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The Gardener's Palette: A Year of Color in the Flower Garden

Cryptanthus bivittatus 'Black Mystic' - Earth Star, Starfish Plant (702 readers)

Contributed by amazon 03.07 2007 on 09:13:56 Topic: Plants / Other Match on Title and Article's text

The Black Mystic Earths Star (Cryptanthus) is an easy to grow house plant forming rosettes of leaves. The leaves are succulent, with wavy margins and teeth; they are strongly banded in silver and black. The white flowers appear nested in the center in this plant. Cryptanthus tolerate a temperature range from 40 degrees F to over 100 degrees F. Optimum growth occurs between 60-85 degrees F. Keep the medium evenly moist at all times, but not wet or dry. A sunny location is prefered. New plants (pu ...

The Earth Knows My Name (475 readers)

Contributed by amazon 27.07 2007 on 08:51:44 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Food, Culture, and Sustainability in the Gardens of Ethnic America | nspired by her own familys immigrant history, Patricia Klindienst traveled the country, gathering stories of urban, suburban, and rural gardens created by people rarely presented in books about American gardens: Native Americans, immigrants from across Asia and Europe, and ethnic peoples who were here long before our national boundaries were drawn. In The Earth Knows My Name, she writes about the beautiful gardens she discovere ...

Natural Remodeling for the Not-So-Green House (490 readers)

Contributed by amazon 28.05 2007 on 11:01:30 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Bringing Your Home into Harmony with Nature (Natural Home & Garden) | To have a home that’s more in touch with the earth, you don’t have to start from the ground up! It’s possible—and more environmentally friendly—to go green by renovating an existing home. With the help of Carol Venolia, an award-winning architect and bestselling author, and Kelly Lerner, a world-famous innovator in the field of sustainable development, even the least mechanically inclined person can make a difference in hi ...

Down to Earth With Helen Dillon (545 readers)

Contributed by amazon 04.12 2007 on 12:02:13 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title

In this book Helen Dillon encapsulates, in her inimitable witty and accessible style, her lifetime of gardening know-how, deep love of plants and assured sense of design. Here is illumination for every gardener—from the beginner wondering why nothing will grow in the garden of the new house to the sophisticate aiming at exquisitely subtle effects. Thoughtful ideas on garden style are underpinned by practical advice on looking after plants and careful instructions on the basics of digging, planti ...

Cryptanthus - Bronze Mystic Earths Star (655 readers)

Contributed by amazon 06.07 2007 on 09:18:24 Topic: Plants / Sukulents, Cactuses Match on Title and Article's text

The Bronze Mystic Earths Star (Cryptanthus) is an easy to grow house plant forming rosettes of leaves. The leaves are succulent, with wavy margins and teeth; they are strongly banded in bronze and deep brown. The white flowers appear nested in the center in this plant. Cryptanthus tolerate a temperature range from 40 degrees F to over 100 degrees F. Optimum growth occurs between 60-85 degrees F. ...

Gardening with Light & Colour (299 readers)

Contributed by amazon 25.11 2007 on 11:53:37 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Encouraging gardeners to reassess their favorite flowers and how they are planted, the focus here is on working with natural light to get the best out of any garden. Readers are led through the color spectrum and given advice on which plants to choose and how to handle them in northern and southern hemisphere gardens, all backed by stunning photography. ...

DVD Encyclopedia of Garden Design & Renovation (502 readers)

Contributed by amazon 30.06 2007 on 11:03:17 Topic: Other / Software, DVD Match on Article's text

In this informative two-part DVD, hosts Peter Seabrook and Anne Swithinbank demonstrate how to turn a bare-earth plot into a lush, beautiful garden. Includes everything from planning, selecting the right tools, soil preparing, & laying a new lawn. The hosts then offer the best long-term approach to dealing with an overgrown or derelict garden. With a host of easy and practical tips, they will show how to quickly restore your garden to its full potential! Author, journalist and TV personality ...

