Growing Green

Climbers and Wall Plants (Horticulture Gardener's Guides)

Growing Green (527 readers)

Contributed by amazon 10.07 2007 on 14:39:44 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Growing Green: Animal-Free Organic Techniques is an essential guide about organic growing and is perfect for absolute beginners as well as experienced professionals. This book introduces the concept of stockfree-organic and shows, through case studies, that when growers abandon the use of slaughterhouse by-products and manures they can be rewarded with healthier crops, less weeds, pests and diseases. ...

Sedum burrito - Burrito Burros (2852 readers)

Contributed by amazon 06.07 2007 on 09:22:04 Topic: Plants / Sukulents, Cactuses Match on Title and Article's text

The Burrito Burros Tail is a trailing succulent plant, native to Mexico. The plant creates long drooping tendrils several feet long. It has fat blue-green leaves growing on stems. This succulent will give you wonderful pink blooms in the spring. Burrito Burros Tail makes an excellent indoor plant, particularly well- suited to growing in a hanging basket. You do want to grow it where it can get some direct sunlight which promotes the blue- green color in the leaves. ...

Archontophoenix alexandrae - Alexandra Palm (817 readers)

Contributed by amazon 13.10 2007 on 10:33:48 Topic: Plants / Other Match on Title and Article's text

The King Palm is one of the most beautiful and stately palms. Its smooth, green trunk is tall, slender, and predominantly ringed. Its intricate dark green foliage is 8-10 feet in length. The King Palm is hardy to 28 degrees. A fast-growing palm, it reaches a height of 20-50 feet with little maintenance. Native to northeast Australia where it can grow to 50 feet or more and the leaves grow 8-14 feet in length. Makes an excellent house plant or patio plant in cooler regions. ...

Acer palmatum dissectum 'Viridis' - Japanese Maple (3151 readers)

Contributed by amazon 18.10 2007 on 09:23:45 Topic: Plants / Conifers Match on Title and Article's text

Lace-leaf Japanese Maple Acer palmatum dissectum Viridis A green lace-leaf type Japanese Maple. Growing in a round dome will take 50 years to get 10 feet tall. Leaves dissected to mid-vein and green. In Fall colors are red-orange. Spectacular for a bonsai! ...

Hostas (913 readers)

Contributed by amazon 28.03 2007 on 19:10:38 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

The definitive guide to a popular hardy perennial. The growing popularity of hostas can be credited to their colorful beauty, longevity and ability to grow successfully just about anywhere. Hosta foliage comes in astonishing variations. From blue, green, yellow to multicolored, the leaves appear in all manner of shape, size and texture. ...

Iberis sempervirens - Evergreen Candytuft (1012 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.06 2007 on 09:20:12 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's text

Candytuft White (Iberis sempervirens) | Free-flowering and spreading! Mounds of Snow on Low-Growing, Evergreen Plants! Each 6-inch plant is awash in white blooms all spring! Long-lived and easy to grow! Few evergreen perennials boast the flower power of this vigorous little plant! Every spring, these low-growing 6-inch-tall plants vanish beneath hundreds of dainty white blooms that tumble over walls or creep along the ground in the sunny garden. ...

Cattleya Angel Love 'Pinky' - Cattleya Orchid Plant (863 readers)

Contributed by amazon 26.06 2007 on 13:00:25 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's text

Angel Love Pinky HCC/AOS. Elegant clusters of mauve-pink with cream colored lip blushed with a darker mauve-pink. Flowers held high above the foliage on compact plants. Light fragrance. The plant is 4-6 tall and growing in a 4 pot. Cattleyas (cat-LAY-a) - Cattleyas have earned the reputation as the Queen of Orchids and are known to the public as the ultimate in floral corsages. While some naturally occurring species are offered by growers, the most popular plants are man-made hybrids derived fro ...

Sophora japonica 'Pendula' - Japanese pagoda tree (1784 readers)

Contributed by havlis 27.05 2008 on 10:32:32 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Trees Match on Title and Article's text

If you went looking for a tree typical for every city you would find jacarandas in Buenos Aires, London planes in London, and in Prague you would be struck by the beauty of Japanese pagoda trees . Numerous specimens were planted there many years ago. Now they have skyscraping trunks and huge crowns, blooming tremendously from July till August. ...

Juniperus horizontalis 'Andorra Variegata' - creeping juniper (1562 readers)

Contributed by havlis 02.04 2008 on 14:28:31 Topic: Plants / Conifers Match on Title and Article's text

Creeping juniper is a useful and maintenance-free shrub, popular with landscapers. They are so easy to grow and need very little care. This variety has creamy-yellow varigated leaves. The branches grow upright and slightly droop at the edge of the shrub. The green branches turn violet-blue in winter. It is compact, medium to slow growing. ...

Metasequoia glyptostroboides - dawn redwood (2418 readers)

Contributed by havlis 25.11 2007 on 19:45:15 Topic: Plants / Conifers Match on Title and Article's text

Dawn redwood is a rare deciduous conifer with bright green opposite needles that fade to coppery-golden in the autumn. It was believed to be extinct for centuries. Until first specimen were brought from China in 1941 and propagated throughout the world. This fast growing tree of pyramidal habit looks beautiful and at the same time exotic enough to stand on its own, or it can be used as a windbreak. ...

