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      <title>Choose garden mums for the landscape</title>
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      <title>Tulips and hyacinths require special treatment</title>
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      <title>Cool-season bedding plants provide color from fall to spring</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[(Audio 10/26/09) Fall is a wonderful time for gardeners to purchase cool-season bedding plants that will provide gorgeous color in your landscape well into spring. Consider a few tips when purchasing these plants. (Runtime: 60 seconds) - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Trick wisteria into blooming sooner</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[(Audio 10/19/09) Although wisteria is known for being reluctant to bloom, it also is considered very delightful. Learn how you can trick this flowering vine into blooming more quickly. (Runtime: 60 seconds) - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Cool-season bedding plants thrive during Louisiana's mild winters</title>
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      <title>Alter color of hydrangeas by conditioning soil</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[(Audio 10/19/09) The color of hydrangeas can depend on location as well as soil content.  Apply certain substances to soil to control which color your hydrangeas will bloom. (Runtime: 60 seconds) - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Plant spring-flowering bulbs in the fall</title>
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      <title>Ornamental peppers display fall color</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[(Video 10/19/09) When considering plants that offer fall color you probably visualize pumpkins, chrysanthemums or crotons. On this edition of Get It Growing, however, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill explores getting fall color from plants you might not have considered. (Runtime: 1:39) - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Low-maintenance salvia blooms in summer and fall</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[(Video 10/12/09) Most salvias or sage plants bloom in the fall. On this edition of Get It Growing, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill talks about a popular salvia that, with a small amount of care, blooms in the summer as well as the fall. (Runtime: 1:42) - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Candelabra plant grows quickly</title>
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      <title>Prepare plants for a move indoors</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[(Audio 10/12/09) Many people move their houseplants outdoors for the summer. As the weather cools down, tropical plants should be prepared for a move back indoors, which includes getting them adjusted to lower light conditions. (Runtime: 60 seconds) - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Tips for growing and consuming persimmons</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[(Audio 10/12/09) Persimmons are an easy fruit to grow, and they're delicious, too. They produce seedless fruit and don't have to be pollinated for production to occur. Many varieties have to become soft before they should be eaten, however. (Runtime: 60 seconds) - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Save seeds for future plantings</title>
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      <title>Plant sweet peas for fragrant spring flowers</title>
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