In the Company of Stone (499 readers)

Contributed by amazon 15.10 2007 on 21:03:09 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

“Finding stone, choosing it, and letting go of it are the three things a waller does. I’d miss any one of them too much if I asked someone else to do them for me. I may work by myself, but I’m not alone. I’m in the company of stone.” ...

Ginkgo biloba - maidenhair tree (1046 readers)

Contributed by havlis 12.03 2008 on 10:37:07 Topic: Plants / Conifers Match on Article's text

Maidenhair tree is probably one of the oldest species on Earth. It was here some 180 million years ago … obviously it was the time when the Dead Sea was still ill. Its extreme tolerance of various conditions made it survive to our time. One tree can live as long as 2000 years. ...

McGee & Stuckey's Bountiful Container (537 readers)

Contributed by amazon 28.05 2007 on 11:04:03 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Create Container Gardens of Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, and Edible Flowers | With few exceptions-such as corn and pumpkins-everything edible thats grown in a traditional garden can be raised in a container. And with only one exception-watering-container gardening is a whole lot easier. Beginning with the down-to-earth basics of soil, sun and water, fertilizer, seeds and propagation, The Bountiful Container is an extraordinarily complete, plant-by-plant guide. ...

Impatiens (689 readers)

Contributed by amazon 04.12 2007 on 12:06:46 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

The Vibrant World of Busy Lizzies, Balsams, and Touch-me-nots | Many gardeners know of Impatiens walleriana , the species that lies behind the myriad colorful garden varieties that brighten up containers, window boxes, and shady spots throughout the world. The genus Impatiens is enormous, comprising over a thousand species—many of which, although highly desirable, remain lilttle known to Western gardeners. ...

The Way We Garden Now (479 readers)

Contributed by amazon 27.09 2007 on 09:03:10 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Energizing, Inspiring, Edible, and Exciting: That’s what bestselling author Katherine Whiteside says gardening ought to be. Whether you have a half acre of land in the country or a tiny patch of grass in the city, whether you’re an experienced digger or you’ve never held a trowel, Whiteside offers forty-one versatile projects that will make anyone into a proud gardener. ...

Saintpaulia 'EverSpecial' - African Violet (878 readers)

Contributed by amazon 18.07 2007 on 09:45:44 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Everfloris African Violets or Space Babies are one of the Newest and most popular series by Optimara: Continuously Blooming! The EverFloris is the first continuously blooming African Violet whch has beautiful wazy leaves and the flowers all have a stunning white-greenish edge. Theyre out of this world! ...

Designing with Plants (551 readers)

Contributed by amazon 10.04 2007 on 10:37:21 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

When your new gardening bible comes with chapters entitled Birth, Life, and Death, you know youre in trouble. But be brave, turn to those chapters, and in some very practical little essays on planting, youll uncover the very down-to-earth principle from which Piet Oudolfs radical reinvention of gardening is based: plants die. In the traditional mixed border, shrubs, climbers, perennials, bulbs, and annuals defy mortality; when one plant passes its best, theres always another in the wings, waitin ...

The Explorer's Garden (652 readers)

Contributed by amazon 08.04 2007 on 09:53:05 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

If, like so many other gardeners the world over, youre enamored of Dan Hinkleys Heronswood Nursery catalog, youll love the Explorers Garden . Heronswood is a wildly successful nursery in Kingston, Washington, that offers many of the most beautiful and unusual plants available anywhere. My guess is that once The Explorers Garden is read through for pleasure, it will be used over and over again as a supplement to the catalog, as it thoroughly describes the plants Hinkley offers at Heronswood, and ...

A to Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants (3645 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.11 2006 on 09:26:20 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

The most comprehensive, detailed, and lavishly illustrated guide to garden plants ever published, first published in 1997, has now been completely revised to include nearly 250 new plants and photos. The AHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants is an essential reference for all gardeners, from novices to experts. ...