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Contributed by amazon 14.08 2007 on 07:47:26 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on TitleThe rich reds of this iris will light up your late spring garden. With large flowers in glowing royal red/purple, these blooms are a knock-out in the garden or in a vase. The beard is pure purple on each red/purple fall. ...
Contributed by amazon 18.07 2007 on 10:07:22 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's textFind Your Perfect Roses | Offering information on 200 varieties of roses, this definitive illustrated guide for rose enthusiasts and gardeners encapsulates all the romance of the universally popular, long flowering plant. The first section showcases the best rose options for particular purposes in the garden—such as which kinds provide the best ground cover, which look best trailing over a wall, and which are more appropriate for smaller gardens. ...
Contributed by amazon 02.11 2007 on 13:48:11 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's textDuring the first years of the twentieth century, the British plant collector and explorer Frank Kingdon Ward went on twenty-four impossibly daring expeditions throughout Tibet, China, and Southeast Asia, in search of rare and elusive species of plants. He was responsible for the discovery of numerous varieties previously unknown in Europe and America, including the legendary Tibetan blue poppy, and the introduction of their seeds into the world’s gardens. ...
Contributed by amazon 08.04 2007 on 09:57:00 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's textGardens 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 ...
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