George Weigel
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Past articles by George:
Another popular landscape shrub is headed for Pennsylvania’s banned list
Burning bushes and four kinds of privets have been added to Pennsylvania's Noxious Weeds list. → Read More
Flower buyers say, "Color me purple"
What's our favorite flower color? Apparently it's purple by a clear margin. → Read More
Colorful perennial plant for a partly shaded pot? Gardening Q&A with George Weigel
Perennial flowers make good additions to flower pots, especially colorful-leafed ones such as coralbells, Japanese forest grass and euphorbia. → Read More
Mow well, free sod, and flop-proof the plants: This Weekend in the Garden
This weekend's garden jobs include mowing that fast-growing lawn (ideally the right way), making good use of dug-up grass, and flop-proofing your tall plants. → Read More
How to grow your own fresh salsa
The five main ingredients used in making a classic Mexican salsa grow readily in central-Pa. gardens. Here's how to plant your own "salsa garden..." → Read More
George's Plant Pick of the Week: Colocasia Royal Hawaiian 'Black Coral'
This week's Plant Pick is a showy foliage annual with big, black leaves called colocasia Royal Hawaiian 'Black Coral.' → Read More
Looking for a good native shade tree: Gardening Q&A with George Weigel
Some of the best yard-worthy native shade trees are black gum, red maple, white oak and American hornbeam. → Read More
Junipers are dying, did winter do it? Gardening Q&A with George Weigel
Junipers aren't typically prone to winter cold damage, but they can be eaten by voles or browned by a pair of fungal blight diseases. → Read More
Scavenge flowers, ponder dead plants, and move the houseplants: This Weekend in the Garden
This weekend's yard jobs include finishing off the flower pots, pruning dead wood and moving houseplants outside for their "summer vacation." → Read More
Feeling guilty about your peonies? Try 'nature lite' gardening
Guilty about planting non-native plants because you heard they're invasive or unfriendly to nature? Consider a growing style called "naturalistic gardens" that blend concern for ecology with a plant geek's desire for lots of plants from around the world. → Read More
George's Plant Pick of the Week: Ornamental sweet potato vine
This week's Plant Pick is the ornamental sweet potato vine, a trailing annual with colorful heart-shaped leaves. → Read More
Linglestown celebrating 250 years with a home and garden tour
Linglestown celebrates its 250th anniversary this year, and a 12-stop Home and Garden Tour is one of the highlight events. → Read More
Plant, plant and plant some more: This Weekend in the Garden
Barring a record late frost, most of the Harrisburg area should be warm enough now to plant the warm-weather flowers and vegetables. Here's what and how... → Read More
How to grow tomatoes that "move you to tears"
You'll find no greater tomato-lover than Craig LeHoullier, who has grown 1,200 different kinds of tomatoes over 35 years and says some of the best ones are good enough to "move you to tears." → Read More
George's Plant Pick of the Week: geranium Calliope Dark Red
This week's plant pick is an annual geranium that's a hybrid of two different geranium species, resulting in a vivid bloomer and a ton of traffic-stopping color all summer. It's called Calliope Dark Red. → Read More
Plants for the cracks between flagstones: Gardening Q&A with George Weigel
Creeping thyme is a good choice as a groundcover to fill the space among flagstone pavers. It can even be inexpensively started from seed. → Read More
Trees having a near-death experience... cut them or keep them? Gardening Q&A with George Weigel
Some trees are showing partial to widespread branch dieback as they emerge from winter dormancy. What to do? → Read More
Patience, mulching, and bulb-mapping: This Weekend in the Garden
This weekend's gardening jobs include mulching, inventorying the bulbs and staying patient until the coast is clear to plant those tender flowers and vegetables. → Read More
Hershey Gardens' new conservatory project gets under way
Groundbreaking took place today on the new $5.5 million Milton and Catherine Hershey Conservatory that will become the new entry to Hershey Gardens, allowing the Gardens to stay open year round. → Read More
Hard-to-kill liriope plants are dying anyway: Gardening Q&A with George Weigel
Liriope is generally one of the most versatile and bullet-proof plants in the garden, but one thing that can take it down is a fungal disease that causes crown rot. → Read More