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Short-Day and Long-Day Plant Lists

Local nurseries or garden centers can provide lists of short-day/long-day plants for your area. Onions are a classic day-length-sensitive crop. Most ornamental gardening doesn't rely on day-length classification.

Perennials: Admiring a Mature Brugmansia; Best Ground-Hugging Perennials for Sun: Sedums and Ice Plants Under 2 Inches; Pruning Unknown Clematis: Safe Strategy for 3-Year-Old Vines; Replanting a Daylily with a Small Root Ball; Columbine Losing Foliage: Likely Sawfly Larvae Infestation; Wild Purslane in Your Garden: Edible, Nutritious & Easy to Identify; Overwintering Lantana in North Carolina; Controlling Aphids on Hibiscus with Soap Spray; What Is Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) and How Does It Control Caterpillars?; Where to Buy Yellow 'Gina' Dianthus

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