Tending Your Garden Other / Books A Year-Round Guide to Garden Maintenance | How to keep any garden looking its best, through the seasons and through the years.Gardening is the primary recreational activity of Americans. Since the 1980s, when gardening caught fire as a national passion, we have spent billions of dollars on what we grow … Contributed by amazon 16.09. 2007 05:13:56 (10875 readers) | |
The Jade Garden Other / Books New and Notable Plants from Asia | The Jade Garden is an authoritative guide to 130 of the most fascinating yet little-known ornamental trees, shrubs, and perennials from the green mantle of Asia. Based on detailed research and observation at one of the largest and oldest collections of Asian plants … Contributed by amazon 11.04. 2007 10:30:51 (14628 readers) | |
Aucuba japonica 'Variegata' - Japanese Aucuba Plants / Evergreen Shrubs Aucuba japonica Variegata is a great choice for even the shadiest of landscapes because it is extremely shade tolerant. It also grows well in partial sun. It grows to a form of a rounded, evergreen shrub. It has large, elliptic, glossy, yellow spotted, leathery leaves. Under dense trees, its roots compete … Contributed by abies 11.03. 2009 14:18:16 (37401 readers) | |
Dogwoods Other / Books The Genus Cornus | Dogwood trees and shrubs are unquestionably among the superstars of the ornamental garden. Although cornelian cherry (Cornus mas) and common dogwood (C. sanguinea) have been grown in Europe since ancient times, it is only since the age of exploration in the 18th and 19th centuries … Contributed by amazon 12.04. 2007 10:28:56 (12716 readers) | |
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Many uses for groundcovers (4) - Deciduous perennials Plants / Perennials Epimedium, Geranium macrorrhizum, Clematis heracleifolia ‘Côte d’Azur’, Anemone nemorosa Epimedium Epimedium produces flowers as early as April and May but its attractive foliage also provides visual interest during the rest of the growing season. Epimedium produces delicate graceful flowers and … Contributed by pph 11.04. 2007 20:38:55 (34005 readers) | |
Rodale's Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening Other / Books Rodale s Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening has been the go-to resource for gardeners for more than 50 years—and the best tool novices can buy to start applying organic methods to their fruit and vegetable crops, herbs, trees and shrubs, perennials, annuals, and lawns. This thoroughly revised … Contributed by amazon 01.02. 2010 14:32:06 (33465 readers) | |
Prunus serrulata 'Amanogawa' - flowering cherry Plants / Deciduous Trees Spring in the garden is announced by flowering Japanese cherries. Amanogawa is a fantastic variety with narrowly columnar growth. In early spring it produces masses of double or semi-double, light pink flowers that may turn to clear white later. Young leaves are bronze, changing to green in summer, and … Contributed by havlis 06.07. 2012 11:14:26 (24369 readers) | |
Dryopteris filix mas - Common Male Fern Plants / Ferns Dryopteris filix-mas (Common Male Fern or Male Fern) is one of the most common ferns of the temperate Northern Hemisphere. It is deciduous or semi-evergreen and can grow to 1.2 metres in height and 1metre in diameter. … Contributed by abies 15.02. 2008 10:59:06 (22685 readers) | |
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Landscaping with Native Plants of the Southwest Other / Books As the world heats up and we become more and more conscious of our place in the natural scheme, the appeal of the native plants of the Southwest becomes ever more compelling for gardeners. In addition to providing year-round beauty with relatively little maintenance, landscaping with native plants contributes … Contributed by amazon 14.08. 2007 08:47:55 (13424 readers) | |
Armitage's Garden Perennials Other / Books Armitage s Garden Perennials is the most comprehensive single-volume photographic resource on perennial plants. It describes and illustrates the choice of perennials in 136 genera from Acanthus to Zauschneria. … Contributed by amazon 29.03. 2007 11:39:19 (14235 readers) | |
Vinca minor 'Bowles' - periwinkle Plants / Evergreen Shrubs Periwinkle is a European native plant growing wildly in the woods of Central Europe to Caucasus. It is a prostrate, evergreen groundcover offering a long flowering period. … Contributed by havlis 28.06. 2014 11:31:20 (25633 readers) | |
Tillandsia cyanea 'Pink Quill' - Air Plant Plants / Other Lava rock from the Big Island of Hawaii is hand selected to provide a home for your Pink Quill Tillandsia plant. These exotic plants thrive on their rock homes and make excellent house, dormitory or office plants! … Contributed by amazon 14.09. 2007 08:46:34 (46374 readers) | |
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Forsythia viridissima 'Bronxensis' - golden bell Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Viridissima species of Golden bell originates in China. Bronxensis is one of its few but truly fantastic varieties valued for very attractive semi-evergreen foliage and primrose yellow, bell-shaped flowers in early spring (April in zone 6). Leaves are soft green, glossy, narrowly lance-shaped, and heavily … Contributed by havlis 11.04. 2017 11:21:31 (12998 readers) | |
Grow Native: Bringing Natural Beauty to Your Garden Other / Books Grow Native: Bringing Natural Beauty to Your Garden Learn how to transform your yard into a beautiful landscape using native plants! … Contributed by amazon 03.04. 2016 13:42:40 (24659 readers) | |
Creating Bonsai Landscapes Other / Books 18 Miniature Garden Projects - Western home and garden design has been increasingly influenced in recent years by ancient Eastern traditions. Feng shui masters are now routinely consulted by architects and interior designers, and bonsai gardening continues to fascinate and inspire. … Contributed by amazon 29.03. 2007 11:50:36 (16776 readers) | |
The American Woodland Garden Other / Books Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest | North America s eastern half, roughly from the Midwest to the Atlantic, was once a great deciduous forest. Although centuries of human intervention have cleared much of the land, the timeless forest remains in the spirit of the place. Today, even the shortest … Contributed by amazon 10.04. 2007 10:33:52 (16005 readers) | |
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A to Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants Other / Books The most comprehensive, detailed, and lavishly illustrated guide to garden plants ever published, first published in 1997, has now been completely revised to include nearly 250 new plants and photos. The AHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants is an essential reference for all gardeners, from novices to … Contributed by amazon 14.11. 2006 09:26:20 (27210 readers) | |
