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Designing California Native Gardens: The Plant Community Approach to Artful, Ecological Gardens

Echeveria - Blue Mexican Rose (860 readers)

Contributed by amazon 04.07 2007 on 10:24:39 Topic: Plants / Sukulents, Cactuses Match on Article's text

Echeverias are succulent type plants (similar to cactus) that are extremely easy to grow. Like cactus they prefer sun and a thorough watering when dry. The flowers are spectacular. They are native to Mexico and make easy to grow house plants. ...

Saponaria officinalis - Soapwort (717 readers)

Contributed by amazon 03.09 2007 on 09:43:39 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Low growing groundcover, profusion of light pink flowers throughout the summer. Easy to grow, great for spilling over rocks and walls. Traditionally used as soap. Grows 3 inches tall. Prefers sun. Hardy in zones 5-9. Easy to grow! ...

All About Roses (Ortho's All About Gardening) (933 readers)

Contributed by amazon 29.03 2007 on 11:08:24 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Learn how to make the most of roses in your garden. Growing beautiful roses doesnt have to be difficult. All About Roses is filled with expert advice on choosing the right rose for your space, and nurturing it for years of beauty. Whether youre eyeing a hybrid tea you remember from your mothers garden, or one of the new easy-care landscaping varieties, this book makes it easy to add the unmatched beauty of roses to your garden. ...

Quick & Easy Handmade Garden Furniture (592 readers)

Contributed by amazon 27.07 2007 on 08:57:14 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

With the right furnishings and accessories, your back yard and garden will be the most enjoyable part of your home--a haven in which you can truly unwind, entertain, and, of course, cultivate your plants. Philip and Kate Haxell Have created a diverse range of garden furniture from a New England-x wooden bench to a woven willow sun screen. With 23 easy-to-make projects for furnishings, accessories, and gardeners equipment, Quick and Easy Handmade Garden Furniture graces every garden with a person ...

All About Roses (566 readers)

Contributed by amazon 24.09 2007 on 10:27:30 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Learn how to make the most of roses in your garden | Growing beautiful roses doesnt have to be difficult. All About Roses is filled with expert advice on choosing the right rose for your space, and nurturing it for years of beauty. Whether youre eyeing a hybrid tea you remember from your mothers garden, or one of the new easy-care landscaping varieties, this book makes it easy to add the unmatched beauty of roses to your garden. ...

Helianthus annuus 'Italian White' - Sunflower (789 readers)

Contributed by amazon 27.09 2007 on 08:46:32 Topic: Plants / Annuals Match on Article's text

Boldly contrasting, big creamy white flowers with deep chocolate centres. Excellent for flower arranging and great at back of borders or against a tall wall where they provide atmosphere and contrast. Flowers summer. Height 4-5ft. ...

Easy Flowers (652 readers)

Contributed by amazon 18.07 2007 on 10:15:19 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Florist Jane Durbridge and writer Antonia Swinson bring you elegantly modern, unfussy arrangements to enjoy every day--from a touch of colour to brighten a desk to suggestions for stylish entertaining and floral gifts. Easy Flowers are affordable, stylish, and quick to put together. The emphasis is on striking use of form and colour rather than on costly blooms or time-consuming bouquets. Flower Basics tells you how to buy, care for, and prolong the life of your flowers, and gives invaluable adv ...

New Complete Guide to Landscaping: Design, Plant, Build (2123 readers)

Contributed by amazon 08.09 2006 on 11:35:01 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

The perfect companion to the Better Homes and Gardens New Complete Guide to Gardening. Illustrated easy-to-follow instructions for planning, designing, and building typical landscape projects. ...

Pulsatilla vulgaris - Pasque Flower (792 readers)

Contributed by amazon 20.06 2007 on 09:29:21 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

A tough garden performer! Bright Bells on Easy, Fast-Growing Plants! Elegant 2-inch bells of richest blue. This gorgeous flower is easy to start, fast to grow, and impossible to resist! The plants reach 8 inches tall and wide, bursting into spring bloom! A tough garden performer, this Anemone makes a strong impression in the front of the border, along walkways, and in the sunny to partly-shaded bed. ...

The Green Gardener (636 readers)

Contributed by amazon 11.07 2007 on 12:23:55 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Working with Nature, Not Against It | Maintaining a colorful and productive garden is easy with the advice on how to change gardening ways and embrace green, organic techniques in this handy little book. This illustrated manual includes easy-to-follow information on such tasks as improving the soil, saving water, mulching, and creating green gardens as well as sections on how to best handle birds, rodents, and other visitors; how to attract the right insects; how to use the right sprays and trap ...

