Fern
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Amanda's Garden
Gardening Australia &bull Mar 5, 2010
SERIES 21 EPISODE 05 Stephen heard about Amanda Louden's garden on the horticultural grapevine. Amanda moved to her property eight years ago and almost straight away began putting in tube-stock plants, converting the previously barren front and back yards into… Full Story »
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Are Smart Pots All That? Let's Find Out Together!
Life on the Balcony &bull Feb 25, 2010
Have you ever heard of Smart Pots? Theyre soft-sided, fabric containers that are rigid enough to hold their shape, but still allow air to flow freely through the root system of the plant, encouraging a healthier root structure. Or so they say.… Full Story »
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Arboretum All-Star: Giant chain fern
SacBee -- Home and Garden &bull Feb 20, 2010
Snapshot: Native to California's redwood forests, this fern makes itself right at home in shady spots. Once established, it needs very little care. The impressive fern looks great as part of a naturalized oasis near a pond or fountain and also grows well in containers.… Full Story »
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Container plants can bring a porch to life
detnews.com via @HomeGardensToGo &bull Feb 19, 2010Before moving to my home in Bedford, N.Y., I never envisioned having a covered, balustraded porch -- a real outdoor "room" -- furnished with seating areas and decorated with many unusual varieties of exceptional potted plants. Full Story »
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Digging RI
diggingri.wordpress.com via @ProvGardener &bull Feb 19, 2010I was back in Montreal recently, and had some time to visit the city?s famous botanical garden. Sitting in the shadow of the hulking Olympic Stadium, this is a big complex ? 185 acres of greenhouses and themed outdoor gardens.… Full Story »
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Creating a Pond
Gardening Australia &bull Feb 18, 2010
SERIES 21 Episode 03With ten years of drought Stephen's bog garden has become more of a desert than a bog, so he's decided to turn it into a pond. He's chosen an informal shape with different levels. A ledge around… Full Story »
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Whidbey Island home captures timeless quality
The Seattle Times: Home & Garden &bull Feb 17, 2010
On Whidbey Island, a beach house combines contemporary and traditional styles to create a unique sense of timelessness and serenity. The look is spare and modern, personalized with local art and photos. Floating a few feet above the beach and painted a deep bark color, Mary Jo and Michael Stansbury's new home looks as if it has stood on this Whidbey Island waterfront for decades. Architect Renee Boone defines the home's blend of modernist and traditional aesthetics as "timeless." The living room's glass sliders open to the… Full Story »
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Garden Calendar » The Commercial Appeal
www.commercialappeal.com via @milegardening &bull Feb 12, 2010Today and Saturday: The 20th annual Antiques and Garden Show of Nashville: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. today, and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday at Nashville Convention Center. More than 150 antique and horticultural dealers, gardens and lecturers, including White House decorator Michael… Full Story »
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Accent plants
bonsaing.blogspot.com via @Peredoz &bull Feb 10, 2010My main blog about bonsai interesting facts, and different beautiful pictures of this expressive Chinese art. Full Story »
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Man, It's Cold Outside
The Garden Variety: Cleveland Botanical Garden's Blog &bull Feb 7, 2010
There is light everywhere. The sky is blinding-blue infinity. The snow draped across The Garden is as brilliant as cut glass and gemstones. Twigs shimmer and glint like daggers flashing with flames. But it is really cold out this morning,… Full Story »
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Try these reliable sources for gardening tips
www.windsorstar.com via @LandscapeGarden &bull Jan 30, 2010Q With so much information on the web and not being sure which sites are safe, would you recommend some gardening sites and gardening books? -- Cheryl and Ed, Tilbury Full Story »
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Bloom Sequence for Perennials
Dave's Garden &bull Jan 30, 2010
I have always dreamed of having my gardens in bloom from early spring through the end of fall with no lapse in between. It hasn't happened yet, but I came upon a way of making sure it happens in the… Full Story »
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Northwest Flower & Garden Show offers programs for young novices to longtime gardeners
The Seattle Times: Home & Garden &bull Jan 28, 2010
Garden writer Ciscoe Morris says the Northwest Flower & Garden Show offers programs for all ages and a host of seminars on gardening specialties. Full Story »
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Southern Cal
Cactus Blog &bull Jan 25, 2010
Fern at Life on the Balcony took a lot of photos of succulents at the Huntington Gardens near Pasadena. It’s always a joy to walk the grounds of the Huntington, home of some of the largest succulent specimens seen in… Full Story »
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The Magic of Green
Dave's Garden &bull Jan 24, 2010
The color green could be considered the color of life. Humans cannot be self-supporting for long in a place that is never green. What is more bleak than an iceberg, lava field, or empty parking lot? Green is the color… Full Story »
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Botanical photographs prompt evaluation of naturality
yaleherald.com via @ninavalenzia &bull Jan 23, 2010For Christmas this year I received a day planner with old botanical and zoological illustrations in full color. I?m very fond of it, because every week it delivers another image, and each new image contrasts with the economical calendar space… Full Story »
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Save Yourself the Heartache, Don't Grow Fruit Trees from Seed
Life on the Balcony &bull Jan 22, 2010
I promised I would share all the good information I learned at my Master Gardener classes, and today I learned a whole bunch of great stuff. The class was an introduction to horticulture and was taught by a professor from… Full Story »
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Can't Wait for "Succulent Container Gardens" to Come Out!
Life on the Balcony &bull Jan 20, 2010
I just spotted this video promo of Debra Baldwin’s latest succulent book called Succulent Container Gardens. I have been excited about this book since I saw the cover several months ago, but this video has really got me salivating. The… Full Story »
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Evergreen Trees
www.visionarticles.com via @visionarticles &bull Jan 14, 2010At Tn Nursery we are a wholesale Tree and Plant nursery only selling speciman quality trees,fern plants,perennials flowers and native plants. Full Story »
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Caring for Bonsai Geraniums
www.garden-way.com via @dbribs &bull Jan 13, 2010While I am not going too much in depth on the subject Geraniums I will touch basis to help you decide if the plants are for you, and if you are ready to maintain bonsai geraniums. Pelargonium is aromatic geraniums,… Full Story »
