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Houseplants From A to Z (Compass Guides)

Gaillardia aristata 'Goblin' - Blanket Flower (639 readers)

Contributed by amazon 31.08 2007 on 09:46:32 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Indian Blanket | Rich red flowers with yellow tips have red disk centers. Ideal for front borders and cutting. Once established, plants will tolerate heat and dry soils. Prefers the sun. ...

Camassia cusickii - Cusick's Quamash (689 readers)

Contributed by amazon 24.09 2007 on 09:48:30 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Article's text

Indian Blue Hyacinth (Camassia cusickii) - Outstanding planted with late pink tulips! This late spring bloomer has vivid light blue, 1 star shaped flowers borne along the top 8-12 of the stems which can reach almost 3. Plant 3-5 apart and equally deep. ...

Helichrysum italicum - Curry Plant, Immortelle (808 readers)

Contributed by amazon 06.06 2007 on 08:23:09 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Curry Plant looks very similar to a Lavender in its leaf stage. But, it looks totally different in bloom. Curry Plant likes it warm and dry. It is native to Turkey and thrives on sunny slopes. ...

Landscapes for Small Spaces (705 readers)

Contributed by amazon 15.04 2007 on 19:12:21 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Japanese Countryard Gardens | Enjoy it for its sheer beauty or use it for inspiration while creating your own small landscape garden. Japanese gardening is the art of arranging plants, rocks, lanterns, and basins in an open or, as here, an enclosed space. According to the aesthetic principles long prevailing in Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan, even two rocks arranged in a tiny, enclosed space can be considered a garden. This type of garden is called a tsuboniwa, and Kyoto has long being cons ...

Cymbopogon citratus - West Indian Lemon Grass (739 readers)

Contributed by amazon 25.10 2007 on 09:43:16 Topic: Plants / Grass, Grasses Match on Title

Lemon grass ( Cymbopogon citratus ), a native of India, is widely used in Thai and Vietnamese cooking. Lemon grass is a perennial, which means once you plant it, the grass comes back year after year. Depending on the area you live in the plant will go dormant in the winter. In harsh climates the plant will need to be potted and wintered indoors. This aromatic herb is used in Caribbean and many types of Asian cooking and has become very popular in the United States. Most of the commercial crops f ...

Tabernaemontana divaricata 'Flore Pleno' - Crepe Jasmine (1014 readers)

Contributed by amazon 09.07 2007 on 10:21:49 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Tabernaemontana divaricata Variegata Flore Plena; Common Names: Crepe Jasmine, Double Crepe Jasmine, Indian Carnation Flower, Double White Gardenia, Creme & Green Double Butterfly Jasmine; Family: Apocynaceae (dogbane family) Double Butterfly Jasmine is a beautifully shaped evergreen shrub that forms symmetrical 6 foot high mounds. The many branches tend to grow almost parallel to the ground giving the shrub an attractive horizontal aspect (the species name, divaricata means at an obtuse ang ...

New Garden Design Inspiring Private Paradises (85 readers)

Contributed by amazon 17.07 2008 on 11:23:30 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

From vegetable and succulent gardens to sculpture and rose gardens to mountain and waterfront gardens , New Garden Design covers a range of interpretations incorporating walls, fountains, pavilions, canals, pools, terraces and groves in unexpected ways. The resulting new garden is a pleasure garden vested with spiritual, symbolic and ecological intent. A modernist interpretation of Roman stone furniture and freestanding walls punctuate the space behind a 1970s ranch house. A home designed by Ber ...