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Lilies (554 readers)

Contributed by amazon 22.05 2007 on 09:11:49 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

A Guide to Choosing and Growing Lilies | Lilies are among the most glamorous and exotic of plants, yet they are surprisingly easy to cultivate in a wide range of temperate climates -there is a lily perfect for almost every region in North America! The lilys increasing popularity as both a cut flower and a garden subject is well deserved, and this handsome volume combines the flowers unrivaled visual allure with a wealth of practical information on growing and gardening with these romantic garden ...

Lilies (713 readers)

Contributed by amazon 26.04 2007 on 14:48:08 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Beautiful, easy-to-grow cultivars. | For centuries, adventurous botanists risked their lives to gather exquisite specimens from remote, perilous locations. Fortunes were spent shipping the lilies back to royalty and collectors who treasured them. Lilies gained a reputation with gardeners for being difficult plants: fussy, sulky, prone to a lingering death. This characterization, thankfully, is coming to an end. ...

Lilium 'Tango Halloween' - Asiatic Lily (820 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.08 2007 on 07:58:29 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Article's text

Halloweeen: Orange with Black Markings The Tango Lilies are a wonderful new hybrid of the popular Asiatic Lily. The flowers are enormous and vibrantly colored with each variety lavishly speckled in unique formations. In 1989, Piet Schenk, a Dutch Lily Hybridizer, bought pollen from Mr. Orekhof of Latvia, who introduced the first Tango Lily. In honor of Mr. Orekhof, all new Lilies in this series get the name Tango. These wonderful new hybrid lilies take the popular Asiatic varieties to new height ...

Lillium 'Honey Bee' - Tango Lily Honey Bee (4378 readers)

Contributed by amazon 18.09 2007 on 10:46:24 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Article's text

Honey Bee: Yellow with black markings The Tango Lilies are a wonderful new hybrid of the popular Asiatic Lily. The flowers are enormous and vibrantly colored with each variety lavishly speckled in unique formations. In 1989, Piet Schenk, a Dutch Lily Hybridizer, bought pollen from Mr. Orekhof of Latvia, who introduced the first Tango Lily. In honor of Mr. Orekhof, all new Lilies in this series get the name Tango. These wonderful new hybrid lilies take the popular Asiatic varieties to new heights ...

Lilies (716 readers)

Contributed by amazon 26.04 2007 on 14:54:19 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

A Guide for Growers and Collectors | Admired for elegant blossoms and graceful foliage, the lily commands a featured place in any garden. This book discusses the biology of the lily plant, its propagation, and its cultivation. ...

Tricyrtis hirta 'Blue Wonder' - Toad Lily (1215 readers)

Contributed by amazon 18.05 2007 on 20:59:04 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Toad Lilies are autumn flowering plants whose very exotic starry or bell-shaped flowers are borne on attractive arching stems. These occur in a wide range of forms usually spotted with a contrasting colour. Preferring a sheltered semi shaded site with adequate moisture they make ideal subjects for the woodland garden or that shadey corner. ...

Garden Bulbs for the South (842 readers)

Contributed by amazon 01.04 2007 on 10:58:58 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

There are hundreds of choice bulbs that revel in southern warmth and humidity, and Scott Ogden profiles the best of them in this fascinating, comprehensive volume. In a series of chapters that takes us through the gardening year, Ogden introduces the plants that help to give southern gardens their distinct regional flavor, many with charmingly descriptive names: rain lilies, oxblood lilies, jonquils, crinums, and scores of others. ...

Eucharis grandiflora - Amazon Lily (749 readers)

Contributed by amazon 08.07 2007 on 10:05:16 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

This spectacular, extremely fragrant Compact Amazon Lily has slimmer tighter foliage than traditional Amazon Lilies. Yet it has large wax white daffodil shaped flowers produced in considerable numbers. The plant prefers very bright, indirect light and should be kept evenly moist, not wet or dry. Normal house temperatures are fine. It is a cousin of the Amaryllis. ...

Fritillaria meleagris - Guinea-Hen Flower (695 readers)

Contributed by amazon 05.09 2007 on 09:02:34 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Article's text

Very easy to grow and very easy to get to bloom. Fantastic markings on each petal gives the plant its common name, Guinea Hen Flower. It is also known as the Checkered Lily, Rattlesnake Lily, and Snakes Head Lily. The proper name for this plant of many names is Fritillaria meleagris. ...