Carex comans 'Bronze' - New Zealand Hair Sedge (2296 readers)

Contributed by amazon 20.05 2007 on 18:58:28 Topic: Plants / Grass, Grasses Match on Article's text

Rich Honey Tones All Year! Coppery with pink tints in spring, then golden-amber till frost! Now heres a nice change of pace for your edging, containers, and border accents! Bronze Carex is just what its name promises -- an ornamental grass (easy and carefree!) that keeps its honey-toned leaves right through the summer heat and into fall! The only time it changes in when the new foliage emerges in spring -- its as coppery-bright as a new penny, with pink highlights!This Carex quickly forms a neat ...

Trees Of The Pacific Northwest (527 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.05 2007 on 09:21:08 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

For wilderness travelers and backyard naturalists alike, the sheer number and variety of North American trees can make identification a daunting task. For those who have struggled to distinguish the Pacific Yew from the Redwood or the Quaking Aspen from the Fremont Cottonwood comes Trees of the U.S., a user-friendly series of field guides. Ingeniously organized to allow for easy reference, each book in the series offers complete coverage of a given region of the United States and includes detail ...

Garden Spaces (660 readers)

Contributed by amazon 05.09 2007 on 09:17:56 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Simple Solutions for Planning and Design | Award-winning garden designer George Carter presents an array of imaginative ways to transform the look of an existing garden or create an entirely new one. With his expert techniques outlined in explanatory photographs, drawings, and easy-to-follow plans its easy to enliven or disguise unpleasant aspects of a gardens perimeters, make the most of both light and shade, and choose surface substitutes for grass and paving. Theres also invaluable advice on ...

Quick & Easy Container Gardening (690 readers)

Contributed by amazon 05.03 2008 on 13:10:01 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Whether your garden is large or small, traditional or modern, Quick and Easy Container Gardening is packed with ideas and inspiration. As well as all the basic techniques you need for successful planting in pots, there are 20 step-by-step project ideas that are so simple to follow. If you wish to grow your own, a chapter on Crops in Pots shows how to grow fruit, herbs, and vegetables on a small scale. ...

Western Garden Book (1833 readers)

Contributed by amazon 27.02 2007 on 16:35:45 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Gardeners throughout the region will be welcoming a thoroughly updated and fresh-looking 8th edition of the bible of Western gardening. With a new, easy-to-read design, more plant photography, larger illustrations, and more than 8,000 plant listings--500 of them new--its THE essential book for gardeners in the Western states. ...

Hibiscus moscheutos 'Disco Belle Mixed' - Hardy Hibiscus (815 readers)

Contributed by amazon 19.02 2008 on 09:09:28 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Pest-free and easy to grow in full sun! These Gorgeous 9-inch Blooms Can Take the Heat! Huge, parasol-shaped flowers completely cover the compact, bushy 2 -foot plant! All summer long, enormous 9-inch pink, red, rose, and white blooms cover these neat 2 -foot plants! Disco Belle is spectacular as a quick summer hedge or a border standout, with parasol-shaped blooms of exquisite shades! Pest-free and easy to grow in full sun and moisture-rich soil, it offers non-stop flowers, even during a heat w ...

Easy to Make Outdoor Structures (755 readers)

Contributed by amazon 10.07 2007 on 14:48:27 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Projects for Yard and Garden Living | What structure would make your garden perfect—a crowning touch like an arched gateway? A shady place to put a comfy chair? Or a shed for neatly storing your landscaping tools? Whatever practical or decorative feature it needs, this attractive collection has the perfect yard project. Best of all, they’re wonderfully doable for even the complete beginner, thanks to these instructive photographs, excellent plans, helpful sidebars, and easy-to-follow guidance. I ...

Iberis sempervirens - Evergreen Candytuft (1009 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.06 2007 on 09:20:12 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on 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. ...

Orchids to Know and Grow (548 readers)

Contributed by amazon 02.07 2007 on 23:05:34 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Orchids are easy to grow, but one doesnt grow orchids like a rose, a cactus, or an African violet; one grows an orchid like an orchid! This book debunks some of the hard-to-grow myths, gives cultural information, and does so in easy-to-understand language.--Robert J. Ferry, research associate, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens ...

Fritillaria meleagris - Guinea-Hen Flower (692 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. ...