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Totally Bonsai Other / Books

Totally Bonsai: A Guide to Growing, Shaping, and Caring for Miniature Trees and Shrubs

A Guide to Growing, Shaping, and Caring for Miniature Trees and Shrubs | Creating your own bonsai is simple, calming, and serene, and best of all, it lets you bring the outdoors inside, even if you don t have a lot of space. …

Passiflora 'Incense' - Passion Flower Plants / Climber Plants

Passiflora 'Incense' - Passion Flower

Very fast growing vine to 10-20 ft, sometimes longer. This variety is a hybrid between two hardy passion flower species (Passiflora incarnata and P. cinnicata), and as a result, is very hardy itself, surviving temperatures below 0 F. Vines will die back upon temperatures below 32F but will regrow from …

Orquideas Other / Books

Orquideas (Blume jardineria)

Blume jardineria | With clear explanations, concise descriptions, and photographs that augment the text, these guides are indispensable to individuals with little exposure to gardening as well as to more seasoned gardeners. After a general introduction to specific types of gardening, every section details …

Blueprints for Harmonious Gardens Other / Books

Blueprints for Harmonious Gardens

What makes a garden special? Focal points that attract the eye turn each area into a habitat of graceful beauty, and make a strong first impression. Using dozens of inspiring photographs, plus detailed drawings that provide a map of all the elements, horticulturist Tara Dillard reveals her secrets for …

Iberis sempervirens - Evergreen Candytuft Plants / Perennials

Iberis sempervirens - Evergreen Candytuft

Candytuft White (Iberis sempervirens) | Free-flowering and spreading! Mounds of Snow on Low-Growing, Evergreen Plants! Each 6-inch plant is awash in white blooms all spring! Long-lived and easy to grow! Few evergreen perennials boast the flower power of this vigorous little plant! Every spring, these …

Secrets of Companion Planting Other / Books

Secrets of Companion Planting: Plants That Help, Plants That Hurt

Plants That Help, Plants That Hurt | Transform a messy, tangled garden into a lush, productive retreat with this simple yet thorough handbook. The basics of companion gardening can be easily integrated into one’s gardening style using the nurturing power of Mother Nature and taking fundamental principles …

Lawnscapes Other / Books

Lawnscapes: Mowing Patterns to Make Your Yard a Work of Art

Mowing Patterns to Make Your Yard a Work of Art | Every year, Americans spend some $38 billion on lawn care. But you don t need to hire a crew of landscapers to have an attractive and eye-catching front yard all that s required is a lawnmower, a few inexpensive items from the hardware store, and a little …

Iris pallida 'Variegata' - Zebra Iris Rhizome Plants / Bulbs

Zebra Iris Rhizome -Iris pallida Albovariegata

Iris pallida Variegata produces soft blue flowers with a unique variegated foliage. Bearded Irises are the single most popular class of Iris grown in gardens today. Bearded refers to the fuzzy strip on each of the drooping falls. The true petals are called standards and are upright and its leaves are …

Dwarf Campanulas: And Associated Genera Other / Books

Dwarf Campanulas: And Associated Genera

Campanulas have long been a gardeners favourite, their spectacular summer performance earning them a place in the herbaceous border year after year. Here their lesser-known relatives, the smaller dwarf campanulas, take centre stage. Everyone who grows campanulas will enjoy this book, finding uses for …

Jerry Baker's Green Grass Magic Other / Books

Jerry Baker's Green Grass Magic: Tips, Tricks, and Tonics for Growing the Toe-Ticklinest Turf

Anyone can have a lawn even greener than their neighbors’ envy with this definitive guide to improving the attractiveness of grass from seed to sod, in all seasons. Jerry Baker’s proven tips, tricks, and tonics cover problems from mowing and mole damage to drought or downpour. Regular cabinet items …

Platycodon grandiflorus 'Fuji White' - Balloon Flower Plants / Perennials

Platycodon grandiflorus 'Fuji White' - Balloon Flower

Great for the sunny border or for cutting! Big White Balloons on Tall, Ultra-Hardy Plants! 25- to 30-inch plants bloom in summer. Cheery white stars all summer long are gorgeous in the garden or vase! This exceptionally tall variety reaches 25 to 30 inches in the garden, with blooms on long, elegant …

Campsis grandiflora - Chinese trumpet creeper Plants / Climber Plants

Campsis grandiflora - Chinese trumpet creeper

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. …

Chasing Wildflowers Other / Books

Chasing Wildflowers

What can possess a man to drive across state lines, mountain ranges, and international borders with little more than a ragged guide book, an old map, and a wild look in his eyes? Wild women? No, wildflowers! Author Scott Calhoun invites you to join him on a rollicking adventure through Utah, Colorado, …

Cortaderia selloana 'Rosea' - Pink Pampas Grass Plants / Grass, Grasses

Cortaderia selloana 'Rosea' - Pink Pampas Grass

Superb for fresh or dried arrangements! Dusty-Pink Feathers of Late-Summer Color! Fresh green foliage reaches 6 to 12 feet tall, topped by long, thick featherdusters of bloom that last for weeks! Unsurpassed for glorious texture and color in the landscape, this pink Pampas Grass is the star of any garden …

Great Gardens of Britain Other / Books

Great Gardens of Britain

Britain is famous all over the world for its gardens. In this book Helena Attlee focuses on twenty of the finest gardens in the country. Her choice encompasses a rich selection of sites all over England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, ranging from famous eighteenth-century landscapes such as Stourhead …