Louisiana Irisesare increasingly recognized as native plants well adapted to garden culture. They also make fine water garden or rain garden plants and love aquatic or bog conditions. While sometimes referred to as water irises, their only real requirement is to stay damp and not dry out. Louisi...
The LSU Agricultural Center and Louisiana Nursery and Landscape Association initiated an ornamental plant promtion, marketing, and recommendation program in 1996. Called `Louisiana Select', this program is intended to actively promote outstanding ornamental plants to Louisiana's gardening consumers. In addi...
Pollinatorsare animals that transfer pollen from one plant to another. They are essential for the production of many crops and wildflowers. The honey bee is arguably the most important, but bumblebees, solitary native bees, butterflies, moths, flies and even beetles can also serve as pollinator...
Pitcher structures in carnivorous plants come in a great variety of shapes and structures. One of my favorites isCephalotus, Australian or Albany pitcher plant, that creates low growing mounds of cute small pitchers. There are several pitcher-based carnivorous plants native to the United States with...
Laura Plantation, located near Vacherie in Louisiana, is a historic Creole plantation with a complex and multifaceted history of the region. Named after Laura Locoul Gore, a woman of African, European, and Native American heritage who lived on the plantation, Laura Plantation is renowned for its...
Plants should be set at the same depth at which they were grown in the nursery, about mid-point in the crown. Strawberry plants prefer very well drained soils and are adaptable to raised beds, whisky barrels and hanging baskets. When preparing raised beds, the ideal soil mix is comprised ...
Contamination is known to alter soil properties and impact the food web from microbes to plants and inverte- brate populations and vertebrates that use the marsh for feeding and nursery areas8. These observations underscore the importance for monitoring the impact of oil spills on the health of ...
Thus, a drill-seeded breeding nursery is typically used by breeders in a region where rice is drill-seeded, and a water-seeded nursery is used in regions where water-seeding prevails. Rice in the United States is classified into three primary market types by grain size, shape, and endosperm...
Click here for directions We need help at our iris nursery! We are asking our members and friends to give us a hand for a few hours on Thursdays between 9:00 - 11:00 AM. The may be some special Saturday volunteer days from time to time. ...
Some native trees that grow relatively fast and provide the necessary root system, however, are the willows (Salix). Unlike other trees, willows actually are woody shrubs that love water and develop deep, strong root systems in wet soil. Plants that are suitable for planting in these ...