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Hopkins' bioclimatic law states that in North America east of the Rockies, a 130-m (400-foot) increase in elevation, a 4° change in latitude North (444.48 km), or a 10° change in longitude East (two-thirds of a time zone) will cause a biological event to occur four days later in the spring or four days earlier in the fall. [1]
Verbena stricta is an extremely important component of many butterfly gardens, as the leaves are the ideal food for the larval form of the common buckeye butterfly. [4] The seeds are also an important dietary portion of many small birds and mammals.
The term is sometimes used to refer to the need of herbal (non-woody) plants for a period of cold dormancy in order to produce new shoots and leaves, [1] but this usage is discouraged. [2] Many plants grown in temperate climates require vernalization and must experience a period of low winter temperature to initiate or accelerate the flowering ...
Verbena bonariensis is a tall and slender-stemmed perennial. It can grow to 6 ft (180 cm) tall and can spread to 3 ft (90 cm) wide. At maturity, it will develop a woody base.
Verbena bipinnatifida is an herbaceous or semi-woody perennial. [4] It produces pink or purple flowers primarily in the spring, but can bloom anytime throughout the growing season. [ 5 ] Its leaves are finely dissected, into segments that are 1–4 mm wide.
Another bloom that signals the end of winter and the start of a new gardening season is the Crocus. A squat groundcover in the Iris family growing 4 to 6 inches tall and wide, they are yellow ...
The annual U.S. winter outlook report predicts La Niña weather patterns throughout the country. Here's what it means for Ohio's winter. NOAA's 2024-25 winter forecast is here.
The inflorescence is a solitary flowering spike, measuring 4–25 cm (1.6–9.8 in) long and 5–8 cm (2.0–3.1 in) in diameter, at the end of the stem. The 5-lobed flowers are dark lavender or purple to white or bluish, 4–6 mm (0.2–0.2 in) long, and shaped like a trumpet.