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A Horticulturist for All Seasons
Visit with Andre Viette and discover a man with a mission to grow the very best plants on the planet.
daylilies • andre viette • viette communications • hybridizer • daylily culture

Gardening with Arthritis
This is the story of a former horticulturist who has changed his gardening style due to the problems caused by severe arthritis.
arthritis • horticulturist • enabling garden • container gardens • arthritics

Halinar Speaks about Daylilies
This article is an interview with Joe Halinar, a well know horticulturist.
genetics • daylilies • germplasm • hybridizers • joe halinar

Tiempo's Bonsai
Edith L. Tiempo's poem, "Bonsai," consists of four verse paragraphs; the lines are short and unrimed. The poem dramatizes the speaker's method of controlling emotions.
edith l tiempo • bonsai • sublimating nature • small things • horticulturist

Yogananda's Luther Burbank
A esteemed Eastern yogi and an accomplished Western scientist find they have much in common in their pursuit of truth.
paramahansa yogananda • songs of the soul • luther burbank • yogi • horticulturist

The Best Trees for Texas Landscapes
Trees add beauty and value to a home. Shade trees can reduce power consumption in the summer. Landscapers should select trees that are suited to their area and purpose.
texas landscape • trees • small trees for texas • large trees for texas • growing trees in texas

All-America Selections® Flowers and Vegetables
Nearly 200 public gardens and college campuses at 55 locations across North America display All-America Selections® flower and vegetable introductions grown from seeds.
all-america selections® • public gardens • display gardens • plants gardens • new vegetable plants

2008 Catalogs of Spring-blooming Bulbs
Independent garden centers, discount big-box stores and internet / mail order catalog vendors market spring-blooming bulbs. Which source is best for landscape gardens?
free bulb catalogs • 2008 bulb catalogs • spring-blooming bulb catalogs • bulb flowers planting • bulbs garden planning

Planting Under Trees - Part 1
Most of the shade in my USDA zone 7 garden, and I daresay most in your garden, is cast by mature trees. Planting directly under these trees - around their bases - is the greatest shade gardening challenge.
trees • soil • roots • mulch • planting

Winterthur Museum
Fantastic collection of early Americana in an elegant country estate and gardens.
wilmington • delaware • winterthur • henry du pont • italian renaissance

Control Kudzu in an Organic Garden
Organic gardeners must attack kudzu aggressively, as it can overtake and kill even mature trees.
kill kudzu • control kudzu • kudzu vine • kudzu in the organic garden • kudzu control

Fall Flower Guide
The end of summer does not mean the end of flower gardens. Several blooming flowers thrive during the cooler months of autumn.
fall flowers • fall gardens • zone 6 flowers • planting fall flowers • blooms for autumn

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.
unusual evergreen specimen plants • beautiful conifers • genetic mutation • evergreen specimen plants • special garden plants

Trace Plant Nutrients in the Organic Garden
There are six important trace elements in healthy garden soil. Organic gardeners can correct poorly performing flower and vegetable plants with natural soil amendments.
soil test • trace nutrients • organic gardening • natural fertilizers • organic fertilizers

Butterfly Gardening with Native Plants
Exploding with brilliant red blossoms from June to October, this native plant is an excellent choice for gardeners wanting to attract butterflies and hummingbirds.
gardening with native plants • red flowers attract hummingbirds • texas star hibiscus • scarlet hibiscus • plants that look like marijuana

Buying and Cooking Celeriac
Celeriac has a soft texture and celery taste for roasting, braising, frying and boiling. Underneath the unusual and rough exterior, celeriac is an agile ingredient.
buying and cooking celeriac • winter vegetable celeriac recipes • shopping for celeriac • cooking celeriac in winter • freezing celeriac

Cautions for Edible Flowers
When growing or harvesting edible flowers there are several rules that should be followed for both safety and ideal flavors.
edible flowers • flowers for food • salad flowers • growing flowers • harvesting flowers

Cottage Gardening
Old-fashioned cottage gardens can be a treasured addition to a home and will deliver charms and delights season after season, with some attention to details.
cottage gardening • cottage gardens • landscape • decorations • old-fashioned flowers

Delighting in pests
There are a lot of gardening magazines out there! Everything from regional publications specific to a single climate zone, to specialty publications on particular plants, to the newstand regulars that try to cover whole continents. Here are a few that you might not have unearthed on your own.
gardens • gardening • horticulture • plants • australian gardens

Detour across the Atlantic . . .
Yes, Virginia, there will always be an England . . .
travel • budget • henry viii • england • virginia

