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Caring for the Bird of Paradise Plant
Bird of Paradise plants add an exotic touch to gardens and houses. Proper care for a crane flower ensures that it can be grown as a garden plant or for ornamental use.
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Summer Flowers of the Red Bird of Paradise Plant
For vibrant summer flowers with a profusion of red and orange blossoms, the Red Bird of Paradise plant is truly the Peacock Flower of tropical gardens.
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Problems with Growing a Bird Of Paradise Plant
Gardening success with the Bird of Paradise Plant requires knowledge of Strelitzia problems. Because it is such a unique plant, Strelitzia has unique gardening problems.
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Caring For Your Bird Of Paradise
The name “Strelitzia” honors England’s Queen Charlotte Sophia, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz who was the consort of King George III who was a patron of botany. You can find Strelitzias in many colors including white, orange, red, pink and yellow. Learn more about this fascinating plant and how to properly care for it.
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Birds of Paradise
Few events in nature can surpass the thrill of spotting a Bird of Paradise in the wild. The photos done in zoos are technically superior but there is nothing like capturing the male Bird of Paradise on the wing.
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Balboa Park
Balboa Park, an escape from a northeast winter.
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Bird of Paradise
Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia Reginae) -- very slow to produce flowers, but well worth the wait.
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Give Gardens a Tropical Touch with Heliconias
The spectacular Heliconia is exotic and graceful. It is ideal as a landscape focal plant, thrives as a potted plant and lasts for ages as a decorative cut flower.
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Just Look at Those Vegetables!
How to use all sorts of vegetables from asparagus and aubergines to zucchini and French pumpkins to enhance your ornamental flower garden.
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Top Low-Water Use Shrubs
Here are some great shrubs and small trees for use in desert gardens, basically for USDA cold-hardiness zones 7-10, and below 6,000 feet.
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Camellias and Rhododendrons
Discover the stately charm of these beautiful plants.
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Number One Something Speak It
Some people come to New Guinea and stay for a week, others come for a week and stay for a lifetime. Papua New Guinea is eternally fascinating and frustrating. Home to the world's largest butterfly, the bird of paradise,orchids galore, and the world's best coffee, it offers natural beauty in abundance.
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Peaceful Co-existence Between Your Pets and Your House Plants
Planning for peaceful co-existence between your pets and your house plants.
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Gran Canaria's Colourful Plant Life
Gran Canaria is an abundance of colour all year round, the islands parks and gardens display a huge variety of species from Paradise flowers, to Oleander and Hibiscus.
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Pennsy Dutch Magikcal Art
These folk art "pictures" painted on barns and hung in homes have special meanings. They're the unique art form of a Shamanic practice of the Pennsylvania Dutch.
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Poisonous Houseplants
Toxic houseplants can be dangerous to pets and young children; discover which varieties are toxic and keep them out of reach.
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A Gift of Hummingbirds
Those joyful little creatures, hummingbirds, illumine an author's morning's walk a while back, inspiring his reflection on the nature of universe and the interrelationships of hummingbirds and poets. A poem is offered in reverence to the messengers of the heart.
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Nature Postage Stamps for '99
Nature lovers will have a banner year in 1999 if they like to use nature stamps on their snail mail. The U.S. Postal Service is offering aquarium fish, arctic wildlife, insects, the Sonoran Desert and tropical flowers.
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POISON: PART THREE
Common plants with poisonous properties.
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Madeira, Top Holiday Destination in the Atlantic
With breathtaking scenery and a pleasant climate year round, Madeira island is a favourite holiday destination.
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Scotland - Romantic Taychreggan Hotel
Taychreggan Hotel is an old stone house, originally a humble cattle drover's inn, which has been here, in a lovely part of Argyll, for over 300 years.
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The Scissortail Flycatcher
Flycatchers are visible in North America only in the summer months, breeding in the southwest regions of the country. They winter in the areas from Mexico down to Panama and South America. There are many different species of flycatchers, but perhaps the most flamboyant of these is the scissortail.
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'A life In Time': A Roy Haynes Retrospective.
It seems like Roy Haynes has been around forever, maybe he has. He was there at the beginning of Bop and worked with innovators like Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie.
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A Pair of Books for Indoor Gardeners
Ficus trees and Palms are commonly grown indoor trees. These books will help you grow them well.
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Choose a Lantana for Aromatic Flower Clusters
The Lantana plant, an easy to grow shrub, with aromatic flower clusters and stunning colors, is valued for its long reliable flowering season.
