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Contributed by amazon 10.04. 2007 10:22:53 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's textFew gardens can transport visitors to wild and rugged landscapes as well as rock gardens. Eye-catching rock gardens are among the most challenging — and satisfying — expressions of the gardeners craft. A true rock garden is a specialized habitat that allows the gardener to grow plants that do not flourish anywhere else. This book offers the first comprehensive treatment of building rock gardens in all parts of North America. Topics covered include rock placement, materials, and planting and main ...
Contributed by amazon 12.04. 2007 10:16:23 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's textA Color Encyclopedia | Baldassare Mineo is owner of Siskiyou Rare Plant Nursery in Medford, Oregon, one of the worlds great sources of plants for rock gardens. Mineos own photographs are supplemented with many by the renowned horticulturist Fritz Kummert. This authoritative includes rare and unusual plants as well as proven, readily available garden performers. ...
Contributed by amazon 14.09. 2007 08:46:34 Topic: Plants / Other Match on Article's textLava rock from the Big Island of Hawaii is hand selected to provide a home for your Pink Quill Tillandsia plant. These exotic plants thrive on their rock homes and make excellent house, dormitory or office plants! ...
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Contributed by amazon 03.04. 2007 11:02:58 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's textSpecies and Hybrids for the Gardener | Species tulips are becoming more widely available as gardeners wake up to their elegant shapes, vibrant-colored flowers, and suitability for growing in containers, raised beds, and rock gardens. Unlike garden hybrids, species tulips will flower each year without being replaced and will even colonize under the right conditions. ...
Contributed by amazon 18.07. 2007 09:29:03 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's textDouble mahogany red with yellow blotches. Large leaves. Performs best in full sun and well-drained soil. Does not like extremes of heat or cold. Very useful in the rock garden or for ground cover in the perennial border. ...
Contributed by amazon 27.07. 2007 08:28:55 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's textForget-Me-Not Victoria Rose - Tiny, rose-pink flowers on compact bushy plant. Use for borders and edging. Reseeds. Great for shady rock gardens, beds or borders. ...
Contributed by amazon 06.07. 2007 08:53:20 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's textPrefers sun to partial shade with well-drained soil. For rock gardens and taller varieties in borders. Brilliant Rose flowers with grayish-green leaves. AGM WINNER. ...
Contributed by amazon 09.08. 2007 08:42:06 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Article's textGentian blue flowers with white centers. A super naturalizer. Small starry flowers in a spray per stem; great naturalizers in rock and woodland gardens or in lawns. ...
Contributed by amazon 04.06. 2007 08:16:29 Topic: Plants / Grass, Grasses Match on Article's textStriking ornamental forms grassy, tuft-like clumps 8 across, 8-12 high. Powder Blue Festucas foliage accents paths, rock gardens, beds and needs watering only during drought. Attractive white plumes appear in midsummer. Hardy plants multiply rapidly. Plant 8 apart. Shipped in 3 pot. Deer tend to avoid. ...
Contributed by amazon 23.05. 2007 08:12:11 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Article's textSlightly ruffled orange, brown, and golden-yellow flower glows like an autumn harvest moon in borders and rock gardens. 34-36 tall. So remarkable, so sophisticated, so elegant! This bicolor beauty is definitely the upper crust of reblooming irises. #1 field-grown rhizomes. Deer tend to avoid. Iris germanica ...
Contributed by amazon 04.06. 2007 09:20:44 Topic: Plants / Grass, Grasses Match on Article's textFescue develops deeper foliage color when grown in full sun, but it can tolerate partial shade, and should be grown in part shade in areas with hot summers It is drought tolerant, and grows best in poor, sandy, well drained soils. It cannot tolerate heavy, wet soils or constant high humidity. Blue fescue usually is grown as a border or edging plant. Its fine texture and neat, compact shape make it well suited to line a path or mark the front of a perennial border. ...
Contributed by amazon 20.06. 2007 09:34:38 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's textA delightful plant for cascading down rock gardens, walls and dry banks, its greyish leaves are covered by a froth of small pink flowers in summer. It is happy in sandy or stony soils, but does best in deep well-drained soil. Plant in full sun, 12 inches apart. Grows only 6 tall. A very hardy perennial! Hardy in zones: 4-9 ...
Contributed by amazon 04.08. 2008 11:33:49 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's textRock-Geranium Dales Strain ( Heuchera americana Dales Strain ) Silvery, mottled evergreen foliage. tough and reliable. Greenish-white flowers. Use for shady borders and ground cover. Plant in partial or full shade. Plant 12-15 inches apart. Grows 14 tall. Hardy in zones 3-9. Hardiness Zone: 4 ...
