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Conifers for the Garden
Use a wide variety of conifers to add color and dignity to a garden. The elegance of conifers and their different colors can enhance any type of garden, large or small.
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Rare Conifer Evergreen Trees
Plant hunters, propagators,and geneticists have developed rare and unusual conifers. Because of this there is a perfect plant for any site.
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Identifying Northwest Conifers
Northwest conifers may seem similar, but when you look closely at the needles and cones, it's easy to tell a pine from a fir or a hemlock from a red-cedar.
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Pines, Conifers, Evergreens
Pine, spruce, fir, hemlock, cypress, cedar, larch--not all these trees are evergreens, although all have needle-like leaves and produce cones, so they are conifers.
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Bizarre Conifers
I have a fondness for conifers with unusual growth patterns. This article is about placing these unusual plants in gardens.
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Home History and Conifers
Gay and Kees live in an historical home and this tells you the story of a murder that took place in their garden
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My Stately Friends - Trees
Trees and I are a twosome. I can't imagine life in Washington without a love of forests.
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Paleobotany I
There is more to the study of paleontology than extinct animals, what about the plant life?
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Planting Trees for Autumn and The Story of Dwarf Conifers
Autumn is the perfect time to plant a tree. Find out the right way to select and plant a tree plus learn about dwarf conifers which can add interest and intrigue to your lawn and garden.
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Those plants called Conifers
They are recognised by architects, gardeners, and landscape artists as being among the most inspiring trees in the world for plantings of driveways, avenues, etc.
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Showy Winter Cones
You don't need berries or blossoms to create winter interest. These conifers have showy cones that provide interest and contrast to a winter garden landscape.
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What is pollen?
Course or fine, spheroid or winged, pollen is one of the main ingredients for sexual reproduction in plants.
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Trees,Can't Live Without Them.
Part Two: Trees and Food Production.
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What is Evergreen?
Evergreens, for the most part, are mostly conifers in colder temperate regions.
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Weeping Evergreen Shrubs
Weeping form evergreen shrubs keep their foliage providing extra interest to any garden area. See six favorite weeping evergreen shrubs; broadleaf and conifers.
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Argentinosaurus
The largest dinosaur ever discovered is the Argentinosaurus, meaning "Argentine lizard." This frisky fellow lived during the Cretaceous period, 90 million years ago.
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Growing Norfolk Island Pine Indoors
Araucaria heterophylla is a striking plant for home décor and a popular choice as a living Christmas tree.
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Japanese Garden Evergreen Plants
These lovely evergreen conifers make great additions to a Japanese reflection garden because of the interesting form and year round color they provide the landscape.
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Planting Gold in the Garden
Many gardeners have discovered that using gold foliage in the landscape is an easy way to add color without depending on flowers.
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Ever Green .... Color for Fall and Winter
Don't put your garden trowel away just yet! There is a surprising variety of plants that will add wonderful color and texture to your fall and winter garden.
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My Garden
Tour our Garden Design editor's garden.
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Romaine Undery's Garden Down Under
Gardening down under but definitely right side up.
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SEX IS RAMPANT IN THE SUMMER GARDEN?
Sex in the Wrinkly Gardener's garden? What on Earth am I writing about this time?
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Simplify Your Garden with Shrubs
Simplifying the planting scheme means reducing the number of different plants with different cultural requirements that you need to keep track of. One way to do that is to plant mixed borders that incorporate easy to maintain shrubs and trees.
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Spring Themed Garden Plants
In this group of plants all have names that reflect spring themes! A fun way to pay tribute to this fleeting but powerful time of the year.
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Mid-winter Weather Concerns for the Mid-Atlantic Gardener
As we reach the mid-point of our winter season there are several weather related concerns for gardeners this year.
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WHAT winter color??
Its tough to get color and beauty in a winter garden when you live in the frozen north. But all that blankness does have its compensations.
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Arid Zones in The Garden
The third zone in a desert garden is the "arid" zone, one that requires little or no supplemental water after they are established. Read about the "arid" zone, and the pl
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Bright Berries for Winter Gardens
Learn how to use plants with winter fruits or berries to add color and delight to your garden. There are so many delightful trees, shrubs and others to choose from!
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Evergreen Plants in Winter Gardens
Learn some guidelines for using evergreens in the garden to provide winter winterest. Look at the types of evergreens available, and variety of uses for your landscape.
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Sky Pencil Holly
Does your garden design make you hum? Or, do you look at the layers of plantings and hear a symphony? If you want a symphony, include Ilex crenata 'Sky Pencil Holly'.
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The Laurel In Winter
Nothing surpasses the lush green of Mountain Laurel foliage in the midst of winter.
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Winter and Holiday Themed Plants
There are so many fun ways to enjoy winter in the garden year-round including planting some of these winter themed plants.
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Bye Yew Hedge, Hi New Hedge: The Optimist's Garden
If you must use evergreens as a foundation planting in your front yard - if, in fact, you insist on a foundation planting with shrubs - then why not go the creative route and use colorful dwarf conifers in blues, golds, and bronzes? And while you're waiting for them to grow up, why not use some temporary but attractive filler to make the garden look finished long before it actually matures?
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Deck The Halls And Window boxes With Winter's Garden Bounty
A well planned garden offers a wealth of varied plant material for decorating indoors and out, year-round, even in the depths of winter.
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Dr. Seuss Trees
"Show me some Dr. Seuss trees" a customer requested. Cascade Falls Weeping Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum ‘Cascade Falls’) is a good selection to accent water gardens.
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Silent Drought, Part 1- Is it Stealing Your Garden?
Yes, friends, even though Old Man Winter reigns in the Mid-Atlantic States, and October had abundant rainfall, this region is still in the midst of drought conditions.
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Sizzling Plants For The Summer Of 2001
What are the hottest plants for the summer of 2001? Here are all the steamy details!
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The Kancamagus - Highway to Leaf Peeper Heaven
The Kancamagus Highway is one of New England's favorite leaf peeping sites, and with good reason. It's beautiful!
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WHAT'S BLOOMING AT PLANTATIONS?
To learn more about herbs and landscaping with these versatile plants visit the many gardens at Cornell Plantations in Ithaca, NY.
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