TIDEWATER GARDENING
by K. Marc Teffeau, Ph.D.
Thunder Moon Known as the Thunder Moon month, July has arrived with its heat, humidity, bright clear skies and late-afternoon thunderstorms. Looking around the July garden with its abundance of colorful, healthy flowering plants, it’s easy to think that your work in the garden is done. We have many gardening
activities to do this month. But don’t be in a hurry ~ relax and enjoy the garden. July is when many of the daylily varieties come into bloom. Grown from antiquity, the plant was named “Hemerocallis” by the ancient Greeks, a word that means “beautiful for a day” because the in-
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