At DGC, we are awfully big for our bloomers!
Interested in a great summer concert? Check out Native American Style and World Flutist Mark Holland and World Percussionist N. Scott Robinson, together as 'Wind & Fire' July 24 at 7:30 pm at the Holly Springs Cultural Center, 300 W. Ballentine St., Holly Springs NC! Amazingly haunting and beautiful soundscapes, I recommend them highly! A link https://www.etix.com/ticket/servlet/onlineSale?action=selectPerformance&cobrand=hollyspringsnc&performance_id=1269139 to purchase tickets. Hope to see you there!
Perennial of the Year, 2010
Baptisia australis
False Indigo
Baptisia is a deciduous North American native flower 3 to 4 feet tall, perfect for your perennial garden. The prized medium blue color is a great companion to other late spring-early summer perennials. When the flower spikes are spent, it forms a gray-green clump with attractive foliage and seed pods (which look great in dried arrangements), forming an interesting backdrop for other plants. Baptisia is a beneficial native plant, in that it fixes nitrogen in the soil, being in the pea (Fabaceae) family. It was prized by Native Americans and later settlers for a substitute for indigo dye, as well as for medicinal purposes. It has a taproot, making it difficult to transplant successfully, so find its permanent home when planting. This plant resents being disturbed when established. It is extremely hardy, low maintenance, drought tolerant when established and makes a good substitute in the south for lupines, which like cooler summers. Baptisia prefers full sun for best performance. One of my personal favorites, just gorgeous!
Monthly Gardening Tips & Checklist:
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Check the calendar monthly for helpful tips for our region!
WE
HAVE SOME GREAT NEW BIRDFEEDERS! Backyard
birding is great fun ANY time of year! Pick up a new feeder and some
birdseed and stand back! Even the smallest yard can be turned into a
bird sanctuary. Keep an eye out for new birds you haven't seen
before. Some may be migrating through. Durham was ranked #6 in the
nation for bird counting by the Great Backyard Bird Count! Come to Durham Garden Center for ALL your backyard birding needs!
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