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   Get it Growing
 Home>News Archive>2003>December>Get it Growing>
Get It Growing: How Do Plants Know When Seasons Change?
(For Release On Or After 12/19/03) Have you ever wondered why poinsettias bloom now rather than for the Fourth of July? And have you ever thought about how plants know when the seasons are changing?

Get It Growing: New Trends Affect Way We Live, Garden
(For Release On Or After 12/26/03) The basic techniques of gardening today are not that much different from those our great-grandparents used. Still, technology and the age of communication are definitely changing the way we live, work and garden.

Get It Growing: Include Parsley In Your Winter Garden
(For Release On Or After 12/12/03) Cooking is a part of the holiday season, and many recipes call for chopped parsley. Easily grown, parsley should be planted in everyone’s cool-season herb garden.

Get it Growing: Holiday Plants Last Longer, Look Better With Proper Care
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Decorative plants, such as poinsettias, holiday cactuses and living Christmas trees, play an important part in decking the halls for the holidays.