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2021-07-05T12:53:07-04:00May 27th, 2021|Categories: About Heritage, Blog, Garden Care and Tips, Gardens and Plants, Rhododendron, Uncategorized|
Managing an Historic Collection of Rhododendrons Ambling the paths at Heritage Museums and Gardens is an invitation to revel in a kaleidoscope of bright pinks, lavenders, purple and cream-colored flowers contrasted against a dark green wall of shining leaves. Rhododendrons are regal plants that calm the spirit. [...]
2024-03-25T15:09:15-04:00March 22nd, 2021|Categories: Blog, Down to Earth, Garden Care and Tips, News and Media|
Down To Earth by Les Lutz Trees that bear needles are usually evergreen, and most species are. But there are five genera that are needled conifers that are deciduous and drop their foliage each fall. Of these, four will thrive on the Cape and three are found at [...]
2024-01-25T14:32:54-05:00March 10th, 2021|Categories: Blog, Down to Earth, Garden Care and Tips, Gardens and Plants, News and Media, News and Press|
Down To Earth by Les Lutz The days are getting longer and there are already signs of life in the garden. One bright spot in the garden here at Heritage Museums & Gardens is one of my favorite plants for this season, Hamamelis, or witch hazel. The species [...]
2024-03-25T15:03:39-04:00September 18th, 2020|Categories: Blog, Down to Earth, Garden Care and Tips, Gardens and Plants, News and Media, News and Press|Tags: Vegetables|
Down To Earth by Les Lutz What a learning experience this summer has been. Along with many of my friends, I decided to grow vegetables this summer. The most rewarding, and the most challenging, have been the tomatoes. I’ve grown them before, but not in a very long [...]
2024-03-26T10:34:58-04:00September 4th, 2020|Categories: Blog, Down to Earth, Garden Care and Tips, Gardens and Plants, News and Media, News and Press|
Composition of the Garden: Line, Form, Texture, Color & Mass September 4, 2020 For some reason, vegetable plants have been relegated to the back of the garden. Many of us consider them to be the less attractive, and therefore they’re stuck in a separate area of the [...]
2024-04-11T11:14:14-04:00August 14th, 2020|Categories: Blog, Down to Earth, Garden Care and Tips, Gardens and Plants, News and Media, News and Press|
Down to Earth by Les Lutz August 14, 2020 Mid-August is when ornamental grasses and many herbaceous perennials begin to shine. Beginning in late July and continuing through the fall and into winter, many of these plants are in their peak bloom. But there are many other plants [...]
2021-07-05T13:06:21-04:00July 31st, 2020|Categories: Blog, Garden Care and Tips, News and Media, News and Press|Tags: Garden tips|
Good for Plants and the Planet July 31, 2020 Dale Wall, the best landscape architect I know, states, “You want a $10 hole for a $5 plant.” At Heritage Museums & Gardens (HMG) in Sandwich, they agree. As part of their sustainability efforts, HMG produces all of its mulch [...]
2021-04-06T19:10:03-04:00July 7th, 2020|Categories: Blog, Garden Care and Tips, Garden Video, Gardens and Plants, Hydrangea|
A lifelong gardener, Mal has been collecting, propagating, and growing hydrangeas for more than 40 years. An engineer by education and profession, he is strongly committed to the continuing development of the genus – always searching for new and better plants, evaluating their landscape performance, and finding superior ways to [...]
2021-04-07T08:39:52-04:00July 7th, 2020|Categories: Blog, Garden Care and Tips, Gardens and Plants, Hydrangea|Tags: Oak Leaf Hydrangea|
A lifelong gardener, Mal has been collecting, propagating, and growing hydrangeas for more than 40 years. An engineer by education and profession, he is strongly committed to the continuing development of the genus – always searching for new and better plants, evaluating their landscape performance, and finding superior ways to [...]
2021-03-16T21:54:16-04:00July 7th, 2020|Categories: Blog, Garden Care and Tips, Garden Video, Gardens and Plants, Hydrangea|Tags: Lace Hydrangea|
A lifelong gardener, Mal has been collecting, propagating, and growing hydrangeas for more than 40 years. An engineer by education and profession, he is strongly committed to the continuing development of the genus – always searching for new and better plants, evaluating their landscape performance, and finding superior ways to [...]
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