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Good Gardens Guide 2007 (733 readers)

Contributed by amazon 16.09 2007 on 05:17:46 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

The Good Gardens Guide is the essential independent reference book for all garden visitors and enthusiasts ...

Hepatica transsilvanica 'Blue Jewel' - Blue Jewel Hepatica (1069 readers)

Contributed by amazon 04.07 2007 on 10:12:12 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's text

Hepatica transsilvanica Blue Jewel Origin: The species is native to Romania. Masses of starry deep-blue flowers provide rich decoration in early spring over evergreen, mats of leathery, deep-green, tri-lobed foliage. This selection has larger flowers than the species and a very good color. Can be grown in a wide range of conditions, but does especially well in alkaline soil, which should be moist but with good drainage. Sun or shade. Good under deciduous trees, in raised beds or in the rock gard ...

Tradescantia x andersoniana 'Concord Grape' - Virginia Spiderwort (1305 readers)

Contributed by amazon 07.07 2007 on 10:52:58 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's text

Family: Commelinaceae; Origin: Hybrid origin; A clumping mass of thick upright stems with long drooping leaves and pretty 3-petaled flowers that twine themselves around the foliage. This cultivar has purple flowers and superior blue-green foliage that stays good through the season.b> Prefers good, moist soil. Nice in the border, wild gardens or for naturalizing. ...

Yucca filamentosa 'Bright Edge' - Bright Edge Adam's Needle (1451 readers)

Contributed by amazon 05.07 2007 on 14:41:35 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's text

An exotic-looking tuft of sword-shaped leaves, striped with yellow centers and green edges. Tall panicles hung with white bell-shaped flowers, sprout high above the plant in summer. ...

Lewisia longipetala 'Little Plum' - Lewisia (877 readers)

Contributed by amazon 02.11 2007 on 13:40:49 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's text

Pinkish-red, striped flowers in late May. Flowers are large for a Lewisia, up to 1 in diameter. Many flowers per plant. Very showy when in bloom. This particular variety is reputed to be hardier than many other Lewisia and we have found this to be the case. They appear to do best if given some shade from afternoon sun during our zone 3 winters. Flower stems up to about 6 tall, about 6 in width. ...

Heuchera 'Bressingham Hybrids' - Coral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells (1002 readers)

Contributed by amazon 08.06 2007 on 07:02:48 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's text

Compact, mounding, plants produce new leaves that display a coppery bronze color maturing to deep green. Varieties offer a range of foliage color and patterns. They are North American plants that are usually grown for their ornamental foliage alone. Great in woodland gardens as well as border, or accent plants. Divide every 3-4 years as needed in fall. Good cut flower, attracts hummingbirds. ...

Tradescantia x andersoniana 'Bilberry Ice' - Bilberry Ice Spiderwort (821 readers)

Contributed by amazon 01.07 2007 on 21:38:28 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's text

Family: Commelinaceae; Origin: Hybrid origin; A clumping mass of stiff upright stems with long drooping leaves and pretty 3-petaled flowers that twine themselves around the foliage. This cultivar has soft-purple flowers with blended white edgesb ...

The Essential Garden Maintenance (668 readers)

Contributed by amazon 09.04 2007 on 19:52:06 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

The Essential Garden Maintenance Workbook takes over where Rosemary Alexanders first book leaves off. With the newly designed garden in place how do you manage the work in a garden and keep it looking good year in and year out? How do you prune, look after your soil and keep spring bulb plantings looking good? Is it possible to move a plant and how do you cope with weeds, pests, and diseases? Which plants are top performers and which are best for particular functions like internal and external b ...

Euphorbia polychroma 'Lacey' - Cushion Spurge (1521 readers)

Contributed by amazon 18.10 2007 on 09:31:10 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's text

Lacey Flowering Spurge - Euphorbia polychroma Lacey Family: Euphorbiaceae Plant in a sunny place with well-drained poor to medium fertile soil. Use in border and rock gardens. Good ground cover. Random white and green variegation throughout the foliage. Yellow bracts from May to June. ...

The Collector's Garden (836 readers)

Contributed by amazon 10.04 2007 on 10:16:27 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Now in paperback, this classic book invites gardeners into some of Americas most fascinating private gardens. Through over 400 color photographs of 28 gardens across the country, Ken Druse shows how gardeners can collect plants for their pleasure, without sacrificing their devotion to the natural garden or abandoning good design. Listings of plant sources, societies, and organizations have been updated for this edition. ...

Pinus taeda - Loblolly Pine (2515 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.01 2008 on 12:06:05 Topic: Plants / Bonsais Match on Title and Article's text

This fast growing native tree is good for quick evergreen screening. Large and impressive given time and space. Grows 10-15 in ten years. The Loblolly Pine makes an excellent bonsai! ...

