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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
New Garden Design Inspiring Private Paradises
Posted by amazon 17.07 2008 on 11:23:30 (85 readers)
From vegetable and succulent gardens to sculpture and rose gardens to mountain and waterfront gardens, New Garden Design covers a range of interpretations incorporating walls, fountains, pavilions, canals, pools, terraces and groves in unexpected ways. The resulting new garden is a pleasure garden vested with spiritual, symbolic and ecological intent. A modernist interpretation of Roman stone furniture and freestanding walls punctuate the space behind a 1970s ranch house. A home designed by Bernard Maybeck is accented with a freehand composition of urns, cement pipes and rusty objects, as well as over a thousand species of plants. A grove of olive trees underplanted with rosemary and lavender fields gives personality to two acres surrounding a house designed by modernist Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta.
The New Encyclopedia of Orchids
Posted by amazon 17.07 2008 on 11:13:11 (73 readers)
1500 orchid species are profiled in this authoritative, detailed, and carefully researched encyclopedia. Infinitely varied and hugely interesting, these strikingly beautiful plants are sumptuously illustrated with over 1000 photographs in a reference that no orchid lover can afford to be without.
Wildflowers of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island in Color
Posted by amazon 17.07 2008 on 11:08:03 (71 readers)
This field guide will give nature enthusiasts instant access to the diverse and beautiful flora of these New England states. Combining 400 color photographs with concise descriptions, it is written in easy-to-follow nontechnical language. Color illustrations have been carefully selected for their scientific accuracy and their aesthetic quality.
Plants: Acer palmatum 'Atrolineare' - Japanese Maple
Posted by amazon 17.07 2008 on 10:53:11 (88 readers)
Small, slow, narrow tree whose deeply divided leaves appear string-like. New growth is purple-red. Autumn colors are usually a good yellow. Growth habit is upright, opposed to the dome topped cultivars Red Pigmy and Villa Taranto. Exquisite and unique form of the Japanese Maple.
Plants: Acanthus mollis 'Tasmanian Angel' - Bear's Breeches
Posted by amazon 17.07 2008 on 10:40:58 (105 readers)
Acanthus mollis 'Tasmanian Angel': Large, Handsome Leaves Sport Gold in Spring, White in Summer A stylish new look for the classic favorite Bear's Breeches, Tasmanian Angel begins spring with new leaves of dark blue-green edged and freckled in gold. As the weather warms, the gold turns to yellow, then ivory, and finally pure white, all the while calling attention to these large, deeply lobed leaves.
Plants: Abies procera - Noble Fir
Posted by amazon 17.07 2008 on 08:30:53 (84 readers)
Nobe Fir (Abies procera), Grow your own Christmas Tree! Majestic evergreen native to the pacific northwest, widely grown as a Christmas Tree. Can reach 200 feet or more in height. Prefers moist soil and some protection from wind.
Plants: Abelmoschus manihot - Sunset Hibiscus
Posted by amazon 17.07 2008 on 08:21:09 (74 readers)
Edible Sunset Hibiscus (Abelmoschus manihot) Known also as an edible hibiscus, this obscure Chinese species is a tropical perennial, half shrub that can reach 6 feet in height.
Gardens
Posted by amazon 07.06 2008 on 07:36:12 (307 readers)
An Essay on the Human Condition | Humans have long turned to gardens—both real and imaginary—for sanctuary from the frenzy and tumult that surrounds them. Those gardens may be as far away from everyday reality as Gilgamesh’s garden of the gods or as near as our own backyard, but in their very conception and the marks they bear of human care and cultivation, gardens stand as restorative, nourishing, necessary havens.
Bleeding Hearts, Corydalis, and Their Relatives
Posted by amazon 07.06 2008 on 07:30:10 (352 readers)
Members of the bleeding heart family, such as the well-known Chinese bleeding heart, have long been among the best-loved flowers of the perennial border. In recent years, however, excitement about this group has reached fever pitch with the introduction of dozens of stunning new discoveries, particularly among the genus Corydalis.
Plants: Coreopsis 'Limerock Passion'® - thread leaf coreopsis
Posted by havlis 07.06 2008 on 07:23:34 (610 readers)
Thread leaf coreopsis is a wonderful, maintenance-free perennial which shines its way through any garden with rich-coloured flowers all summer long. You can have a country garden or be a town-garden enthusiast, coreopsis will still have features suitable for your plot.
Plants: Chionanthus virginicus - fringe treefringe tree, old man´s beard
Posted by havlis 07.06 2008 on 07:08:21 (357 readers)
Fringe tree is a very rare and beautiful small shrub or small tree. In early summer it has profusion of upto 20 cm long pendent panicles of fragrant, shiny snow-white, narrow flowers, turning to bluish black berries. Mid to deep green opposite leaves are elliptic and glossy. Fringe tree grows slowly, about 3m tall and wide.
Plants: Ceanothus x 'Blue Sapphire' - blueblossom
Posted by havlis 07.06 2008 on 07:01:38 (519 readers)
Californian blue lilac | This Californian lilac is an outstanding introduction from New Zealand. In the warmer days of late spring it blooms with profusion of dense panicles of deep blue flowers. Leaves are short, obovate, dark green with reddish brown tint. Branches are chocolate brown, fragile and thin. It needs slightly acidic soil, rich in organic material, moist.
