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Pots in the Garden: Expert Design and Planting

Waterlilies and Lotuses: Species, Cultivars, and New Hybrids

Echinacea purpurea - Purple Coneflower (792 readers)

Contributed by amazon 22.06 2007 on 10:32:04 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Bright carmine-rose flowers and petals held out flat make this a show-stopper! So much better than other Echinaceas! Brighter carmine-rose color, larger flowers and petals held out flatter for maximum show! This easy-care butterfly magnet blooms profusely from June through September. Growing 3 1/2 feet tall in full sun to light shade, it is drought-tolerant -- perfect for a natural landscape. Leave the dried seedheads on the plants and watch the birds feast! ...

Success with Roses (334 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.11 2007 on 14:05:16 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Few ornamental plants match roses for sheer majesty, but success in growing these garden beauties isn’t assured. Expert advice can make a real difference, and here is essential information for growing all kinds of roses—as ground cover or hedges, in gardens large and small, in containers, and even indoors. Hundreds of color photographs show how to prune, feed, and treat pests on climbing roses, hybrid tea roses, rose shrubs, and more. The comprehensive rose directory lists hundreds of varieties, ...

Musa 'Little Prince' - Banana (815 readers)

Contributed by amazon 21.01 2008 on 08:32:18 Topic: Plants / Tropical and Subtropical Plants Match on Article's text

Due to the compactness of Musa Little Prince, it is ideally suited as both a houseplant and can also be used as a tropical accent in the garden and in a summer container. Little Prince is an extremely dwarf banana, selected for its compact size and thick foliage. ...

Campsis grandiflora - Chinese trumpet creeper (381 readers)

Contributed by havlis 07.06 2008 on 06:51:25 Topic: Plants / Climber Plants Match on Article's text

Probably the most eye-catching version of trumpet creepers is this Chinese one. As a fast growing vine it can soon cover walls, gazebos or fences. The flowers are large: 7-9 cm wide, salmon pink with a clear yellow throat. The buds form a raceme that blooms from July till frosts. ...

Great Flowering Landscape Shrubs (492 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.05 2007 on 09:30:24 Topic: Other / Books Match on 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 ...

Musella lasiocarpa - Chinese Yellow Banana (676 readers)

Contributed by amazon 08.07 2007 on 10:22:42 Topic: Plants / Other Match on Article's text

Musella lasiocarpa is an exciting banana relative that comes from high altitudes (to frosty 2800m / 9200ft!) in the Yunnan province in China. The maximum height of the plant is only about 1.5m / 5ft, half of which is a very stout, conical trunk, topped by a crown of handsome, slightly glaucous, broad leaves. From early age, the rhizome produces many suckers. The flower, which is big and bright yellow, appears in its second year, and grows upright at the top of the trunk. As the inflorescence gro ...

Gardening Indoors (420 readers)

Contributed by amazon 02.11 2007 on 13:45:30 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

If you own only one book on indoor gardening with lights, this is the book. The New Revised Gardening Indoors sets the standard for indoor gardening all over the world. This bestseller has been in print since 1986 and sold thousands and thousands of copies. Indoor gardeners find everything they could possibly need to know in this book. This how-to book unlocks the door to the world of gardening indoors under fluorescent and high intensity discharge (HID) lamps. Fluorescent lamps help seedlings a ...

Stewartia pseudocamellia var.koreana - Korean stewartia, false camellia (953 readers)

Contributed by havlis 25.01 2008 on 10:29:39 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's text

This false camellia – Korean stewartia is very similar to its Japanese sister stewartii pseudocamellia. It comes from moist woodlands of Korea and it is a tall shrub flowering in summer and has beautiful autumn foliage. ...

Dryopteris filix mas - Common Male Fern (816 readers)

Contributed by abies 15.02 2008 on 10:59:06 Topic: Plants / Ferns Match on Article's text

Dryopteris filix-mas (Common Male Fern or Male Fern) is one of the most common ferns of the temperate Northern Hemisphere. It is deciduous or semi-evergreen and can grow to 1.2 metres in height and 1metre in diameter. ...

Magnolia x soulangeana 'Alexandrina' - saucer magnolia (1231 readers)

Contributed by havlis 08.04 2008 on 08:30:10 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's text

Alexandrina is a very popular variety of saucer magnolia. Thanks to the rich colour of outer petals it is rated commercially best-selling saucer magnolia. The flowers are upto 10 cm across, white inside, flushed deep pink and purple outside, with a lovely fragrance. ...

