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Pleasing Plantings - One Leaf at A Time.
A garden that looks good all year starts with the foliage color, texture and shape. Get that right and you'll always have an interesting garden - even when nothing is in flower.
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Foliage: The Living Palette - Part 4
Today, I'd like to explore other ways to use foliage contrasts and echoes in the garden.
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Foliage: The Living Palette - Part 3
As we dream of our gardens and what we want to do, we need to keep our aesthetic tools in mind. Foliage is one of the primary tools available to those of us who garden in shade. With it, we can weave a living tapestry. I've finally gotten a scanner and I've been playing with it. One of these days, I'll figure out the best way to use it. In the meantime, please bear with me if my page is slow to load.
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Choosing Trees for a Small Garden
Selecting trees that will fit into a small garden
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January Plant Gallery
Plants with seasonal interest in January, together with colour photos, descriptions and cultivation details
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THE PLANTS RESPOND TO THE LONGER DAYS.
The plants respond to the longer days.

Autumn Trees in the Garden 2
More of the beautiful trees we should grow in our gardens.
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AUTUMN COLOURS.
Admiring some autumn colour in the garden.

Bedding down for the winter
Bedding down the garden for the winter.

Cyclamen part 2
Growing Cyclamen in the alpine house.
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Cyclamen part 3
Growing cyclamen in the alpine house.
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The Beauty of Bare Branches
Winter interest from colour, form and texture of stems and branches
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Better Landscaping for YOUR Home
Are you STILL trying to figure out how to make your garden look great? Here are seven great tips for adding excitement to your landscape from The Wise Gardener - another in our series of "Garden Articles by You"

Camellia Lore
With spring just around the corner, we start another gardening year. Spreading garden compost or leafmould around the borders and discussing that Queen of spring shrubs, the Camellia.
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Cyclamen in the alpine house. Part 1.
Growing Cyclamen in the alpine house.
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THE END OF SUMMER
Gardening in a mild wet and windy climate in the west of Ireland.
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Trees and Town Gardens
With Christmas and winter almost upon us, our gardens are now entering a long hibernation period. While we are admiring the winter landscape and thinking of warmer days, I consider what trees can do for you and your garden.
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