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Wilting Doesn't Always Mean Water
by KYW’s Phran Novelli If it’s wilting, do you have to water? Not necessarily. Plants wilt for a number of reasons, which can include being very thirsty. But before you reach for the hose, check to...
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Oriental Bittersweet is an Escapee
by KYW’s Phran Novelli Escapees can be very dangerous. One of the worst offenders is an aggressive alien plant called ‘Oriental bittersweet’ that you see smothering and strangling trees and shrubs...
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Head Grounds Keeper For Citizens Bank Park Has The Secret To A Healthier Lawn
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - We are seeing yet another day of triple digit temperatures. Ever wonder how the field at Citizens Bank Park stays green despite the heat? KYW’s Cherri Gregg spoke to the green...
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Philadelphia Parks & Rec Offering Free Trees For Spring Planting
By Steve Tawa PHILADELPHIA (CBS) –If you have a space in the front or back of your property in Philadelphia for a new tree, they’re available for free—just in time for spring. With the help of seed...
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Miniature Gardening
Learn how to make your own miniature garden with Giverny Gardens. www.giverny-gardens.com Filed under: Talk Philly Tagged: flowers, gardening, Giverny Gardens, Miniature Gardening, plants
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Hang On! There’s A Better Way To Do Hanging Pots
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - It’s hard to resist those big beautiful hanging baskets with piles of petunias spilling over – but it’s even harder to keep them alive all summer. People wonder...
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Too Much Water Or Too Little? Watering Your Garden In A Heat Wave
By Lynne Adkins PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The heat wave continues. Saturday’s temperature could be at 100 degrees or above, and your plants are showing signs that they’ve had enough. The leaves are wilting...
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Poison Ivy In South Jersey Worse Than Usual This Summer
By Robin Rieger MEDFORD, NJ (CBS) – “Leaves of three, let them be.” That’s the rhyme attached to poison ivy, and it warrants heeding–especially this summer. “The heat and humidity and also total lack...
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Move Plants After A Good Rain
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The several inches of rain from the hurricane remnants last week was a bit much all at once, but we’ve been below average much of the year – starting with the snow...
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Plant Tags Can Tell You What Worked
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - These tomatoes grew well but tasted terrible, that plant didn’t do anything, but this ONE pumped out pounds of plums for two months. That’s the one I want to buy...
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Gardening Reflects The Cycle Of Life
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - If there’s one thing gardeners should be used to, it’s the cycle of life, because we see it every year. From spring flowers, to the fruits and vegetables of...
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Health: Flower Power
By Stephanie Stahl PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – With the Philadelphia Flower Show in full swing, thousands of people are expected to visit. 3 On Your Side Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl has more on the...
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Philadelphia Flower Show Attendance Drops Significantly
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Attendance declined significantly at the Philadelphia Flower Show this year, a drop that organizers attributed to weather forecasts. About 225,000 people visited the British-themed...
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Plant Sales Just In Time For Mother’s Day
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Most gardeners find it hard to resist stopping in at special plant sales like the one at the Barnes Foundation this Saturday on Latches Lane in Merion. It’s open...
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3 On Your Side: The New High
By Chris May PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Parents beware! Your teenager’s next high may not come from a drug purchased on the street, but from one picked in the backyard. They’re beautiful and delicate...
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Garden Safety Tips For Your Pet
By Nan Talleno PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Here are some gardening safety tips to keep your dogs and cats healthy. First, become aware of which plants and flowers are toxic and can even be life-threatening to...
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Newly Planted Shrubs Are Thirsty
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Even with all the rain we had in June, if you planted trees and shrubs this spring, don’t think you won’t have to water anymore this summer. You’ll still have to...
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Temple University Professor Uses Flower Petals To Heal
By Lynne Adkins PHILADELPHIA (CBS)—Plants may be the solution to balancing your system and reducing stress. You can ingest the essence of certain flowers to restore balance to your system and reduce...
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Green Thumbs Wonder If Plants Will Survive The Wild Winter Season
By Lynne Adkins PHILADELPHIA (CBS)–As our odd winter weather continues, you might be wondering if your plants and shrubs will survive the winter of 2014. If you don’t like the weather, just wait a day...