How to Choose, Plant and Care for Hydrangeas
Hydrangeas are easy-to-grow shrubs with large flowers in shades of pink, blue, purple and white. They bloom all summer with flowers that can reach 12 inches across.
hydrangea • hydrangeas • blue hydrangea • pruning hydrangea • hydrangea care

Images of America – Port Charlotte, Florida
If Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon read the history book Images of America: Port Charlotte would he have envisioned a retirement haven around Charlotte Harbor, Fla?
port charlotte history • images of america • historical pictorial essay • history of port charlotte • history of charlotte harbor

Last Minute Gift Ideas for Landscape Gardeners
Last minute and unique gift ideas are as close as local garden centers, hardware and big box stores. Avant-garde presents include standard as well as contemporary gloves.
unique gifts for gardeners • last minute gift ideas • garden gloves • wells lamont garden gloves • foxgloves garden gloves

Lilac Festival in Rochester, NY
Visitors to the Lilac Festival, held annually each May in Rochester, NY, can see a rainbow of colorful lilac bushes and breathe in the exotic, unique scent.
lilacs • lilac festival • rochester lilac festival • rochester events • lilac festival history

Madagascar Buttercup
The story of the Clematopsis flower, a mysterious member of the family Ranunculaceae
madagascar • perennials • plants

Managing Bamboo
Bamboo. Is it under control in your garden or in control of your garden? This week I turn to a couple of experienced horticulturists for assistance.
bamboo • garden • susan mertz • kokopelli nursery • landscape

Ontario Bans Back Yard Pesticides
There is good news for back yard vegetable gardeners in Ontario. Beginning in the spring of 2009, the cosmetic use of pesticides and herbicides will be against the law.
ontario pesticide ban • back yard vegetable garden • pesticide ban • herbicide ban • organic gardening

Sunny Sunflowers for the Summer Season
Sunflowers brighten any season and are a quick addition to wildscaped landscapes.
wildscape • sunflwower • sunflowers • garden • mel. white

The Gardener's Gift of Travel - Part 2
The second part of a virtual field trip through selected gardens of North America. Design characteristics, most notably informalism and naturalism, pertinent to each garden are briefly discussed.
georgene a bramlage • georgene bramlage • designing home landscapes • the gardener's gift of travel • informalism

The Magnolia Tree and Daffodils
Many are surprised to find that the late blooming Tulip Tree is actually a Magnolia. Daffodils usually bloom at the same time making them a great companion planting.
trees that flower in spring • small growing magnolia tree • yellow flowering magnolia tree • deciduous magnolia • magnolia soulangiana

'Venus' & 'Hartlage Wine' Calycanthus Cultivars
'Venus' & 'Hartlage Wine' (Calycanthus spp.) are new hybrid cultivars, large, shade-loving shrubs excellent as specimen plants in many landscape garden designs.
‘hartlage wine’sweetshrub • 'venus' sweetshrub • specimen plants shade • natural landscaping • shade landscaping

Botanical Latin
Regardless of a botanist or gardener's native language, each learns to speak, read and communicate via a second language, Botanical Latin.
botanical latin • language of botanists and gardeners • conservatories arboreta botanical gardens label pl • carl linnaeus • botanical nomenclature

Brief History of Cultivated Roses
Roses have developed most recently in the last 200 years into the rose species known today; however, their origins can be traced back much further back in time.
history of rose • various types of rose species • ancient roses of china • introduction of roses to europe • development of new rose species

Buy and Care for Organic Poinsettias
When the organic garden lies fallow in the winter, many gardeners rely on houseplants like poinsettias to extend their hobby into the winter months.
christmas poinsettia • poinsettia flower • poinsettia plant • poinsettia care • buy poinsettias

Growing Tomato Plants in an Organic Garden
When growing tomato plants in an organic garden one must consider preparing the soil, planting tomato seedlings, tomato cages, and tomato fertilizer.
tomato plants • tomato plant • growing tomato plants • hanging tomato plants • upside down tomato plants

Hamamelis – Autumn Landscape Gold
Hamamelis virginiana, a North American native, brings interesting golden flowers and leaf color to the autumn landscape. It merits more use in planned landscapes.
arboretum kalmthout • hamamelis virginiana • virginia witch hazel • common witch hazel • hamamelis vernalis

Hamamelis – Spring Landscape Gold
Hamamelis vernalis, a North American native, is a two-season landscape performer with fragrant yellow spring blooms and deep yellow autumn leaves.
hamamelis • witch hazel • h. vernalis • vernal witch hazel • spring witch hazel

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