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Friday, July 10, 2009

Sedum: Hidden Jewels Of The Plant Kingdom

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Sedums are hidden jewels of the plant kingdom: easily overlooked, but enchanting for those who seek them out. Get on your hands and knees...
Thursday, July 9, 2009

Lantana: Flitting Among The Flowers

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Lantanas get going when the weather is hot and kids are chasing barefoot, bustin' through the shrubbery. My earliest childhood memori...

Anemones: Born Of The Wind

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"Anemone" translated from Greek, means "wind", for it was believed that spring winds caused them to bloom. They are na...
Thursday, July 2, 2009

Ornamental Allium - Fireworks In The Summer Garden

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Ornamental onions and garlic are from the genus Allium (AL-lee-um). Allium is classified in family Alliaceae although some classification...
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Butterfly Gardening To Renew Your Sense of Wonder

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There is something about a butterfly that stirs in adults the sense of wonder that children feel. The colors and fluttering wings excite...
Sunday, June 14, 2009

Behind A Garden Wall in Savannah: The Isaiah Davenport House

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An unfortunate result of living near a scenic destination is that one may seldom visit it. So it was for me and Savannah's historic D...
Thursday, June 4, 2009

How To Define and Prepare Landscape Planting Beds

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Most homeowners understand the need for foundation plantings around their residence, but landscape planting beds in the lawn are also very ...
Saturday, May 23, 2009

Ajuga: A Low Maintenance Ground Cover

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Ajuga ( Ajuga reptans ) is also known as Bugleweed because the flowers on its 6” tall spike are two-lipped and tubular. Flowers are gene...
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Saturday, May 9, 2009

Tips For Planting Ground Cover Junipers

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Junipers are very popular ground cover plants for hot, sunny areas. Most tolerate poor soils. They do not do well in shade. There are ma...
Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Texture of Bark and Branch

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The day, cold and gray, seemed better suited for reading by the fire and sipping hot herb tea. But the salmon tufts of maple flowers caugh...
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Sunday, March 8, 2009

Behind A Garden Wall In Chelsea

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On a rainy November day, we set out from our hotel near the Thames, strolled past Chelsea Wharf and along Cheyne Walk (with pauses at #...
Thursday, February 12, 2009

Lucious Home Grown Strawberries

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Few fruits are as popular with the home gardener as strawberries. They require very little growing space, and can be grown in almost any g...

A Different Kind Of Daffodil

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The Peruvian daffodil ( Ismene or Hymenocallis x festalis ) is not widely planted or known, though the flower is beautiful and the plant i...
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Lilies Always Delight

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Many plants that are called lilies are not. There are daylilies, canna lilies, calla lilies and water lilies, for example...