Articles related to "Leaf Colour"



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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How to Mix Green for Painting Foliage and Leaves
In painting, green is often a problem colour because it is found in abundance in the garden and in the landscape. How does the artist make green interesting?
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Popular Flowering Cherry Trees for the Garden
The flowering cherry tree comes in many varieties. Most offer a sumptuous display of cherry blossom in spring. Some also have ornamental bark, or bright autumn foliage.
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Virginia Creepers and Other Parthenocissus
Parthenocissus are hardy climbing plants. They will quickly cover a house or garden wall and provide a spectacular display of brilliant red and purple autumn foliage.
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Growing Fuchsias in Pots, Tubs and Baskets
Whether you only have space on the windowsill or a container crying out for several plants, there's a fuchsia to suit your lifestyle.
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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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Ornamental Holly Plants to Grow in Your Garden
A wide variety of ornamental trees and shrubs have sprung from the native holly tree. They're easy to grow if you know how, and understand the differences between them.
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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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HOME AND AWAY
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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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