Stachys densiflora 'Hummelo' - Common Betony (670 readers)

Contributed by amazon 20.09 2007 on 07:43:55 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's text

Family: Lamiaceae. In summer, slender stems bearing loose spikes of flwoers rise from the clumps of low-growing foliage. make wonderful additions to specialty gardens, edges or the front of borders. Green foliage, purple flowers. ...

Hosta 'Ginko Craig' - Hosta (636 readers)

Contributed by amazon 18.09 2007 on 11:02:41 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's text

Narrow, lance-shaped, grass-green, with neat, white-edged margins. Clump forming. Prolific, funnel-shaped, violet-orchid, striped flowers in July-August on 18 wiry stems. Easy care plant multiplies rapidly. Ideal for edging a shady border, as a groundcover under trees, or as a patio container plant. Extremely hardy. Prefers partial to full shade, but will tolerate morning sun. Growing in a 4 pot, well rooted and established. ...

Many uses for groundcovers (2) - Evergreen perennials (3631 readers)

Contributed by pph 11.04 2007 on 20:29:17 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's text

Vinca minor, Pachysandra terminalis, Acaena, Waldsteinia ternata, Lamium maculatum ‘White Nancy’, Stachys byzantina ‘Primrose Heron’ Vinca minor An outstanding evergreen groundcover that is completely winter hardy. Vinca will thrive in shaded locations where a lawn cannot grow. Vinca minor produces small narrow leaves and small blue flowers and reaches a height of about 20 cm. There are also cultivars with white flowers (‘Alba’), purple flowers (‘Atropurpurea’) with silver and green variegated ...

Grasses (541 readers)

Contributed by amazon 04.06 2007 on 09:46:35 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Versatile Partners for Uncommon Garden Design | From spring green to winter gold, the drama of grasses is nonstop. There are the striking yellow-and-green ostrich plumes of Zebra Grass. The fine-textured leaves of Blue Oat Grass. Flame Grasss dazzling red-orange leaves, Fountain Grasss coppery brushes, the rich brown nuggets of Northern Sea Oats, the feathery purple haze of Switch Grass. ...

Heuchera x villosa 'Citronelle' - Coral Bells (550 readers)

Contributed by amazon 04.08 2008 on 11:24:51 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's text

Family: Saxifragaceae Origin: Hybrid origin. Bright lime yellow-green foliage. Cream flowers. Exceptionally strong grower for this coloring. Sun to partial shade and well-drained, alkaline, organic soil. Excellent plants for the front of the perennial border or among trees and shrubs. Growing in 4 pot. ...

Many uses for groundcovers (1) (1174 readers)

Contributed by pph 11.04 2007 on 20:26:16 Topic: Plants / Other Match on Title and Article's text

Groundcovers are low-growing plants that form a sod as they develop in a horizontal direction. Some varieties are evergreen and some are even reasonably tolerant of being walked on. An advantage of using groundcovers is that their closely-knit carpet of leaves gives weeds down. ...

Davidia involucrata - dove tree (1320 readers)

Contributed by havlis 17.03 2008 on 10:56:54 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Trees Match on Title and Article's text

This elegant and rather exotic looking tree is still rare in cultivation in Europe. It was believed to have been extinct after the glacial era, however, in late 19th century some specimens were found in Sichuan, China. Dove tree was brought to Britain in 1903 and cultivated as a rarity in some gardens of the tempered climate. ...

Pyracantha coccinea 'Orange Glow' - Orange Firethorn (2341 readers)

Contributed by abies 07.12 2007 on 12:45:25 Topic: Plants / Evergreen Shrubs Match on Title and Article's text

Evergreen, dense, fast growing shrub of regular round habit and small oval dark green leaves. Grown for its dense inflorescences of small white flowers and masses of brightly coloured ball-shaped small fruits which surround the young branches all along their length. In case of Orange Glow variety they are bright orange. They appear as green in Summer, change to orange in Autumn and remain on branches untill eaten by birds in Winter. ...

Quercus palustris 'Swamp Pygmy' - dwarf pin oak (1235 readers)

Contributed by havlis 10.11 2007 on 18:25:33 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Title and Article's text

This pin oak has a great name, so true to what it really is = a slow growing dwarf suitable for even the smallest of gardens where it can easily be used as an attractive specimen. It has extremely deeply lobed leaves, 15-17 long, that are deep green and glossy during the season. Its main feature are the autumn colours which begin with vivid red and purple, later changing to golden yellow and orange. ...

Pyracantha coccinea 'Soleil d´Or' - Golden Firethorn (1182 readers)

Contributed by abies 16.10 2007 on 09:57:40 Topic: Plants / Evergreen Shrubs Match on Title and Article's text

Evergreen, dense, fast growing shrub of regular round habit and small oval dark green leaves. Grown for its dense inflorescences of small white flowers and masses of brightly coloured ball-shaped small fruits which surround the young branches all along their length. In case of Soleil d´Or variety they are bright yellow. They appear as green in Summer, change to yellow in Autumn and remain on branches untill eaten by birds in Winter. ...