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Olga's Blog – March 2010 Archive (2)
Carnivorous Plants
In a store, as I walk between shelves filled with different plants, tiny containers with Venus Fly Traps (Dionea muscipula) catch my eyes. They are fascinating carnivorous plants.
Carnivorous plants have caught the imagination of many minds including Charles Darwin, who wrote Insectivorous Plants book and had extensive correspondence about them with his close friend and colleague Sir Joseph Hooker, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens.
Carnivorous…
Added by Olga on March 29, 2010 at 8:30pm — No Comments
Early Spring To-Do List
Trees and shrubsPlant or transplant all bare-rooted trees and shrubs. Prune fruit trees, berry bushes, and summer and fall flowering shrubs. Don’t trim spring flowering shrubs until after they bloom. Remove branches damaged by winter cold. Prune grape vines while they are still dormant.
Apply general-purpose fertilizer and mulch around trees and shrubs. Spray dormant oil against insects when the temperature reaches at least 45…
Added by Olga on March 6, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments
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