Foliage
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Too many temptations from Annie's Annuals
Fresh Dirt &bull Mar 10, 2010
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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Prolific squash: Summer or winter, this easy-to-grow squash rules the garden
www.wcfcourier.com via @garden_news &bull Mar 8, 2010The list of varieties seems as endless as the number of zucchinis produced by a single plant - crookneck and straightneck, banana, butternut and buttercup, acorn and turban, patty pan and Hubbard, Delicata and Delicious, Hubbard and spaghetti and pumpkin. They are commonly categorized as "winter" and "summer." Colors are among the loveliest in the vegetable garden, ranging from white and pale green to all shades of… Full Story »
Welcome to my Garden Stone
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Go fer it with Gopher Plant, or Euphorbia rigida
Digging &bull Mar 7, 2010
Euphorbia rigida's pretty blue-green foliage is topped in spring with chartreuse bracts and yellow flowers. After the hottest summer on record and one of the coldest winters on record in Austin, gopher plant takes it all in stride and is… Full Story »
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On "Black" Plants
A Study in Contrasts &bull Mar 6, 2010
In art classes, I was always taught that "true black" does not actually exist in nature. Anything that the eye reads as black is really the darkest shade of blue, red, brown, green... Take this begonia for example. And here's… Full Story »
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Heaths and Heathers for USDA Zones 4-6
Dave's Garden &bull Mar 6, 2010
Do you have acidic soil, full sun and live in zones 4-6? Think you can't grow anything in such an area except rhododendrons and azaleas? Well, why not try heaths, heathers and some of their close relatives? By planting a variety of… Full Story »
Welcome Garden Stone
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A Winter Garden treasure from Chile
Pacific Northwest gardens &bull Mar 6, 2010
While we read or watch the coverage of the devastating 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile (and its multiple aftershocks), I am reminded of the many botanical treasures this country has given us. In the winter landscape, one plant that often… 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
The Timber Press Dictionary of Plant Names is the only reference available in English with the current names of thousands of plants found in gardens and the wild. Based in science and valuable to botanists, horticulturists, agronomists, and foresters who… 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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Dunsmuir Chamber of Commerce
dunsmuirchamber.blogspot.com via @DunsmuirChamber &bull Feb 24, 2010Each year The Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra graciously performs for the town of Dunsmuir in the most beautiful concert setting in Northern California, along the banks of the Upper Sacramento River in Dunsmuir's city park. 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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Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival
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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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Love-in-a-mist is one cool annual
Fine Gardening Blogs &bull Feb 24, 2010
Love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena cvs., annual) delivers a 3-part punch, with it's finely textured foliage, intricate blue flowers, and striped, balloon-like seed pods, all at the same time. It's a fascinating annual that's easy to grow from seed in average garden… 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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Alex Gardening To Go
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Creatively Pruning a Dappled Willow
The Home Garden: Gardening in the Home Landscape &bull Feb 23, 2010
Here is the list of plants I have successfully propagated. This past weekend we went to visit my wife's family. On the property they have a couple Japanese Dappled Willows ('Hiroki Nishiki') that I've taken cuttings from in the past. They are several years old and have really become large shrubs stretching over ten feet tall. Needless… Full Story »
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Gardenia Buds
Digital Flower Pictures.com &bull Feb 23, 2010
I have decided to join the blogging craze. I am looking forward to taking a moment to find out a little more about the plants I have been photographing. I hope to explore all aspects of plants, flowers, trees and… Full Story »
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Hydrangeas for All
CommonWeeder &bull Feb 21, 2010
I haven't always liked hydrangeas. As a child living in the Bronx, I saw a number of houses on our street wirh tiny yards that held a blue hydrangea or two. In spite of the interesting color and flower heads that everyone called 'snowballs' I did not like them. Who can explain dislikes? And the things a child takes against are even more mysterious. Though I rarely saw hydrangeas in gardens as a new gardener, over the past years they have become very popular. Decorating magazines started showing hydrangea… Full Story »
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Centuries
www.pressofatlanticcity.com via @BonsaiKare &bull Feb 21, 2010WASHINGTON - There are curators in this town who are responsible for some pretty important stuff: the Declaration of Independence, Leonardo da Vinci's picture of Ginevra de'Benci and copies of Shakespeare's First Folio, to name a few. Full Story »
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Wild Flower, or Wildflower or Native Species?
The Vermont Gardener &bull Feb 21, 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010 Past evening news time here on the mountain. Four snowmobiles just went racing by the lower drive in careless formation as if chased by the unknown from an H.P. Lovecraft novel. The road is mostly ice all the way to the pond but it did not seem to slow the riders. Normally there would be a slice of moonlight tonight but it is absent as clouds cover the moon and… Full Story »
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Giveaway deadline & other fun stuff
Digging &bull Feb 20, 2010
After all the lovely comments (85 so far!) from all you lovely readers on my 4th blogiversary post, Im still smiling and feeling like Ive been to a fun party. Now I know I enticed you to comment with my… Full Story »