Contributed by amazon 14.01. 2008 12:00:25 Topic: Plants / Sukulents, Cactuses Match on Title and Article's textThe genus Pleiospilos is comprised of four species and four subspecies. The genus name is derived from the greek words pleios (full) and spilos (dots), which refers to the many dots on the plants. The plants are also known as kwaggavy (Quagga mesemb), lewerplant (liver plant), lewervygie (liver mesemb), klipplant (stone plant) and split rock. ...
Contributed by amazon 11.08. 2007 08:05:37 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Article's textCommonly known as the Yellow Hoop Petticoat. Up to 15 stems per bulb! Groups of 5 or 10 bulbs form a carpet of dainty, upward facing, bright golden bells. Grass like, dark green foliage. Tolerates warm spring climates and is very hardy. Excellent for rock gardens. ...
Contributed by amazon 27.07. 2007 07:44:56 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's textA prostrate rug that blooms from late June until frost. This is much lower and dense than the species that we saw growing wild in Korea. Rich rose-pink spikes, 1-2 long cover this little shrub. Great for edging beds, walkways, or try in the rock garden. ...
Sedum (3084 readers) Contributed by amazon 10.04. 2007 10:12:30 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's textCultivated Stonecrops | Sedums are sun-loving, drought-resistant, and mostly hardy. They are prized by rock gardeners and succulent enthusiasts for their color and interesting shapes. This definitive study by one of the worlds authorities provides cultural information for more than 400 stonecrop species and varieties, many of them photographed in their native habitats. ...
Contributed by amazon 18.10. 2007 09:31:10 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's textLacey 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. ...
Contributed by amazon 03.09. 2007 10:03:08 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Article's textClusters of chubby little deep cobalt blue bells grow on sturdy stems. Hardy and carefree, these fragrant charmers easily spread into thick masses. Plant them anywhere--in sun or shade--for a striking effect reminiscent of Hollands best growing fields. Blooms: Mid Spring Ideal for borders, rock gardens, naturalizing. Unusual flower spikes of rich blue-purple with delicate soft blue tops. Hardy in zones: 3-9. ...
Contributed by amazon 20.05. 2007 19:31:39 Topic: Plants / Ferns Match on Article's textThis elegant fern fills shady, moist areas where other plants fail. In time, it will form graceful stands and provide a lush habitat for songbirds. Lacy fronds grow up to 30 long and 12-24 wide, with an interesting crested appearance. Great for ground cover, rock gardens and borders - it also makes a nice container plant for a shaded patio or porch. Spreads 24-30 across. Space 18-22 apart. Bareroot plant. Zones 2-9. ...
Contributed by amazon 02.08. 2007 09:18:36 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's textIncredibly beautiful, seldom offered, rare viola. Emerges in early spring with masses of pink-tinged variegated foliage and hundreds of purple flowers. Variegation slowly turns to green and white, then later to uniform dark green and is more intense the second season. Blooms from March-May. In-credible in rock gardens and borders, or potted. Should be offered by every greenhouse! Hardy perennial in zones 4-9. Grows 3-4 tall. Prefers shade or part-shade. ...
Contributed by amazon 04.07. 2007 10:37:49 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's textThe first complete gardening book to cover the hot, dry, desert and plains areas of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming, Idaho, Montana. Topics include: extensive plant lists for all areas, hardscape ideas using rock and wood, where to find garden art and how to use it to create your own regional aesthetic, as well as hundreds of practical suggestions to overcome the challenges of gardening in the Intermountain West. ...
Contributed by amazon 18.10. 2007 10:26:53 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's textBuilding with Nature | The Berkeley hills offer great natural beauty and sensitive landscape design that skillfully incorporates the architecture into the natural environment. In the early 20th century, architects inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement worked to integrate the hills large outcrops of rock (known to geologists as Northbrae rhyolite) into the citys development. At once a historical architectural reference and a captivating art book, BERKELEY ROCKS documents the unique harmony bet ...
Contributed by amazon 03.09. 2007 10:24:24 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's textThis lovely bright green creeper spreads effortlessly in all directions filling up to two feet per plant. A fairly flat plant of about two inches, it has one long tap root (as opposed to many surface roots like a Creeping Thyme) which helps with water conservation. It likes full sun but it can take partial shade. Related to Carnations and Dianthus. Foliage turns red during winter for great winter interest. Tiny white star flowers in summer. Perfect for walkways, rock garden paths or as a lawn su ...
Contributed by amazon 04.07. 2007 10:12:12 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's textHepatica transsilvanica Blue Jewel Origin: The species is native to Romania. Masses of starry deep-blue flowers provide rich decoration in early spring over evergreen, mats of leathery, deep-green, tri-lobed foliage. This selection has larger flowers than the species and a very good color. Can be grown in a wide range of conditions, but does especially well in alkaline soil, which should be moist but with good drainage. Sun or shade. Good under deciduous trees, in raised beds or in the rock gard ...
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