The plot failed, however, and the French queen was executed in August 1793. Pest of the Month Unseen beneath layers of leaves left on the lawn, fungi are thriving and damaging grass plants cut off from light and air. Keep lawns raked during winter. For the Beginner Layering is a way of starting a new plant by fastening a stem to the ground and partially covering it with soil to encourage root development. Air layering, on the other hand, is done by cutting a stem, wrapping it with damp moss encased in plastic.
New roots grow from the wound.
The proof may be found between the covers of her highly informative book, which sprang from Gardner's failed attempt at growing a perennial garden in the harsh North Atlantic climate, then finding ordinary herbs that flowered with no care whatsoever. Let us hear from you.