Cultivating Success: How McCartney’s Garden Bloomed in 1989

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This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 24, 1989 On this day, Paul McCartney’s album Flowers in the Dirt ascended to its rightful throne as the number one album in England, proving that even former Beatles can still bloom…

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June 24, 2019 Where to Plant Lilies, Thomas Blanchard, Stephen Endlicher, Kona Coffee, Queen Elizabeth’s Cerus Atlantica Glauca, Paul McCartney, John Ciardi, Plant Names Simplified by Arthur Johnson, Joe Pye weed, Aven Nelson and the Rocky Mountain Herbarium

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Did you know that lilies enjoy being planted in part shade? They don’t really like to be baked in full sun. If you plant them in a little bit of shade, it will allow your plant to experience less stress, and thus, it will elongate its stem. Lilies that are grown in full sun tend…

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