Magnolia liliiflora 'Nigra Select' - purple lily magnolia (1382 readers)

Contributed by havlis 21.02 2008 on 08:51:38 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's text

This lily magnolia is a special selection from Italy, found by Mr.Giovanni and Mr.Rolando Tesi in their nursery in late 1980´s. It has deep burgundy petals on the outside with light to rich purple red inside. It belongs to the darkest purple magnolias in the market. The cup shaped flowers are borne erect on the stems and appear late in April, rather in May, and continue blooming for as many as 4 weeks even when the shrub is in leaf. This selection opens its flowers fully more reliably compared t ...

Magnolia 'Goldstar' - Goldstar magnolia (997 readers)

Contributed by havlis 27.03 2008 on 16:41:39 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's text

Another rare magnolia is this cross between magnolia acuminata var. subcordata “Miss Honeybee” and magnolia stellata. It gained flower shape fro stellata and colour from acuminate. Goldstar has medium sized flowers with 14 narrow petals, very similar to star-shaped magnolias. The colour is a delicate creamy-yellow and as the shrub flowers abundantly it brings a little bit of spring sunshine to your awakening garden. The flowers come out about a week or two later than stellata types. ...

Ilex x meserveae 'Mesgolg' GOLDEN GIRL ® - blue holly, Meserve holly (757 readers)

Contributed by havlis 20.02 2008 on 09:22:17 Topic: Plants / Evergreen Shrubs Match on Article's text

GOLDEN GIRL ® is probably the first ever patented holly with yellow berries in the world, US plant patent 7652 from 1990, as a cross between ilex aquifolium ´Fructa Lutea´and ilex rugosa . Yellow fruits are an awesome feature because it never happened with any other blue holly before. And it has at least two more attractive features to be sought after for: gorgeous leaves and excellent hardiness. ...

Magnolia 'Atlas' - magnolia (833 readers)

Contributed by havlis 20.02 2008 on 09:12:39 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's text

Hybridizing and crossing brings new and better varieties of magnolias that have features never seen before. Mark Jury from New Zealand continues this work that was started in 1960´s by his late father Felix. ´Atlas´ is one of his fantastic results, a cross between Magnolia Mark Jury and Magnolia x soulangeana Lennei Alba. ...

Magnolia 'Butterflies' - cucumber magnolia (1155 readers)

Contributed by havlis 19.02 2008 on 08:30:51 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's text

Another unique jewel among magnolias is this yellow flowering hybrid. It is a cross between m.denudata and m.acuminata (cucumber magnolia). It was raised by Phil Savage in Michigan, USA, in 1988 and patented three years later. ...

Ceanothus impressus 'Victoria' - blueblos, California lilac (2158 readers)

Contributed by havlis 16.02 2008 on 19:28:30 Topic: Plants / Evergreen Shrubs Match on Article's text

This charming shrub is called blueblossom or California lilac. It has nothing to do with lilacs though. The flowers are absolutely amazing, not violet, not pale, just unbeatable sky blue. They are formed in rounded, terminal cymes and come out in early June and usually last for about a month. That is another reason to own this gorgeousness. There are so many of them every year that they totally cover the plant. Evergreen leaves are only 2-3 cm long, ovate, dark green, very glossy and deeply vein ...

Magnolia 'Elizabeth' - Elizabeth magnolia (1105 readers)

Contributed by havlis 19.02 2008 on 08:23:02 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's text

The name of this magnolia hybrid has nothing to do with the British queen. Obviously, it does not come from the UK but the USA. And story tells the following. Quite a few decades ago – in 1957 – Evamaria Sperber planted a newly hybridized seed in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. ...

Magnolia 'Yellow River' - Yellow River magnolia (1472 readers)

Contributed by havlis 16.02 2008 on 19:20:43 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's text

This magnolia variety has only recently been imported from China, under the name Fei Huang. It is a sensational plant with large yellow flowers. It belongs to magnolia denudata (Yulan magnolia) group, however, we have not been able to search for the exact breeding details. The Chinese probably keep it top confidential against the spies from the West… ...

Black & Decker 19-Inch 5 HP Cordless Rear Bag Mower CMM1000 (1373 readers)

Contributed by amazon 25.03 2007 on 19:34:24 Topic: Garden care / Garden Mechanization Match on Article's text

While mowing the lawn may never be considered a recreational activity, this rear bag mower from Black & Decker makes the chore as close to fun as it will ever get. With its 24-volt battery, which delivers 5-horsepower gas equivalent at peak torque, this cordless electric mower represents the top of Black & Deckers line of lawn mowing products. During our field tests, this orange powerhouse stood out above other mowers for ease of use and performance. Its versatile operation allowed us to ...