Rob
Rave's Weekly Bodacious Garden Tip's: Week of May 7th 1.) Spray
Liquid Fence for deer and fertilize your plants. 2.) Are
your grasses and perennials cut back yet? 3.) Look for
Sawfly on your Mugo pines. Spray with Sevin if you see
any.
More Bodacious Tips
This Japanese hybrid
has white flowers, brushed with pink, blooming
April-May. Heart-shaped pale green leaves are
red with new growth. Grows 9-15" tall. Tolerates
dry conditions once established.
Zones 4-9
Epimedium
gradiflorum 'Lillafee'
12-15” with large,
lilac-purple flowers blooming in spring.
Zones
4-8
Epimedium 'Niveum'
6” serrated foliage is suffused with crimson
in spring and fall, with clear white flowers
blooming well above the foliage in May.