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  • GARDEN THUGS

    One gardener’s thug is another gardener’s bonus.  A gardener friend of mine cautioned against planting any purple shiso (Perilla frutescens) in my garden.  “It will self-seed everywhere and soon be a pest,” she admonished.  She, of course, was ...

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"Plants vary in their heat stress tolerance, not only from species to species, but also from cultivar to cultivar. In addition, unusual seasons-fewer or more hot days than normal-will invariably affect results in your garden, as will extremely dry or humid conditions," Dr. H. Marc Cathey, with Linda Bellamy, Heat-zone Gardening, How to choose plants that thrive in your region’s warmest weather.