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Plant of the week: Bijou Lettuce.
Botanical name: Lactuca sativa, "Bijou."
Attributes: Bijou is the reddest of the red-leaved lettuce varieties. It has a lightly scalloped, slightly frilled leaf, with an upright growth habit, all shiny and intensely burgundy red. This lettuce is slow to bolt and will form a head of 7 to 9 inches across. An absolute standout in a salad, Bijou is good to eat but very ornamental as well, enhancing beds and containers.
Bloom color: Intense red foliage.
Bloom time: Spring or fall.
Culture: Plant seeds in early spring in an open flat with a prepared sterile seed mix three weeks before planting out, or plant directly in a garden as soon as ...
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...are looking up for the once cash-poor Bijou Theatre, the recipient this week of...m. presentation ceremony Monday at the Bijou downtown. With the flourish of one fake...Duncan Jr., R-Knoxville, helped the Bijou well along the path to meeting its $2...
- 97-year-old Bijou Theatre has grand reopening after two-year refurbishment.
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...businessmen are ready to buy the mortgage on the Bijou Theatre. As a "friendly note holder...November about partnering up to aid the Bijou. "It's just another of the city's...friendly note holder and give them (the Bijou board of trustees) a year or two to be...
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