Foliage
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Too many temptations from Annie's Annuals
Fresh Dirt &bull Yesterday
Asclepias, to start with. A. speciosa, the well-named `Showy Milkweed', shown on the left, for sure. Besides being a Western native plant and a host for monarch butterflies, this plant has large silvery-green leaves and fragrant flowers. A. cancellata `White… Full Story »
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Heaths and Heathers for USDA Zones 4-6
Dave's Garden &bull Mar 6, 2010
You've found the famous Dave's Garden website! Join this friendly global community that shares tips and ideas for home and gardens, along with seeds and plants! Do you have acidic soil, full sun and live in zones 4-6? Think you can't grow anything in… Full Story »
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The Timber Press Dictionary of Plant Names by Walter von Erhardt, Siegmund Seybold, Nils Bodeker, and Erich Gotz
Timber Press: New books &bull Mar 3, 2010
Timber Press is a Portland, Oregon, publisher of books on gardening, ornamental and edible horticulture, garden design, sustainability, natural history, and the Pacific Northwest. The Timber Press Dictionary of Plant Names is the only reference available in English with the… Full Story »
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Edible viburnums are a cranberry alternative
Homes & Gardens - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com &bull Feb 25, 2010
AIM or Google account! View full sizeThe OregonianViburnum trilobum 'Wentworth'Edible viburnums, also known as highbush cranberries, are worth a closer look for their beauty and their value as edible berries. Although no relation to real cranberries (Vaccinium macrocarpon), these viburnums… Full Story »
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Versatile Shrubs
gardeningisezee.com via @EZeeGardening &bull Feb 24, 2010Posted by duggan in Featured Articles, Know your Garden, Shrubs on June 15, 2009 | 2 responses Full Story »
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Silene 'Ray's Golden Campion': New from Plant World Seeds
Graham Rice &bull Feb 24, 2010
A spring combination of yellow foliage and vivid pink flowers may not be to everyone's taste but it certainly brightens up the spring garden. In essence, 'Ray's Golden Campion' is a neater, yellow-leaved form of the British native red campion,… Full Story »
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Sue's Daily Photography
sues-daily-photos.blogspot.com via @susanne49 &bull Feb 24, 2010Photography about my travels "Across America" - and about my daily life after all that traveling. Earlier photos are from Charleston SC and my 7 years in Key West FL, (see archives Sept.2006 - Jan.2009) Full Story »
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They Get Succulent Questions in Massachusetts
Cactus Blog &bull Feb 23, 2010
Q. I have a cold, dry apartment - 65 degrees when I'm there and awake in the winter, 55 otherwise. A few hours of sun a day. Jade plants, pencil cactus, Christmas cactus and such do well. I'd like to… Full Story »
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Dendrobium Nobilis
www.gardeningexpress.co.uk via @rsblee1 &bull Feb 23, 2010One of the most stunning Noble Orchids ever Exquisite flowers - last up to 15 weeks! Fabulous exotic scent Unique evergreen foliage The ultimate house plant Superb, long lasting value If you normally buy cut flowers for your home, or just… Full Story »
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False Roselle
You Grow Girl: The Dirt &bull Feb 19, 2010
I need some colour today so I decided to pull out a photo of a false roselle (Hibiscus acetosella) flower, one of the most beautiful plants I learned about in St. Lucia. Our friend David called it bronze roselle, but… 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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Design basics, Sharing Nature's Garden on tour
Central Texas Gardener Blog &bull Feb 19, 2010
Last week a couple of gardeners commented that their crinums had never bloomed. Take heart! These guys can be as slow as mountain laurels and Mexican plums. In fact, it was so long before this crinum bloomed that Id forgotten… Full Story »
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Superb Scabiosa
gardeningisezee.com via @EZeeGardening &bull Feb 18, 2010Posted by duggan in Annuals, Featured Articles, Know your Garden, Perennials, Southern Africa's indigenous plants on September 27, 2009 | no responses Full Story »
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Beautiful Blue Sea Holly
Dave's Garden &bull Feb 18, 2010
You've found the famous Dave's Garden website! Join this friendly global community that shares tips and ideas for home and gardens, along with seeds and plants! I love blue, and this interesting member of the Parsley family is one of the easiest blue… Full Story »
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sago palm bonsai care instructions
www.indexflorist.com via @BonsaiKare &bull Feb 17, 2010So what exactly is "pop bonsai"? Bonsai like you’ve never seen before-a "freestyle" version, in fun containers, that reflects the author’s breakaway approach to this ancient art. Pop Bonsai involves taking a tiny seedling, trimming its branches and leaves, and… Full Story »
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In Praise of Trees
lifeasahuman.com via @gilnamur &bull Feb 17, 2010A friend describing the evolution of a gardener told me, ?Once the infatuation with annuals is over, the passion for perennials spent, the fixation on foliage done, that is the time the mature gardener starts to grow trees from seed… Full Story »
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Tips for Growing Roses From Cuttings
www.backyardgardeningtips.com via @gardeningguru &bull Feb 17, 2010Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 at 9:39 am Full Story »
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Mid-February post(s)
Blithewold.org &bull Feb 16, 2010
I didnt think that Id do a bloom day post this month. Im a day late and theres another slushy winter storm-let blowing around outside. But then I walked into the greenhouse, which smells so heavenly that there was no… Full Story »
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Foliage Followup & GBBD combo
Mr. McGregor's Daughter &bull Feb 16, 2010
Fuschia I-lost-the-taggia and OxalisI'm late for Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day (hosted by Carol of May Dreams Gardens) because I was waiting for the Fuschia to bloom. (All right, I confess, it was a bit more than that; I had a… Full Story »
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Spring Landscaping Time
kwnortheast.housingstorm.com via @kwnortheast &bull Feb 16, 2010traumatic effect on landscaping in the Houston area. Horticulture experts say now is the time to plan for a spring comeback. Full Story »
