Cutting Edge Gardening in the Intermountain West Other / Books 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 … Contributed by amazon 04.07. 2007 10:37:49 (11806 readers) Match on Title and Article's text | |
Western Garden Book Other / Books 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--it s THE essential book for gardeners … Contributed by amazon 27.02. 2007 16:35:45 (19369 readers) Match on Title and Article's text | |
Rock Gardening Other / Books Rock Gardening: Reimagining a Classic Style Rock gardening —the art of growing alpines and other miniature plants in the company of rocks in order to recreate the look of a rugged mountaintop—has been surging in popularity. Time and space constraints, chronic drought in the American West, and a trend … Contributed by amazon 21.01. 2017 17:36:59 (19355 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Blechnum gibbum - Silver Lady Fern Plants / Ferns 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 … Contributed by amazon 20.05. 2007 19:26:51 (39068 readers) Match on Article's text | |
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Aeschynanthus radicans - Lipstick Plant Plants / Climber Plants Related to African violets and gloxinias, lipstick plants are members of the gesneriad family. It s 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, … Contributed by amazon 02.11. 2007 13:20:54 (69435 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Creating Your Own Japanese Garden Other / Books 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 … Contributed by amazon 15.04. 2007 19:09:27 (12596 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Andropogon geradii - Big Bluestem Plants / Grass, Grasses 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 … Contributed by amazon 04.06. 2007 09:18:16 (17449 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Andropogon gerardii - Big Bluestem, Turkeyfoot Plants / Grass, Grasses 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 … Contributed by amazon 01.07. 2007 21:34:26 (14493 readers) Match on Article's text | |
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Calochortus Other / Books 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 … Contributed by amazon 06.04. 2007 10:36:33 (9492 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Vanilla planifolia - Vanilla Orchid Plants / Tropical and Subtropical Plants Native almost to the tropics the range includes Mexico, Central America, West Indies, and Northern South America. The genus vanilla produces the world s 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 … Contributed by amazon 03.01. 2008 09:46:20 (20211 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Native Trees of the Southeast Other / Books 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 … Contributed by amazon 06.04. 2007 10:04:31 (17157 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Sorbus hupehensis - Hupeh Rowan Plants / Deciduous Trees Sorbus hupehensis (Hupeh rowan or Hubei rowan; Chinese: 湖北花楸; pinyin: hubei huaqiu; literally: Hubei rowan ) is a species of rowan native to central and western China (between Qinghai and Gansu in the west, Yunnan in the south, Jiangxi in the southeast, and Shandong in the east). … Contributed by garden-en 27.09. 2016 14:37:00 (14953 readers) Match on Article's text | |
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Kroller-Muller Museum: The History of A Sculpture Garden Other / Books 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 … Contributed by amazon 14.11. 2007 13:27:32 (15258 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Best Groundcovers and Vines for the Prairies Other / Books This is a long-needed reference book and it couldn t 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 … Contributed by amazon 02.08. 2007 10:46:41 (12298 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Iris pseudacorus x 'Berlin Tiger' - Yellow Flag Plants / Bulbs 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 … Contributed by amazon 23.05. 2007 08:26:29 (24697 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Cymbopogon citratus - West Indian Lemon Grass Plants / Grass, Grasses 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 … Contributed by amazon 25.10. 2007 09:43:16 (24545 readers) Match on Title | |
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Lithops - Living Stone Plants / Sukulents, Cactuses 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 … Contributed by amazon 06.06. 2007 09:10:10 (20789 readers) Match on Article's text | |
