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Sophora japonica 'Pendula' - Japanese pagoda tree

Acer palmatum atropurpureum - Japanese Red Maple

Cutting Edge Gardening in the Intermountain West (459 readers)

Contributed by amazon 04.07 2007 on 10:37:49 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

The 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. ...

Western Garden Book (1839 readers)

Contributed by amazon 27.02 2007 on 16:35:45 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Gardeners throughout the region will be welcoming a thoroughly updated and fresh-looking 8th edition of the bible of Western gardening. With a new, easy-to-read design, more plant photography, larger illustrations, and more than 8,000 plant listings--500 of them new--its THE essential book for gardeners in the Western states. ...

Creating Your Own Japanese Garden (775 readers)

Contributed by amazon 15.04 2007 on 19:09:27 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

The strong horizontals of bamboo reflected in a dark circle of water; the rhythmic clap of the deer scarer; the contemplative beauty of waves created in sand: combinations of nature and art that soothe and uplift the spirit. Your vision of a Japanese garden need not be confined to Japan. Here is a fully comprehensive guiide which will enable you to capture in your home or office environment the elusive spirit of the Japanese garden-no matter where you live. ...

Aeschynanthus radicans - Lipstick Plant (2889 readers)

Contributed by amazon 02.11 2007 on 13:20:54 Topic: Plants / Climber Plants Match on Article's text

Related to African violets and gloxinias, lipstick plants are members of the gesneriad family. Its easy to see the reason for their common name since the lobed red flowers emerging from a maroon sheath do resemble lipsticks in tubes. Natives of the West Indies, the plants grow as epiphytes in the wild, but theyre most comfortable in hanging baskets in the home. Blooms should come and go all year if the plant has suitable bright light and adequate water. The soil shouldnt dry out completely, but ...

Calochortus (843 readers)

Contributed by amazon 06.04 2007 on 10:36:33 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Mariposas and Their Relatives | With their graceful stance, brilliant colors, and intricate markings, members of the North American genus Calochortus are among the most dazzling bulbous plants in the world. Yet their mostly undeserved reputation for being difficult to grow has kept them from being known and appreciated by the vast majority of gardeners. ...

Blechnum gibbum - Silver Lady Fern (2478 readers)

Contributed by amazon 20.05 2007 on 19:26:51 Topic: Plants / Ferns Match on Article's text

Silver Lady Tree Fern (Blechnum brasiliense Silver Lady) An exotic foliage plant that brings feathery greenery to a homes interior. Simply give this easy to grow fern moderate light, even moisture and minimal fertilizer and you will have a constant green companion. Dont over pot, this will keep its roots healthy and in time a trunk will form. Give this Fiji native an east, west or north exposure so it will have either morning or afternoon sun. ...

Andropogon geradii - Big Bluestem (783 readers)

Contributed by amazon 04.06 2007 on 09:18:16 Topic: Plants / Grass, Grasses Match on Article's text

Big Bluestem is a clump forming perennial grass. The lower stems are purplish or bluish color and the leaves are 1/2 inch wide and up to 20 inches long. The arrangement of the flowers in three dense elongate clusters is the reason for the common name of turkey-foot grass. It grows best in moist well drained soil in full sun and is a major component of the tallgrass prairie. Native grasses are host to several Skipper butterflies. ...

Andropogon gerardii - Big Bluestem, Turkeyfoot (737 readers)

Contributed by amazon 01.07 2007 on 21:34:26 Topic: Plants / Grass, Grasses Match on Article's text

Vanilla planifolia - Vanilla Orchid (1229 readers)

Contributed by amazon 03.01 2008 on 09:46:20 Topic: Plants / Tropical and Subtropical Plants Match on Article's text

Native almost to the tropics the range includes Mexico, Central America, West Indies, and Northern South America. The genus vanilla produces the worlds most popular spice, a climbing member of the orchid family, the vanilla orchid is both terrestial and epiphytic, it grows in soil and other plants sending out aerial roots that capture water and nutrients. ...

Native Trees of the Southeast (1186 readers)

Contributed by amazon 06.04 2007 on 10:04:31 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

The diversity of woody plants in the Southeast is unparalleled in North America. Native Trees of the Southeast is a practical, compact field guide for the identification of the more than 225 trees native to the region, from the Carolinas and eastern Tennessee south through Georgia into northern Florida and west through Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas into eastern Texas. ...

