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SATURDAY APRIL 19, 2008 SECTION F

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Catch the ‘Brothers’ Nothing triggers a nostalgia run like watching a television program from your childhood. Sometimes even the theme song will send you back in time. The theme from “Bonanza” has me sitting on my paternal grandparents’ circa-1970 green shag carpet in San Jose, Calif. An episode of “Happy Days” mentally transports me to my beanbag chair in front of our first color television set, and I never hear the theme from “Sesame Street” without feeling like I am back standing in our teeny two-bedroom apartment in Tucson, Ariz., watching the very first episode while waiting for the school bus to take me to kindergarten in November 1969. All old shows are like that. “Mod Squad” has me in back in the basement in Arlington, Va., with my grandmother, “Northern Exposure” brings me back to my newlywed days, and the theme from “Barney” makes me feel like my daughters are again newborns. TV has always triggered those moments. Nick at Nite counts on it. The shows we grew up with remind us of growing up. So I was absolutely tickled when my 16-year-old daughter hopped in

BY TRACY HOBSON LEHMANN EXPRESS-NEWS HOME AND GARDEN EDITOR

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Lobelia (Lobelia erinus) Sometimes the tiniest flowers pack the biggest punch. That’s the case with lobelia, which produces masses of violet- to indigocolored blossoms. It’s a small, cool-weather annual that will cascade without running amok. Use it in annual borders or in containers. It looks particularly striking in contrast with the white of alyssum or the bright yellow of pansies or snapdragons. ■ Light: ■ Size:

Sun to part shade.

4 to 8 inches tall; 12 to 18 inches

wide. ■ Bloom:

Spring and fall.

■ Water:

Moderate.

■ Cultivation:

Replace when warm weather

arrives.

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