Five things to do in the garden this week, per Joshua Siskin.
They will bear much better if they are planted in an area that has not been home to growing tomatoes for at least a year or two, and preferably more. Rotate tomatoes with corn or sunflowers and then plant cabbage or kale in that spot in the fall. If you insist on planting tomatoes in the same spot from one year to the next, you can get away with it by planting in five-gallon containers that are then sunk into the ground.
2. If you are in search of a plant to border your property that gives an abundance of multi-colored blooms and, once established, needs little, if any, water, consider the butterfly rose . I have had three of them growing along the edge of my front yard for almost two decades. At full size, they reach eight feet tall and wide. Mine get mildewy every few years whereupon I cut them back almost to the ground. Soon they are growing again and will reach six feet in a year’s time. The butterfly rose has many facets to its beauty. Quite possibly unique among flowering plants, the blooms of the butterfly rose change color from sulfur yellow to apricot to pink to crimson.
3. Butterfly bushes , however, do attract butterflies and are more magnetic in this respect than any other plant. The National Garden Bureau has declared 2024 to be the year of the butterfly bush. The reason for this is the unprecedented interest in the hybridization of this plant. New varieties are appearing all the time, including dwarf species such as those in the Chrysalis series that grow only 30 inches tall and some — such as Blue Chip and Pink Micro Chip — that are are no more than two feet tall by two feet wide and are small enough to be grown in hanging baskets.
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