Tradescantia 'Little White Doll' - Spiderwort (918 readers)

Contributed by amazon 09.11 2007 on 09:19:21 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's text

Tradescantia Little White Doll | Family: Commelinaceae | Origin: Hybrid origin | Clear white flowers with feathery purplish anthers. Compact form with great foliage. Can be grown in full sun to part shade. Prefers good, moist soil. Nice in the border, wild gardens or for naturalizing. ...

Iris pallida 'Variegata' - Zebra Iris Rhizome (1575 readers)

Contributed by amazon 23.05 2007 on 08:02:25 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Title and Article's text

Iris pallida Variegata produces soft blue flowers with a unique variegated foliage. Bearded Irises are the single most popular class of Iris grown in gardens today. Bearded refers to the fuzzy strip on each of the drooping falls. The true petals are called standards and are upright and its leaves are quite stiff and grow in fan shaped clumps. Few flowering plants provide so much beauty with so little effort as the Bearded Iris. ...

Allium karataviense 'Ivory Queen' - Turkestan Onion (1009 readers)

Contributed by amazon 27.09 2007 on 08:49:28 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Title and Article's text

Allium karataviense Ivory Queen - silvery white, golf ball sized flowers with broad, artistic glaucous leaves, often with red margins; good for decorative window boxes, bedding and patio planters; late spring; zones 4-8; 8-10; 1876. ...

Teucrium chamaedrys - Wall Germander (727 readers)

Contributed by amazon 02.08 2007 on 10:03:39 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's text

Germanders offer a small, tight, shrub-like presence in the garden, with tiny, shiny, fragrant, evergreen leaves. Wall Germander has thrived for us as a wide, low (6) edging above a rock wall, looking beautiful every day of the year and drawing many questions during our guided garden walks. Delicate spires of pale pink flowers top the plant in early summer; a shearing after bloom keeps foliage dense and beautiful. Germanders love to grow in full sun, require good drainage, and are quite tolerant ...

Ilex crenata 'Dwarf Pagoda' - Japanese Holly (2752 readers)

Contributed by amazon 02.10 2007 on 09:13:04 Topic: Plants / Evergreen Shrubs Match on Title and Article's text

Japanase Pagoda Holly Bonsai - Ilex crenata Dwarf Pagoda A miniature variety of Japanese Holly. Stems are very short, 1 foot at most. Leaves are dark green on horizontal branches. Very compact plant. The plant is a true natural Bonsai. Also a good patio plant or house plant. Introduced by the National Arboretum in Washington, D.C. Height and spread in 10 years: 12 x 12. Prefers sun. Hardy in zones 6-9. In cooler regions grow as a house plant in a sunny, yet cool window. ...

Geranium phaeum 'Springtime' - Variegated Mourning Widow (686 readers)

Contributed by amazon 10.09 2007 on 18:30:53 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's text

White Marbled Foliage | A superb geranium with attractive, marbled foliage in pring, followed by a display of nodding, dark-maroon flowers. Good for damp shade. ...

Festuca glauca - Blue Fescue Grass (2699 readers)

Contributed by amazon 04.06 2007 on 09:20:44 Topic: Plants / Grass, Grasses Match on Title and Article's text

Fescue develops deeper foliage color when grown in full sun, but it can tolerate partial shade, and should be grown in part shade in areas with hot summers It is drought tolerant, and grows best in poor, sandy, well drained soils. It cannot tolerate heavy, wet soils or constant high humidity. Blue fescue usually is grown as a border or edging plant. Its fine texture and neat, compact shape make it well suited to line a path or mark the front of a perennial border. ...

Erigeron 'Azure Fairy' - Fleabane (731 readers)

Contributed by amazon 30.06 2007 on 10:06:09 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's text

Type: Herbaceous perennial, Flowers: Lavender, Comments: Azure Fairy Fleabane blooms from mid-summer into fall. Set the plants 12 inches apart in a sunny area and any well-drained soil. The plant can be used in light, sandy soil. Remove the old flowers as they fade to obtain additional flowering. It also makes a good cut flower. Propagation: Propagate by division in spring or fall. ...

Iris sibirica 'Butter and Sugar' - Siberian Iris (798 readers)

Contributed by amazon 06.07 2007 on 09:26:44 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Title and Article's text

White standards with yellow falls. One of the most easily grown Iris, originating from Northern Asia. Does well under all types of weather conditions. Best grown in a humus soil. Originally available only in deep violet purple, we are now able to offer many other colors which have the same fine naturalizing habits as the original. ...