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Caring For Snow-covered Shrubs
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Look, don’t bicker about it. Do you have to go around cleaning the snow off your shrubs? No. Do I? Well, for some shrubs…I do. Last year I mentioned that I use a...
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Warmer Weather Couldn’t Get Here Soon Enough For Green Thumbs
By Robin Culverwell PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The weather’s warming up- a bit and maybe not for long-and gardeners couldn’t be happier to get outside and dig in the dirt. The snow, the wind, the ice, has...
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Pansies Are Not Pansies When It Comes To The Cold
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - OK, so it’s Spring. Seriously, it really is, no matter what the thermometer says, and as we wandered past giant pots of pansies for sale the other day, my mom...
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Science Film For Kids Gives New Meaning To Term “Moving Pictures”
By Pat Loeb PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A new 3-D film for children opens at the Franklin Institute, this week, and it’s sure to intrigue adults as well. It was made by a local film-maker, using an innovative...
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How To Kill A Plant
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - How can I kill this thing? No matter how much you love plants, most of us end up with something in our garden now and then that we want to get rid of – like a...
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Philadelphia Area Cemetery Hires Unconventional Landscapers: Goats!
By Chelsea Karnash PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – It’s a sight that’s more suited to the Rocky Mountains than the Philadelphia suburbs: A tribe of goats has arrived at West Laurel Hill Cemetery. The creatures...
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A Tip To Help Potting Soil Absorb Water
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Every time I mention this, someone says, ‘I didn’t know that!’ So, here I go again. Do you ever pour water on dry potting soil and it just floats on top until the...
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Garden Pests May Serve A Purpose
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - When people ask about pests on plants their question is often ‘What should I DO?’ For me personally, the answer is usually…nothing. That’s partly because lots of...
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Leave Leaf Galls Alone
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - What in the world is that? The other day I found an oak leaf with three big knobs across it. As you can see in the photo, it looked like it was pregnant with...
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Plan Plantings In Context
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Whatever assets a tree or shrub has naturally, it’s up to you as a gardener to make the most of them by picking the right place to plant it. Look around this time...
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Learn How To Garden In The Shade
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - David Benner hasn’t mowed his lawn in over 40 years. He doesn’t fertilize, yet his yard is lush and green under shady trees. How’d he do that? Come hear him tell...
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Dry Summer Means More Watering Before Winter
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - First it was cold and everything was running a month late, this year. Now some plants seem a month ahead of themselves – like my tree that dropped its leaves a...
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Study: Plants Know When They’re Being Eaten
COLUMBIA, MO (CBS) – Plants have feelings, too. Sort of. According to a new study from the University of Missouri, plants can tell when they’re being eaten. Researchers say they put caterpillars on a...
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Pass On The Salt When Walkways Turn Icy
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Get a grip! While our snow hasn’t been deep so far this year, we’ve had plenty of slippery stuff. Salt is very tough on plants and when it gets super cold, salt...
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Don’t Walk In The Wet Garden
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Quit stomping around in the mud. No fooling! In early spring, as things are thawing, snowmelt and rain leave our yards soggy and it’s not good to be walking around...
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Plant Clinic At Morris Arboretum Now Open
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – So, what’s happening at the Morris Arboretum these days? Well, the Grist Mill is open for visitors every third Sunday of the month, their Garden Railway is open...
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Those Bloomin’ Hydrangeas Blooming Again
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Last year was the summer of our discontent…. Remember how sad some hydrangeas looked? Those old-fashioned big leaf hydrangeas didn’t bloom last year because the...
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Get Those Annuals In The Ground
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Did you find some flowers on sale? Good for you. Now get them into the ground or planters pronto because many annuals in particular could be very ‘root bound’ by...
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Mulched Pots Hold Water
by KYW’s Phran Novelli Did you water the pots? It’s hot, it’s sunny and potted plants just sit there waiting for you to water them. Again. And again. So anything you can do to keep them from...
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