one you saw while walking in the woods? Each month we will feature a native plant that is blooming or has an interesting fruit or leaf color or one that has naturalized (think kudzu!) in the wild. Many of these plants will grow fine in your landscape, provided you give them the requirements they need. This months plant is Penstemon smallii (Beardtongue). This uncommon native is found in the North Georgia mountains, but grows very easily here. They thrive in well drained soil in full sun to partial shade. Very little care is needed. This plant will reseed freely in well drained soils. The lavender flowers that arrive in mid Spring last for about a month. |
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