Plants: Campsis grandiflora - Chinese trumpet creeper
Posted by havlis 07.06 2008 on 06:51:25 (582 readers)
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.
Plants: Anemone hupehensis 'Praecox' - windflower
Posted by havlis 07.06 2008 on 06:42:32 (417 readers)
Praecox is earlier than other summer blooming anemones. It often starts flowering already in early August and continues until end September. It has 40-60 cm long stalks with up to 15 flowers of deep pink colour, 4-6 cm wide. The outter petals are slightly darker which makes another interesting dimension of the bloom. 3-palmate basal leaves are mid to dark green, sharply toothed, sparsely hairy beneath.
Plants: Albizia julibrissin 'Ernest Wilson' - acacia
Posted by havlis 07.06 2008 on 06:37:07 (488 readers)
Mimosaceae plants are popular mainly in southern Europe as they are very drought tolerant. Even though they come from subtropical parts of the world we can also grow some of them in our climate.
Ernest Wilson is a selection found in Korea in early 1900´s. It grew in a colder zone which predestined it to be ideal for testing in colder climates of the USA as well as Europe later on.
Plants: Ailanthus altissima - tree of heaven
Posted by havlis 07.06 2008 on 06:30:42 (402 readers)
Tree of heaven is a beautiful name for an extraordinary plant. It comes from China but is completely hardy in our climate.
It is a tall tree suitable for large garden, parks or as a street tree. It is grown for unusually big leaves that can be half a meter long. The are compound of upto 30 individual, elongated leaflets.
Plants: Aconitum napellus - monkshood
Posted by havlis 07.06 2008 on 06:23:34 (375 readers)
Monkshood is a showy perennial flowering in summer. The flowers are indigo blue, formed in erect racemes on stems that can be 1.5 tall. Individual flowers open up from July and continue as the stems grow taller until end August. Leaves are deeply lobed, almost dissected, mid green, very ornamental. A favourite cut flower.
Plants: Panicum virgatum 'Prairie Sky' - switchgrass
Posted by havlis 07.06 2008 on 06:16:52 (307 readers)
Switchgrass comes from Canada and USA and its variety “Prairie Sky” offers the bluest possible version of it. Erect leaves tend to arch in its last third. Beginning of autumn it produces long spikes of broad, weeping panicles of tiny flowers. It is best grown in sunny and warm areas, in well-drained soil with occasional watering in summer. It is recommended to tie up the leaves before winter or provide dry mulch. Cut back in early spring.
Plants: Hibanobambusa tranquillans 'Shiroshima' - bamboo
Posted by havlis 07.06 2008 on 06:09:33 (298 readers)
Unlike other varigated cultivars, this plant is a natural hybrid from Japan, considered one of the most beautiful bamboos. It has very large upto 25cm long leaves with stunning creamy-white varigation. Depending on the amount of sun during summer, it may announce coming of cooler weather tipping the leave edges with pink.
Plants: Azalea 'Glowing Embers' - deciduous azalea
Posted by havlis 07.06 2008 on 05:24:51 (312 readers)
Knapp Hill rhododendron | Glowing Embers is true to its name. As if you were watching the very centre of fire, the petals are vivid orange with golden flashes. Mid green leaves have bronze highlight from spring already.
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Creative Vegetable Gardening
27.05. 2008
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27.05. 2008
The Gardener's Palette
27.05. 2008
Rhamnus frangula 'Aspleniifolia' - fernleaf buckthorn, cutleaf buckthorn
27.05. 2008
Azalea 'Satan' - deciduous azalea
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Weigela florida 'Victoria' - weigela
[en] 17.07. 2008 Acer palmatum 'Atrolineare' - Japanese Maple
[en] 17.07. 2008 Acanthus mollis 'Tasmanian Angel' - Bear's Breeches
[en] 17.07. 2008 Abies procera - Noble Fir
[en] 17.07. 2008 Abelmoschus manihot - Sunset Hibiscus
[en] 07.06. 2008 Coreopsis 'Limerock Passion'® - thread leaf coreopsis
[en] 07.06. 2008 Chionanthus virginicus - fringe treefringe tree, old man´s beard
[en] 07.06. 2008 Ceanothus x 'Blue Sapphire' - blueblossom
[en] 07.06. 2008 Campsis grandiflora - Chinese trumpet creeper
[en] 07.06. 2008 Anemone hupehensis 'Praecox' - windflower
[en] 07.06. 2008 Albizia julibrissin 'Ernest Wilson' - acacia
[en] 07.06. 2008 Ailanthus altissima - tree of heaven
[en] 07.06. 2008 Aconitum napellus - monkshood
[en] 07.06. 2008 Panicum virgatum 'Prairie Sky' - switchgrass
[en] 07.06. 2008 Hibanobambusa tranquillans 'Shiroshima' - bamboo
[en] 07.06. 2008 Azalea 'Glowing Embers' - deciduous azalea
