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Going to have a free day before we see the Cowboys in Arlington. Anything fun to do (that isnt too expensive like Six flags) around Dallas, Irving?
I love dogs (A cool pet shop?), video games and nice scenery (gardens ect)
Thanks!
Thanks
Yes I wanted to go to the state fair, but I belive it ends on the 18th… which is before I will be there.
@Prairie Girl. : Oops, October 24th is the day we will be free. And thanks for the suggestions!
You didn’t say when you’d be here, and of course it depends on the weather, but you might enjoy this. The northern part of Irving is called Las Colinas, and at Hwy 114 and O’Connor Blvd is Williams Square.
There is a larger than life bronze sculpture of several mustangs running through water. It’s beautiful. Also at Williams Square is the Mandalay Canal which is a European-style waterway with cobblestone walkways lined with shops and restaurants. It’s free unless you want to shop or eat there.
Event 2- “Gardening”, Picnic and walk around at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden.
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For my gold award, I am redoing and very much improving a butterfly garden at my local park. I was wondering cost-wise, how much do butterfly gardens cost (just the plants alone)? Also, I live in West-Central Florida, if regions change anything. Thanks!
Michigan bulb company has a butterfly /hummingbird garden for 9.95 +shipping I think it has 17 plants
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I need info about planting bulbs in an area that gets morning sun?
I’m attempting to help my friend plant a flower garden. She wants all bulbs planted this spring in front of her house. She gets morning sun on that area, but around noon it gets shady. I need to know everything! What do I need to do to prepare the earth for planting? They are crocus’, tulips and daffodils. Any and all help would be greatly appriciated.
First off, planting them now will probably result in blooms NEXT year. You can place them in the fridge for a couple of weeks to “winter” and fool them if she wants blooms this year. Planting bulbs is easy, simply dig a shallow hole and plant the bulb (in a Tennessee climate) no more than 1 inch below the surface. Other than that they should do fine.
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Why plants like hibiscus and banana tree have flowers and pollination takes place, but they have no seeds?
I have seen plants in my garden which have flowers with bright petals, nectar and pollens but no fruits or seeds. What could be the purpose of flowering? Some plants don’t flower, no fruit/seed either; like crotons. How did they manage to multiply and disperse?
Banana is a triploid plant. They do not produce seeds because of imbalance meiotic division.
Hibiscus is a bisexual plant. They do not produce fruit and seeds possibly because of pre- and post- zygotic barriers (barriers before and after fertilization). These barriers could be on stigma, style, or self-incompatibility between the male and female gametes. You might overcome these barriers using stigma pollination (by cutting the stigma), placental pollination (cutting the ovary), ovular pollination (placing the ovule on medium and directly pollinated with pollens), or by embryo rescue.
Some (flowering) plants do not produce flowers, fruits and seeds. They reproduce and disperse vegetatively using rhizomes (ginger), bulbs (onions, tulips), sucker (banana) etc, or by man made: cutting, grafting, budding, etc.
