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Edible Flowers of Cowslip Primula veris
Native cowslips produce bright yellow nectar-rich flowers from early spring that can be added to edible flowers spring salads and preserved in sugar, syrup and vinegar.
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Propagating Primula veris Cowslip in Spring
Cowslips (Primula veris) readily self seed in Spring. Gardeners can use propagation methods to encourage cowslips to grow in their backyard woodlands and meadow gardens.
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Primrose Paths
The history, folklore, and uses of the primrose.
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Marsh Marigolds: a Flower-fire
Marsh Marigolds (<I>Caltha palustris</I>) are a nice springtime treat, their shiny yellow flowers and glossy heart-shaped leaves filling swamps and marshes and wet meadows with showy botany.
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Plants For The Damp Garden - Primulas
While there is a growing assortment of plants in my damp garden bed, the primary objective in building this garden was to find a suitable home for my beloved and beleaguered candelabra primroses. I have lots of photos for you, so please be patient while the page loads.
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Perennial Plants for Dry Shade
The soil under trees can be dry even with regular watering because the roots use the moisture quickly. See seven perennials that thrive in difficult shady conditions
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Spring Blooming Perennials
Many perennial plants are just breaking dormancy in the spring and won't be blooming until summer or fall. These great plants however add spring color with early flowers.
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POISON: PART THREE
Common plants with poisonous properties.
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British Spring Flowers
The UK has a number of common spring flowers; amongst these flowers are daffodil, English primrose and bluebell, each having had a long association with British history.
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Cooking with Flowers by Jekka McVicar
Author of Jekka's Complete Herb Book, Jekka McVicar presented a rereleased book on cooking with flowers in 2003. Here's a dip into the coverage and currency of the book.
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Marginal Water Plant Spotlight on Marsh Marigold
A look at four varieties of Marsh Marigold and how they work in a marginal water garden.
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Nunnington Hall Yorkshire
Nunnington Hall, owned by the National Trust, is an unlikely but popular international concert and exhibition venue.
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Animal Gardens
Animal theme gardens are a great way to involve children in gardening. Linda Mazar shares how how children can plant and play with the lions and tigers and bears or plants named after farm animals. © <a href="/profile.cfm/Linda">Linda Mazar</a>
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Helping Wildlife in Summer
Ideas you can do to help wildlife in your own backyard.
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IN SEARCH OF THE WHITE GENTIAN.
Searching for the white Gentiana verna.

Mayday, Mayday
The archetypal blues song begins “I woke up this morning…” whereas its folk equivalent is most likely to be roving out one morning in May. This month I take a look at why the folk tradition values May so highly in its lyrics.
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The Dangerous Beauty of Narcissus
The history of the narcissus (daffodil)
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The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
Will the real Santa Claus please come forward!
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The Perched Villages of France
The traveler to the fabled land of sun and color in southern France may miss storied villages from ancient past. The short detour from Avignon is a must see.
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Wild Flower Folklore
Flowers have been associated with myth and legend from the earliest of times often meaning different things to different cultures around the world.
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Dancing With The Stars Premiere
Dancing with the Stars premiered last night on ABC. But can the show's cast stand up to the stiff competition and twists of the unprecendented season?
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Say It With Flowers
Flowers and plants have a rich folklore of symbolism and meaning. The Victorians developed a whole language of them to help express their deepest thoughts and feelings.
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Lush - Bath Melts
Lush, a luxury bath and body products store, makes several different bath melts, all scented and best when fresh. These organic treats make baths fun and relaxing.
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Toxic Plants and Pets
There's an array of toxic plants in the average yard or garden. Learn what plants are toxic and the symptoms of poisoning in livestock, pets and other animals.
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Heady Scents of Summer
How is your garden's attar? Attar is a Persian word meaning smell. The heady scents of summer are now all around us, time to explore the delicious intoxicating fragrances of mid summer. Scents are the souls of flowers and are the very essence of the garden.
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Pyramus and Thisbe: Death do us not part
a brief overview of Pyramus and Thisbe as begotten of Ovid and inherited by Shakespeare
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From Souter Lighthouse to the Marsden Grotto
The short section of coast from Sunderland to the mouth of the Tyne is made up of tall cliffs that look out onto a series of sea stacks and craggy, wave-sculpted arches.
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Essential Identity
I don't know about you, but I'm a mystery fiction fan. Nothing (except a new plant or seed catalog) is more soul comforting to curl up with, on a dreary winter day, than a good who dunnit. Whether you actually like mystery fiction or not, you embark on solving mysteries as soon as you fall in love with gardening. The biggest continuing mystery in gardening is identity. I've been musing on this recently.
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New Bulb Seed List~Part Two
Often the only way to afford some bulbs is to grow them from seed. So here is your chance to do just this,
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