Author: Fredricka Bogarus
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Year-round gardening: Lavender is lovely in your Colorado garden
By Fredricka BogardusColorado Master Gardener Lavender can be a great addition to your garden. It is well adapted to this climate, tolerates slightly alkaline soil, and is drought tolerant. There are few pest problems, and it is deer and rabbit resistant. In addition to beautiful summer flowers, lavender is a sub-shrub, meaning it has somewhat…
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YEAR ROUND GARDENING: Keep your garden colorful through autumn
The activity: Adding late blooming perennials to your garden. Why: The summer blooming plants are – or will soon – be in decline. With any luck, we still have a few months of cool crisp weather and it is nice to have some fall interest in our gardens. It’s not too late to add some…