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Aquilegia vulgaris 'Black Barlow' - Black Barlow Columbine

Erigeron 'Azure Fairy' - Erigeron, Fleabane

Pinus taeda - Loblolly Pine (1879 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.01 2008 on 12:06:05 Topic: Plants / Bonsais Match on Title and Article's text

This fast growing native tree is good for quick evergreen screening. Large and impressive given time and space. Grows 10-15 in ten years. The Loblolly Pine makes an excellent bonsai! ...

Pinus thunbergii - Japanese Black Pine (1647 readers)

Contributed by amazon 02.10 2007 on 09:16:52 Topic: Plants / Conifers Match on Title and Article's text

Japanese Black Pine (Pinus thunbergii) is an excellent, small, irregularly shaped, pine tree. The plant tolerates dry soil and salt. The dark green, twisted needles are 5 to 7 inches long. It grows approximately 12 to 18 inches per year. It is hardy in zones 5-8. Its mature height is 30 feet with a spread of 20 feet. ...

Lives of Conifers (540 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.05 2007 on 08:48:17 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

A comparative account of the coniferous trees indigenous to Northeastern North America | What are the lives of trees, of conifers, like?. . . How do seedlings establish and develop into saplings? How do some seedlings stay alive for decades, marking time in the deep shade of the forest? How do the distinctive forms of saplings of the different species arise?. . . When, how, and where do cones come from? What is the sex life of a conifer? Where does pollen come from? What does pollen do? - From t ...

Sciadopitys verticillata - Japanese umbrella pine (757 readers)

Contributed by havlis 17.05 2008 on 13:30:58 Topic: Plants / Conifers Match on Title and Article's text

Japanese umbrella pine is an exquisite-looking conifer with dark green needles. They are glossy, 5-12 cm long and grow in whorls of 15-20. They are borne at the shoot-tips like the spokes of an umbrella, hence it name. ...

Conifers of California (453 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.05 2007 on 09:05:35 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Conifers of California is the first book entirely devoted to the states native cone-bearing trees and shrubs. Richly illustrated, it serves as both a natural history and field guide. Each species narrative is accompanied by a full-page color botanical illustration, photographs from the wild, detailed indentification information, and a range map. ...

The Garden Plants of China (706 readers)

Contributed by amazon 08.04 2007 on 09:57:00 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Gardens have long been an integral part of Chinese culture, written about by scholars and prized by emperors and priests; think of Chinese scrolls traced with plum blossoms and wood-block prints etched with pine branches or bamboo. The West has not only received a great number of fine plants from China, its also been influenced by the Chinese appreciation of plants, by their ideas on striving to have something in bloom year-round, and by their treasuring shape as well as bloom. A surprising numb ...

Pinehurst - Home of American Golf (360 readers)

Contributed by amazon 28.11 2007 on 10:36:54 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

In celebration of the 100-year anniversary of the venerable Pinehurst No. 2 course comes the release of the definitive history of North Carolina Sandhills golf, Pinehurst ~ Home of American Golf (The Evolution of a Legend) written by veteran golf course architect Richard Mandell. It is a story of dumb luck, ingenuity, and grand visions... Pinehurst ~ Home of American Golf is the untold story of one of the three most popular golfing destinations in the world: Pinehurst ~ Home of American Golf (Th ...