Kroller-Muller Museum: The History of A Sculpture Garden (818 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.11 2007 on 13:27:32 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

The sculpture garden at the Kroller-Muller Museum in Otterlo, the Netherlands, rolls on for more than 60 acres. It is not just one of the largest such outdoor art spaces in the world, but one of real cultural and historical significance, showcasing a unique overview of twentieth-century sculpture from Rodin forward. This richly illustrated volume traces the histories of some of the gardens most fascinating pieces, particularly site-specific works, along with the design of the landscape itself an ...

Lithops - Living Stone (771 readers)

Contributed by amazon 06.06 2007 on 09:10:10 Topic: Plants / Sukulents, Cactuses Match on Article's text

Lithops,(commonly called flowering stones or living stones) are true mimicry plants: their shape, size and color causes them to resemble small stones in their natural surroundings. The plants blend in among the stones as a means of protection. Grazing animals which would otherwise eat them during periods of drought to obtain moisture usually overlook them. Even experts in the field sometimes have difficulty locating plants for study because of this unusual deceptive camouflage. ...

Best Groundcovers and Vines for the Prairies (463 readers)

Contributed by amazon 02.08 2007 on 10:46:41 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

This is a long-needed reference book and it couldnt have come from a more knowledgeable and reliable source. Everyone involved in creating gardens in this climate should have this book in their collection. -Wendy Mackie, former Director of Assiniboine Park Conservatory in Winnipeg Groundcovers and vines are among the most useful hardy plants for the challenging prairie region, but until now gardeners have lacked a prairie-specific source of information about these versatile plants. Sara Williams ...

Cymbopogon citratus - West Indian Lemon Grass (844 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 ...

Iris pseudacorus x 'Berlin Tiger' - Yellow Flag (1135 readers)

Contributed by amazon 23.05 2007 on 08:26:29 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Article's text

Berlin Tiger is a tall, vigorous Iris, reaching fully 3 feet high but just about a foot wide. It loves damp and even wet soils, but once established can even tolerate short periods of drought. And if you are fortunate enough to have no boggy or poorly-draining soil, simply give this Iris a bit more shade and a lot more water, and it will flourish! ...

Swietenia macrophylla - Big Leaf Mahogany (2330 readers)

Contributed by amazon 18.11 2007 on 12:32:30 Topic: Plants / Tropical and Subtropical Plants Match on Article's text

Mahogany- Swietenia macrophylla- The national tree of Belize, mahogany has long been harvested for its valuable lumber. Known for its beautiful color, grain and durability it is often used for high end furniture. Mahogany can be found throughout southern Florida, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and western Africa. Being both beautiful and valuable mahogany is the most important export timber of tropical America. Many tropical communities are concerned about the over harvesting of mahog ...

Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Mexican Red Bird of Paradise (2566 readers)

Contributed by amazon 04.12 2007 on 11:31:07 Topic: Plants / Evergreen Shrubs Match on Article's text

Mexican Red Bird of Paradise flower is an evergreen shrub or small tree in frost free climates. In the tropics it gets 15-20. In cultivation peacock flower is usually 8-12 tall, growing that large even after freezing to the ground the previous winter. Mexican Red Bird of Paradise flower lives up to its name with incredibly showy blossoms of orange and red. The flowers are bowl shaped, 2-3 across, with five crinkled, unequal red and orange petals, and ten prominent bright red stamens that extend ...

The Garden Plants of China (762 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 ...

Dirr's Trees and Shrubs for Warm Climates (869 readers)

Contributed by amazon 13.04 2007 on 08:44:05 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

An Illustrated Encyclopedia | Following the phenomenal success of Dirrs Hardy Trees and Shrubs, written for gardeners in the climates of USDA zones 3–6, this companion volume is a superlative photographic encyclopedia of trees, shrubs, and vines for warm temperate zones. In North America, these areas (zones 7–11) stretch from the Mid-Atlantic states to the South, include most of Texas and the Southwest, and encompass the entire West Coast, up to western Canada. Many parts of the British Isles, A ...

Hibiscus syriacus 'Hamabo' - Rose of Sharon (1523 readers)

Contributed by havlis 21.02 2008 on 08:47:31 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's text

Rose-of-Sharon deserves more attention for its abundant flowering in summer. These maintenance-free shrubs come from eastern Asia and are the inevitable ingredient of every summer garden which they highlight with a wide range of coloured flowers. There has been a number of cultivars available since its discovery. They have various bloom colours, shapes and sizes, as well as varigated leaves. “Hamabo” will no doubt attract your attention thanks to its rare, pink-red veins on pale pink or almost w ...