Pruning crape myrtle: 'Crape murder' a serious crime against these summer ... - Daily Press (blog)

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Pruning crape myrtle: 'Crape murder' a serious crime against these summer ... Daily Press (blog) Crape myrtle has become one of the South's most popular landscape plants, thanks to its 100 days of summer flowers in colors like pink, red, white and purples. It's also become the South's most mistreated plant. Lopping off the top of crape myrtle ... Don't commit crape murderTallahassee Democrat (blog) all 3 news articles »

National Cherry Festival's home getting pear trees - Chicago Tribune

National Cherry Festival's home getting pear trees Chicago Tribune The flowering pear trees will replace ash trees that are old or were attacked by the invasive emerald ash borer. Traverse City replaced some dying ash trees last summer. Starting in mid-April, officials plan to remove another 80 ash trees. and more »

A Colorful Stroll Through the Winter - New York Times

A Colorful Stroll Through the Winter New York Times (And over the years, those Christmas trees have been planted across 20 acres.) Broken Arrow, which only recently began shipping plants, has long been a gathering point for plant geeks in search of some rare dwarf conifer like Morgan, a tiny hinoki ...

Eco Etiquette: What's The Environmental Cost Of Cut Flowers? - Huffington Post

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Eco Etiquette: What's The Environmental Cost Of Cut Flowers? Huffington Post (Why should we kill trees to say I love you?) Then went the chocolates, nestled in layers of crinkly plastic and boxed up with a polyester bow. (Only fair trade and in recyclable packaging, please!) Even wine that was bottled with a plastic stopper had ... How to buy Valentine's Day flowers by Paula PrykeThe Independent all 86 news articles »

Late flowering to yield more mangoes this time? - IBNLive.com

Late flowering to yield more mangoes this time? IBNLive.com According to the farmers, for the first time in 25 years, the old mango trees have began to flower. “It is equally surprising and shocking to see old trees flowering during this time of the year. Though the mango production has not happened in the last ...