Root day · descending moon, waxing crescent

Soak bare-root perennials in a bucket of water for two hours before planting to rehydrate tissues and encourage faster root establishment.

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Polemonium reptans
Zephyranthes candida
Rhus aromatica
Packera aurea
Dirca palustris
Polka dot plant with pink spotted leaves in a pot
Sweetfern fern-like foliage in close-up
Gillenia trifoliata white star-shaped flowers in close-up
Mountain mint silvery bracts and flowers
Jeffersonia diphylla twin leaf in woodland shade

Polka dot plant with pink spotted leaves in a pot
Scindapsus pictus
Syngonium podophyllum
Stromanthe sanguinea
Philodendron hederaceum

Polemonium reptans
Packera aurea
Gillenia trifoliata white star-shaped flowers in close-up
Jeffersonia diphylla twin leaf in woodland shade
Dodecatheon meadia

Medicinal plants

Close-up of fresh lemon verbena leaves being harvested by hand in a summer garden
Fresh elderflower clusters in full bloom on a Sambucus nigra shrub in summer garden
Close-up of overgrown flowering thyme with woody stems in a summer herb garden
Fresh aloe vera leaf broken open revealing thick clear gel on sunburned skin
Freshly harvested lavender and chamomile bundles laid on a rustic wooden surface in summer sunlight

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