“The gladiolus “bulb” is actually a food-storage structure known as a corm,” explains David Trinklein, a Horticulture Extension State Specialist at theUniversity of Missouri, “Botanically, corms are flat, thickened underground stems. Gladioli growing natively in South Africa were exposed to a...
Determining the exact effect of uniform emergence is difficult, in part because studies have used different ways to measure and express emergence uniformity. Some of the different measures used include calendar or growing degree days from planting to emergence, time to 50% emergence, number of leaf...
Anticipate the mature size of trees. For instance, never plant a tree where its future height will interfere with a power line. Avoid placing trees too close to buildings, driveways, and sidewalks, since the roots of the fully grown plants may damage these structures, and the limbs and folia...
So, our assumption is that the crocus flowers you are talking about are the spring blooming variety that already flowered earlier this year. There are fall blooming varieties as well, but them coming up at this point of the season would not be abnormal. It is rather unusual for crocuses to...
Cumulative benefits for the 10-year projection (2024; 13–15 years after planting) are calculated as the cumulative benefits for the 5-year projection (2019), plus the annual benefits at year 2022 multiplied by 5 years. Table 3. Time, calendar year, and age of trees at each timepoint ...