The Best Season
When considering shrubs with berries, remember many of the roses will produce large, colorful rose hips if they are allowed to do so. Some cultivars or species, such as Rosa xanthina, the Manchu rose, has particularly colorful hips. It produces ... [... more]
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2005 All-America Selections Winners
Among the other winners are three veggies—a squash, a tomato, and an eggplant. Fairy Tale eggplant was one of the award winners. This is a rare event, because an eggplant hasn’t been an All-America Selections winner since 1939. Fairy Tale ... [... more]
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Books On Japanese Gardens
“Create Your Own Japanese Garden-a Practical Guide” by Motomi Oguchi with Joseph Cali was published by Kodansha America. This comprehensive guide features layouts, and step-by-step instructions on how to design and install each feature in your ... [... more]
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Gift Ideas
The Home Store website has everything you’ll need to design, furnish, and renovate your home and landscape. The Interior Design & Landscape Kit comes in a handy storage bag for your blueprints and drawings as well as your design tools. The kit ... [... more]
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Overwintering Summer Bulbs
Besides wasting a natural resource, overwatering also leads to molds and fungus in your lawn, and tons of weeds. Don't do it! One of the easiest ways to tell if your lawn needs more water is to walk across it. Does the grass spring back up? It's ... [... more]
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Genetically Engineered Plants
Apart from GM foods, transfer of DNA from one plant to another can have many other benefits. For example, scientists located a gene for disease resistance in a native West African species, which they used to create novel resistant varieties of ... [... more]
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The Versatile Fuchsias
With perhaps a hundred species and well over a thousand named cultivars of Fuchsia x hybrids, the problem is limiting yourself to your favorites. Some cultivars are refined, while others are like flamboyant as flamenco dancers. Ranging shape and ... [... more]
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Container Water Gardens
Dwarf papyrus ( Cyperus isocladus) is especially suited to container water gardens. Hardy to about 25 degrees Fahrenheit, it only grows to about a foot tall. This graceful plant has delicate leaves and wispy flower heads. Papyrus was a very ... [... more]
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2008 Calendars And Almanacs For Gardeners
“Llewellyn’s 2008 Moon Sign Book” is one of the publisher’s most popular titles. It will be especially helpful to those who are interested in moon gardening. Along with weather predictions, this has quick and easy to use moon tables and charts ... [... more]
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Where Do All The Plants Come From?
Typically, woody plants require a minimum of ten years of research and testing. Then, it is usually requires five more years for these to reach the retail market. You can learn more about plant breeding and genetics of fruit trees from “Concise ... [... more]
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Beautiful For A Day Daylilies
There are a number of perennial trials around the country rating daylilies. Michigan State University released its results after observing some of the plants for three years. And Miss Mary Mary daylily was rated in the top 20%. On a scale of 1-5 ... [... more]
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Fall Gardening Chores
“Fall Foliage-the Mystery, Science, and Folklore of Autumn Leaves” by Charles W.G. Smith with photos by Frank Kaczmarek was published by FalconGuide, an imprint of The Globe Pequot Press. Any question you could possibly have about fall foliage is ... [... more]
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