The Virginian-Pilot

THE LEDGER-STAR

: Sunday, March 10, 1996

• INTEREST WAS PLANTED EARLY FOR GARDEN COLUMNIST STIFFLER
• BLACK PLASTIC MULCH HELPS WARM THE SOIL
• ``HARDENING OFF'' PREPARES PLANTS FOR OUTDOORS
• TOW THE LIME: YOUR SOIL PROBABLY NEEDS IT
• TIME TO READY THE MOWER FOR SUMMER
• LATIN NAMES ARE GREEK TO MOST GARDENERS
• WE LIKE RHODODENDRONS BUT THEY DON'T LIKE US
• CARE OF ENVIRONMENT COMES NATURALLY MANY GARDENERS THINK ``GREEN'' AND DON'T KNOW IT
• HERBS YIELD FLAVORFUL RESULTS WITH LITTLE CARE
• A VINE IDEA: YOUR OWN TOMATOES ARE THE BEST
• HUMOR SPROUTS ON GARDEN BOOKSHELF
• MADE IN THE SHADE TREES PROVIDE MANY BENEFITS TO BOTH THE HOMEOWNER AND THE ENVIRONMENT, AND SPRING IS AN EXCELLENT TIME TO PLANT.
• IT'S A BATTLE TO KEEP BERMUDA OUT OF LAWN
• SILVER-GRAY CLARY SAGE GIVES DISTINCTIVE LOOK, FRAGRANCE
• ENJOY DOGWOOD BLOOMS A BIT LATER CORNUS KOUSA IS UNAFFECTED BY ANTHRACNOSE.
• COUPLE TREASURES THEIR SMALL CORNER OF EARTH
• DON'T HESITATE TO REPLACE PROBLEM TREES
• PLANTING ROSES REQUIRES CARE
• DAPHNE'S STRENGTHS OUTWEIGH ITS WEAKNESSES
• WHAT'S THAT SMELL? COCONUT, MINT OR SCENTED GERANIUM
• START WITH A CLEAN CONTAINER
• PLANTING GUIDE FOR NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA
• SAVE SOME TIME ON TURF CARE BUFFALO GRASSES, OTHER NEWCOMERS GROW IN POPULARITY.
• A PERENNIAL SOURCE OF PLEASURE YEAR AFTER YEAR THESE PLANTS RETURN WITH LITTLE EFFORT.