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Keeping Blue Grass Blue
The bluest of blue fescues needn't be elusive. Learn how to plant them, combine them with other things to show off their blueness, and keep them from browning out in the middle like so many older patches of the stuff.
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Ornamental Grasses - Sparkling Fountains in the Drought
The (almost) perfectly painless plant. It comes in all sizes, shapes and colors, takes little care, doesn't complain if you forget to water - and looks great!
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Subtle Seedheads
The contribution of decorative seedheads to the winter garden
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Grasses make unusual decorations
Pots of showy grasses for table decorations bring the outdoors in and reflect personal style. Perfect table decorations for themed wedding receptions and other parties.
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The Botany of Gluten
Wheat, spelt, rye, barley, oats, corn, rice, wild rice, bamboo shoots and even sugar cane are in the same botanical family of Poaceae Grasses.
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Room With A View
Make sure your garden creates a pleasing view from your windows
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Wave® Petunia Landscape Designs
Wave® petunias solve many garden landscape color and design problems. Plant them in containers or garden plots, alone or with other ornamental plants. Photos included.
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The new garden: Getting Stuck In!
The garden transformation is underway as I get stuck into my new garden.
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Chelsea Flower Show
A report and photos on Chelsea Flower Show 1999
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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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Rooftop Gardening
Rooftop Gardening for beginners. An introduction to what makes rooftop gardens work, why they are so important, and a growing compendium of rooftop gardening resources and links.
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Swaying In The Breeze
Ornamental grasses can provide variety and texture in any garden and their easy maintenance makes them a perfect choice for the busy gardener.
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Those Graceful Grasses
Hardy ornamental grasses make a strong statement in the landscape. These easy to grow plants can also give joy all year long.
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Alliums - the Ornamental Onions
Topic of the Week - Alliums. From the open golden stars of Allium moly to the tight purple clusters of Allium giganteum, ornamental onions are great in the garden.
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Deer-Resistant Perennials Part 1
A guide to deer-resistant perennials and laying the groundwork of a deer-tolerant garden.
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Great Grasses for the Great Lakes Region
A guide to some of the ornamental grasses suitable to growing in the Great Lakes Region
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Ornamental Grasses For Shade - Milium effusum
If you're looking for easy care ornamental grasses for a damp, shady garden, try Milium effusum.
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Walnut Trees and Soil Toxicity
Black Walnut trees exude a toxin that can make growing plants underneath them difficult. Learn what plants will in this article.
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Beautiful Edgings! Wrap your garden up neatly
Those front of the border plants can make or break your garden
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Invasive! ... ?
Exotic. Invasive. Native. Three descriptive adjectives seen more and more these days in gardening books and posts to email lists.
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Perennial Article Index
An A to Z list of articles in the Perennials topic area on Suite101. You can scan the list by common or latin names.
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Grasses, an introduction
We are going to be focussing on grasses for a little while. Here is a general introduction to get us started.
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