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Winter-Flowering Shrubs (782 readers)

Contributed by amazon 12.04 2007 on 10:26:46 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Gardeners, plant collectors, horticulturists, and landscape designers will find a valuable resource in this carefully selected plant directory of best performing winter-flowering shrubs. Readers will find daphnes, viburnums, witch hazels, and camellias to suit every taste and garden situation, as well as information about how to help their choice winter-flowering shrubs flourish from November to March. ...

Prunus 'Accolade' - flowering cherry (756 readers)

Contributed by havlis 20.04 2008 on 20:50:08 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Trees Match on Title and Article's text

This flowering cherry is a cross between prunus sargentii and prunus subhirtella. It has profusion of pale pink, semi-double flowers which open from deep pink buds in mid spring. Leaves are dark green, to 10 cm long. It forms an irregular, wide crown, ideal as a specimen. It does not need much maintenance, it likes moist, slightly acidic, well-drained soil, and a lot of space. ...

Ribes sanguineum 'King Edward VII' - flowering curran (377 readers)

Contributed by havlis 17.05 2008 on 13:26:34 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Title and Article's text

Flowering currant is one of the most beautiful and easy-to-grow plants with early spring flowering. The flowers are formed in short, pending racemes. Their colour is bright pinkish-red and they come out gradually for about 3 weeks as the racemes grow. Deciduous leaves are palmate, lobed, mid green and turn yellow, orange and pink in autumn. Fruits are small berries that are edible but not very tasteful. ...

Wisteria floribunda 'Violacea Plena' - Japanese wisteria (461 readers)

Contributed by havlis 17.05 2008 on 13:38:35 Topic: Plants / Climber Plants Match on Article's text

Vioalcea Plena is a magnificent variety of Japanese wisteria. This climber bears 30-40 cm long racemes of double, deep violet, scented flowers that make this plant a fantastic show-stopper when in full bloom. In English-speaking countries it is often sold under another name: Black Dragon (and Yea Koku Riu in Japan). It is a late flowering cultivar that flowers along with leaves which is May to early June. It may take 3-5 years to start flowering. Being late in flowering it escapes late frosts. E ...

Flowering Plant Families of the World (862 readers)

Contributed by amazon 20.04 2007 on 08:45:27 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

This definitive book, now completely updated, will remain a key reference for gardeners, botanists and plant professionals worldwide. ...

Wisteria floribunda 'Violacea Plena' - Japanese wisteria (318 readers)

Contributed by havlis 27.05 2008 on 10:19:45 Topic: Plants / Climber Plants Match on Article's text

Prunus campanulata 'Okame' - flowering cherry (558 readers)

Contributed by havlis 20.04 2008 on 20:54:32 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Trees Match on Title and Article's text

This uncommon flowering cherry comes from Taiwan. It is a small tree, well branched even without trimming, with neony pink flowers with yellow stamens. Ideal for japanese style gardens, or anywhere to highlight its surroundings with the splash of early spring colour. ...

Tropical Flowering Plants (659 readers)

Contributed by amazon 13.04 2007 on 08:58:11 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

A Guide to Identification and Cultivation | This book bridges a long-standing gap between obscure references in tropical botany and the gardeners need for an accurate, practical guide with clear photographs. Incorporating the latest advances in plant taxonomy from the definitive text of Dr. Walter Judd, the book is a rare work of scrupulous research — and magnificent photography — that will be as useful to the gardener as it is to the botanist. Kirsten Llamas exhaustively documents more than 140 ...

Bletilla striata - hyacinth orchid (884 readers)

Contributed by havlis 22.03 2008 on 17:01:10 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

How about a garden orchid? If you like unusual plants look at this princess from China. It is a hardy plant that can be planted outdoors down to USDA zone 5. Typically orchid-like flowers are magenta or lavender pink, 4-5 cm wide, borne at tips of 15-25 cm long stems. There can be 6-12 flowers on each stem. It starts flowering in June and continues for about a month. ...

Great Flowering Landscape Trees (681 readers)

Contributed by amazon 28.10 2007 on 08:06:19 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Devoted entirely to the flowering trees most recommended for home and urban landscapes, this handy encyclopedia discusses the basics—horticultural terms, botanic names, hardiness zones, and native versus exotic species—as well as each tree’s unique characteristics, such as height, spread, flower color and size, flowering period, fruit, and seeds. Entries are supplemented with pertinent growing tips regarding pests and diseases, as well as the benefits of exceptional varieties and cultivars. ...