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Choose an Amaryllis for Brilliant Exotic Flowers
The Amaryllis and Hippeastrum are a gardener's ideal plants. Easy to grow, with large showy flowers, they are perfect in garden beds, as house plants or Christmas gifts.
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Five Free Things to do in Rotorua
Geothermal activity, historical attractions and walking trails are just some of the free things to see and do when you visit Rotorua in New Zealand's North Island.
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Florida Ground Covers
Get creative with the use of ground covers in your garden.
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Have You Tried Growing Bananas?
Gardeners are always looking for an exciting plant to trial for the coming gardening season. This year, I'd like to suggest you try a banana plant.
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How to Pet Proof Your House
When you first bring home a new pet, you need to pet proof your house just as thoroughly as you would do for a crawling baby or toddler.
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Madeira, Portugal's Wild Atlantic Garden
The Madeiran archipelago, together with those of the Canaries, Azores and Cape Verde comprise Macaronesia, "the Fortunate Isles".
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Making Connections! Part 2.
Movement and Dance is a natural form of improvisation and we can look to nature for great ideas to help us to create our movement workshops, because many other living things dance too...
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Outdoor Sites in Western Mexico
Western Mexico's mountains, volcanoes, caves, canyons, tropical jungle and unique pyramids will appeal to hikers, campers, photographers and other outdoor enthusiasts.
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Parkwood Estate Greenhouse
Take a tour of the historic greenhouses at Oshawa's Parkwood Estate, home to General Motors Founder Robert Samuel McLaughlin.
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Quilt Makers Guide to Hawaii
Traditional Hawiian quilts are like no others, either in design or technique. This article explores their history, themes, and tells where to find the best displays.
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San Diego Gardens
San Diego Zoo: the landscaping not the animals!
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Summer Wedding Ideas
Are you planning on saying "I Do" in the summer? Here are some decor and style ideas that are perfect for summer brides.
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The Heritage of Kew Gardens
Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, near south-west London, has an interesting heritage and history of both royalty and botanists; in 2009, Kew celebrates its 250th anniversary.
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The Red Ginger Plant Gives All Year Round Blooms
The Red Ginger plant is a spectacular focal plant in the garden and with its glossy green leaves and showy flowers is ideal for tropical flower arrangements.
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Tropical Beach Parties
Summertime is wonderful for entertaining, and tropical beach parties are fun, easy and creative. Read on to learn about the many party variations using a tropical theme.
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Village Homestay
A village homestay, I can assure you, is the closest that you will ever come to absorbing the culture and lifestyle of the Solomon Islands, unless of course you would to undergo tribal initiation. I wouldn't recommend it.
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Visit Kingwood Center in Mansfield Ohio
The Kingwood Center is worth a trip to the mid-western state of Ohio. This Mansfield estate is filled with heritage and display gardens, greenhouses and an orangery.
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Wedding Cake Flowers
Flowers have always been a favorite choice to decorate wedding cakes; today, there are several ways to use fresh and edible wedding flowers for cake decoration.
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Wedding Decorations—Symbolism and Meaning
Before settling on colors and flowers, learn what each of them symbolizes. Mixing and matching colors or flowers may create more drama and add depth to the meaning.
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America's Next Top Model, Cycle 12 - Episode 9
In Brazil, the top six girls from this season of America's Next Top Model meet the girl from Ipanema, learn capoeira, and channel Carmen Miranda in a photograph.
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ANTM Cycle 9 – Week 4
Contestants are transformed from merely cute to model perfect with makeovers from the Ken Paves Salon. One girl goes bald.
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Awesome New Brunswick: Millennium Series 31
This journey takes us on a train from Grand Central Station, north along the picturesque Hudson river to Montreal. A quick overnight stay then it's Via Rail overnight to Campbellton New Brunswick. This area is the home of the first three generations of my mothers family who arrived in Canada from Ireland in the 1800s. We spend an enjoyable few days in Campbellton, touring, shopping, and we meet a distant relative, visit with a giant fish, and revel in a glorious sunset. This is preceeded by dinner in a world class restaurant. Join us for in hospitable Campbellton. Meet some friendly people, restigouche Sam and view the incredible sunset. As usual there are lots of pictures. Please join, my mother, aunt and I and feel free to comment in the discussion area. ME
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Baja California Sur
Escape from the winter that wasn't
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Book Review of Wise Child by Monica Furlong
Children will love Wise Child for its magic, mystery and suspense. Parents and teachers will love it because it deals with important life lessons.
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Evolution by Sexual Selection
From giant moose antlers to stunning peacock feathers, nature may owe a great deal of its beauty and diversity to the sexual impulse.
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