Lilium 'Boogie Woogie' - Oriental-Trumpet Lily (1196 readers)

Contributed by amazon 05.07 2007 on 11:52:07 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Article's text

Yellow with a soft pink edge These new Exclusive Orient and Trumpet Lily varieties are in a class by themselves and are a hybridizers perfect cross between the exotic Orientals and regal Trumpet Lily varieties. They are sometimes referred to as Orientpets. ...

Flower Stories (330 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.01 2008 on 12:32:46 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Jouni Sepp,nen is an internationally renowned master florist. He has won the Finnish championships six times, took part in the 1995 European championships in Hamburg and in the 1997 World championships in Amsterdam. He owns a design flower shop in central Helsinki and is in charge of the floristry training at the Kempele Master School. ...

Lilium 'Lovely Girl' - Oriental Lily (1044 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.01 2008 on 12:23:01 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Article's text

Exceptionally fine, fragrant lily! Jaunty white petals sporting yellow stripes and maroon spots. Blooms in midsummer. The regal splendor of Oriental lilies gives the crowning touch to your summer garden. They carry your garden through the hot summer into balmy autumn with their magnificent blooms, which are at least 6 across. ...

The Plant Doctor (532 readers)

Contributed by amazon 02.08 2007 on 10:50:09 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

A Practical Guide to Having a Healthy Garden | Every spring, plant lovers around the world are faced with life-or-death questions such as: Will it be petunias or pansies? Marigolds or morning glories? Do I dare plant azaleas in the shade? Although most of us still rely on friends or dumb luck to figure things out, there is a better way. The Plant Doctor is a gardeners one-stop resource for common gardening questions. Whether youre a novice struggling to keep your day lilies alive or a more exper ...

Waterlilies and Lotuses (723 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.04 2007 on 12:05:32 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Species, Cultivars, and New Hybrids | In this fully updated work, Perry Slocum describes nearly 500 species and cultivars of the crowning jewels of water gardens, the waterlilies and lotuses. This book includes more than 130 of the best new hybrids introduced since the landmark Water Gardening: Water Lilies and Lotuses by Perry Slocum and Peter Robinson was published. All species and the major cultivars, including day- and night-blooming tropical and hardy waterlilies and lotuses, are described ...

About Daylilies (3913 readers)

Contributed by bloomingfieldsfarm 24.09 2006 on 12:51:13 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's text

Daylilies are long-living perennial plants, with large flowers and a very wide range of colors. Practically pest-free and tolerant of drought, they require little attention. The Daylily has become Americas favorite perennial flower. ...

Faux Florals for All Occasions (796 readers)

Contributed by amazon 12.12 2007 on 09:46:22 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Faux Florals for Every Occasion is a fresh approach to silk flower arranging. The author, a renowned floral designer, takes the reader beyond everyday expectations and inspires creativity with 40 sumptuous and contemporary designs. Remarkable advances have been made in the look and feel of silk flowers, and today hundreds of varieties are widely available. You can choose from traditional faux roses to slender lilies, delicate freesia and gossamer poppies all as vibrant and real looking as the fr ...

ABCs Of Bulb Gardening (403 readers)

Contributed by bloomingbulb 13.05 2007 on 12:14:19 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Article's text

Flowering plants that overwinter and multiply by means on fleshy stems of leaves are called bulbs. The bulbs we grow in our gardens today are native to temperate zones all over the world, the woodlands, meadows and mountains of the Mediterranean, Middle East, and North America. The Dutch have been extremely successful over the centuries in collection and hybridizing new species of bulbs and improving them for reliable garden performance. Tulips in particular, once played an important role in the ...

The Garden Plants of China (758 readers)

Contributed by amazon 08.04 2007 on 09:57:00 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Gardens have long been an integral part of Chinese culture, written about by scholars and prized by emperors and priests; think of Chinese scrolls traced with plum blossoms and wood-block prints etched with pine branches or bamboo. The West has not only received a great number of fine plants from China, its also been influenced by the Chinese appreciation of plants, by their ideas on striving to have something in bloom year-round, and by their treasuring shape as well as bloom. A surprising numb ...

Hot Plants for Cool Climates (954 readers)

Contributed by amazon 13.04 2007 on 08:53:09 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Gardening with Tropical Plants in Temperate Zones | The most exciting new trend in garden design is the lush look of the tropics -- no matter where you live! If, like so many gardeners, youre a little bored with pastel flowers and rigid borders, welcome to the jungly garden, where the plants have huge shiny leaves, boldly colored foliage, ferny textures, and flame-colored flowers. Now that garden centers and nurseries are stocking banana plants, elephant ears, giant ferns, and Amazon lilies, you ...