Echinacea 'Fatal Atraction' - Coneflower (836 readers)

Contributed by amazon 11.07 2007 on 12:15:36 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Coneflower - Echinacea Fatal Atraction Origin: Hybrid origin. Large, deep purple-pink flowers on dark-red stems lure the eye to this richly colored variety with perky, non-drooping petals. Produces many flowers on strong stems. Requires full sun and well-drained fertile soil. Drought resistant. Dead-heading will prolong the flowering period. Long-flowering daisies for the sunny border, prairie garden or wildflower meadow. Also used for cutflowers. ...

Euphorbia polychroma 'Lacey' - Cushion Spurge (1064 readers)

Contributed by amazon 18.10 2007 on 09:31:10 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on 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. ...

Great Flowering Landscape Shrubs (489 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.05 2007 on 09:30:24 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propagation and Uses | With stunning color photos throughout, this gardening guide describes more than 50 types of the best flowering shrubs and details their use in home landscaping. Shrubs are arranged by genus, separated into deciduous flowering and notable evergreen shrubs, and listed with the common name; size and shape; foliage color, shape, and texture; flower and fruit (if any); soil, nutrient, and light needs; pruning needs for ...

Doronicum orientale - Leopard's Bane (759 readers)

Contributed by amazon 28.10 2007 on 07:39:48 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Leopards-bane may be used in sunny areas in any ordinary garden soil. The yellow flowers appear in May and may be cut for arrangements. The plants are shallow rooted and 18 to 30 inches tall. Planting may be done in spring or autumn. Propagation is by division after flowering, in spring, or in October. Space the plants 12 to 15 inches apart. ...

DVD Encyclopedia of Roses (435 readers)

Contributed by amazon 30.06 2007 on 10:52:43 Topic: Other / Software, DVD Match on Article's text

In this fact-filled DVD, hosts Peter Seabrook and Anne Swithinbank show how you can produce more roses and better plants than ever before! You will learn to plant bare root and container grown bushes for long-term flowering, the right timing and correct techniques for pruning, the importance of fertilizers for plant growth and flowering, how to select and use products for pest and disease control, why summer deadheading is more than just the removal of faded flowers, and much more! Author, journ ...

Prunus serrulata 'Kanzan' - Japanese Flowering Cherry (2930 readers)

Contributed by abies 01.11 2007 on 18:16:14 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Trees Match on Title and Article's text

This is one of the most popular and hardiest ornamental cherry trees available. A vigorous deciduous small to medium-sized tree with an upright habit when young and wider canopy when older. In spring the tree is laden with large double, purplish-pink showy flowers shortly before the bronze foliage appears. Leaves are large, ovate to narrow-ovate, with margins toothed. ...

Geranium 'Blue Blood' - Hardy Geranium (860 readers)

Contributed by amazon 27.03 2008 on 17:28:14 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Origin: Hybrid origin. Large, dark purple-blue flowers accentuated with even darker veining create a sea of color over a bushy plant. Foliage turns red in the fall. The darkest large-flowering geranium. ...

Prunus 'Pink Perfection' - flowering cherry (884 readers)

Contributed by havlis 20.04 2008 on 21:29:57 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Trees Match on Title and Article's text

The name of this flowering cherry says it all: Pink Perfection. It belongs to our most popular cherries. In mid-spring relatively small buds appear and it takes them up to 2 weeks to open up so the stunning display can begin. 2-3 cm wide, double flowers hang in clusters of 3-5 make the tree crown look like one huge candy floss. They are light pink inside and bright pink towards the edges, looking like shiny neon. The crown is moderate to slow growing, spreading. Owing to a large number of flower ...

Aconitum napellus - monkshood (229 readers)

Contributed by havlis 07.06 2008 on 06:23:34 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Monkshood is a showy perennial flowering in summer. The flowers are indigo blue, formed in erect racemes on stems that can be 1.5 tall. Individual flowers open up from July and continue as the stems grow taller until end August. Leaves are deeply lobed, almost dissected, mid green, very ornamental. A favourite cut flower. ...

Fraxinus ornus 'Meczek' - manna ash, flowering ash (1017 readers)

Contributed by havlis 08.02 2008 on 10:14:27 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Trees Match on Title and Article's text

Meczek is a special variety of flowering ash with a compact, mop-shaped, round crown that does not have to be trimmed to maintain its shape. It was selected in Hungary in 1980´s. ...