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If you went looking for a tree typical for every city you would find jacarandas in Buenos Aires, London planes in London, and in Prague you would be struck by the beauty of Japanese pagoda trees. Numerous specimens were planted there many years ago. Now they have skyscraping trunks and huge crowns, blooming …
Contributed by havlis 27.05. 2008 10:32:32 (51057 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Salvia is a large genus, containing about 900 species. In our climate mostly common (evergreen) sage is grown for culinary uses. Also, very popular are those of subtropical origin that are used here as annuals with long flowering season, especially in public areas. We concentrate on herbaceous perennials …
Contributed by havlis 02.06. 2014 21:23:50 (34740 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Winter Moonbeam is an English variety of hellebore. It is sensational in many aspects offering striking foliage, beautiful flowers, and excellent hardiness. Its leathery leaves are very large, composed of 3-6 broadly elliptic leaflets. They are deep green with silvery-grey marbling and serrated margins. …
Contributed by havlis 23.01. 2017 09:14:53 (16388 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Japanese cedars proved to grow happily in our garden where winter temperature dropped to -27°C a couple of times. They showed no damage whatsoever and thrive. This variety has one more plus as opposed to other cryptomerias – it does not change its colour to coppery brown in winter and remains green …
Contributed by havlis 21.03. 2015 20:52:45 (44782 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Judas tree is a rather special plant with profusion of beautiful, bright pink flowers in mid spring. They are small, pea-like, and so special due to their appearance on bare wood and even the main stems, however large and old they are. For prolific flowering the plant needs a hot and sunny summer in …
Contributed by havlis 01.02. 2010 14:01:36 (28054 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Bressingham Glow is a later variety of anemone. It is true to its name because anemos (from Greek) means wind - probably because this type flowers in the season of autumn winds. It has 60-80 cm long stalks with ox-daisy-like deep pink semi-double flowers with bright yellow centres. It starts blooming …
Contributed by havlis 23.10. 2007 14:02:03 (20378 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Oberon is a cushion-like, dwarf variety of Korean fir. It grows slowly into a low, mounding shrub that is only about 30-40 cm tall and 40-60 cm wide in 15 years. Its evergreen needles are short, glossy, deep green with silvery underneath, and grow densely 360° around the branches. Oberon Korean fir …
Contributed by havlis 20.09. 2016 16:20:08 (14010 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Mock orange is a reliable and absolutely maintenance-free shrub of old European gardens. It is popular for its snow white, scented flowers. They are single on this variety and come out profusely every year in early summer. They release a heavy fragrance that can hardly be mistaken for anything else. …
Contributed by havlis 08.03. 2008 11:11:44 (28978 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Trident maple is an attractive medium-sized tree with unusual leaves. They are three-lobed and their size, depth of lobing as well as autumn colour may vary greatly with location. …
Contributed by havlis 13.10. 2016 15:19:06 (10286 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Sweetgums are very popular trees, some come from the USA, others from Asia. Thanks to the leaf shape they are often mistaken for maples. However, sweetgum leaves are more star-shaped and usually smaller. They fall down late, usually in early winter and the tree is decorated with fruits, which are small, …
Contributed by havlis 24.10. 2017 12:30:53 (32322 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Swamp mallow has been a sought after plant over the past couple of years and its popularity is rising as new varieties keep coming in the market. …
Contributed by havlis 24.08. 2016 22:48:52 (8890 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Hemerocallis Stella d Oro (Daylily) Award winning dwarf daylily. Strap like, medium green foliage. Fragrant, trumpet-shaped, 2-3, canary-yellow colored blooms, and tangerine throat, characterize this popular plant. Usually the first to bloom, and is a prolific repeat bloomer. Peak blooming in late spring/early …
Contributed by amazon 22.05. 2007 09:04:19 (26376 readers) Match on Article's text |
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This easy to grow shrub has many names and all of them say something about the beautiful scent of the flowers: sweetshrub, strawberry shrub, or even pineapple shrub. That’s because of the deliciously scented flowers which smell like a blend of strawberry jam and apple juice. …
Contributed by havlis 22.03. 2008 17:09:31 (110323 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Feuerzauber is a witch hazel variety that is in English speaking countries marketed as FIRE CHARM, while a more accurate translation says ‘fire magic’ and that name really fits. When this shrub is at its blooming peak it does look like on fire. The flowers have the colour of the hottest flame of …
Contributed by havlis 21.01. 2017 17:25:45 (12170 readers) Match on Article's text |
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This pin oak has a great name, so true to what it really is = a slow growing dwarf suitable for even the smallest of gardens where it can easily be used as an attractive specimen. It has extremely deeply lobed leaves, 15-17 long, that are deep green and glossy during the season. Its main feature are …
Contributed by havlis 10.11. 2007 18:25:33 (25309 readers) Match on Article's text |
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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 …
Contributed by havlis 07.06. 2008 07:01:38 (52143 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Weigelas are valuable garden shrubs that grow freely in almost any soil and require little maintenance. They are deciduous shrubs growing 1.5 – 2.0 tall and just a bit less wide. Leaves are ovate to oval. Bell or funnel shaped flowers come in many colours and appear at the end of spring / beginning …
Contributed by havlis 27.05. 2008 10:42:28 (136524 readers) Match on Article's text |