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The Earliest Blooming Trees
When the apricot and plum trees bloom, you know spring has truly arrived. Here are the earliest blooming flowering trees for your garden.
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The Strawberry Tree: How to Plant and Grow this Fruit Bearing, Ornamental Tree
Among the most ornamental fruit trees for the edible landscape is the strawberry tree.
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A Plumeria Tree with Fragrant Flowers
Plumeria, commonly called the Frangipani Tree, has acquired mystical status in Southeast Asia. It is an ornamental tree with scented flowers that is easy to grow.
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How to Prune a Tree
Pruning trees is part of maintaining their health and beauty. Do it right to ensure the longevity of your trees.
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Library in a Wicker Basket
Brief descriptions of horticulture and gardening books the author knows, loves and uses with great frequentcy and regularity.
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Plants to Train as Standards
These ornamental trees and flowering shrubs are all excellent options for growing and training in a more formal, standard shape.
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Winter Berries in Southern Garden Landscapes
Trees and shrubs that produce colorful berries bring winter beauty to landscape gardens. They may also provide winter shelter as well as food for fruit-eating birds.
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A Tale of Near Garden Disaster
"It was wonderful! Just like a real country wedding" Little did they know how close it had been to a horrific tragedy if that bough had fallen
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Attracting Hummingbirds to a Garden: Plants and Flowers for Hummingbird Nesting and Feeding
Could you easily spot a hummingbird's nest if you looked for one? Given the Lilliputian size of hummingbirds, it's only reasonable to expect that their nests will also be minuscule. Learning a bit about hummingbird nesting may help you to spy a hummer's nest more easily!
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Deer-resistant Landscape Trees
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) readily select small trees as available food sources. Native deer-resistant plants ensure success in built landscapes.
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Eastern Redbud Trees in Landscapes
Eastern redbud trees and cultivars enrich landscape gardens with varieties of form, silhouettes and unusual seasonal color. Site selection is essential for good display.
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Growing Buddleias or Butterfly Bushes
Buddleias are easy to grow garden plants, producing masses of long lasting flowers. They have attractive foliage and are very popular with bees and butterflies.
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Growing Lilac Trees in Your Garden
Lilacs are among the most attractive small ornamental trees. They're easy to grow, need little attention once established and give a wonderful display of scented blossom.
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How to Choose Trees for Your Yard
You envision lush greenery and deep shade when adding trees to your landscape. But you could end up with unforeseen problems. Read this before planting.
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In Bed with your Garden
A coppice here, a coppice there<br>A bed of beauty everywhere
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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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Ornamental Maples for the Garden
Acers demand the right soil conditions and location to give their best, but care is rewarded by stunning leaf colour, especially in autumn. Many have a pleasing habit.
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Red Winter Fruits
In this article we will look at two different plants that produce showy red fruits in the winter.
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Regarding the Trees – A Review
Regarding the Trees, written by Kate Klise and illustrated by M. Sarah Klise, is a perfect summer read for middle-school students and witty adults.
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Spring Blooming Trees
Ornamental spring-blooming trees can be either deciduous or evergreen. See how to grow some of the most popular spring flowering trees.
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Spring Flowering Trees
The right flowering tree can bring great beauty to your spring garden. Here are some favorites to consider for your own landscape design plan.
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Tree Plants for the New Year
See the best of the new shade and ornamental trees available to home gardeners in 2008. Healthy plants, unique forms and beautiful colors.
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Trees: The Gift of Love - II
Arbor Day, observed in the U. S. on the last Friday of April, is a traditional time to plant trees. Trees in the home landscape provide physical structure and memories.
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Weeping Evergreen Trees
Evergreen trees are used to provide color year-round, but some also have weeping or pendulous form that is extra exciting! See my top six picks.
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Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden
The Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden (Springfield, MA), a tribute to Theodor Seuss Geisel, features interpretations of his well-known and loved characters.
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Flowering Crabapples - A Review
Flowering Crabapples: "The Genus Malus" by Rev. John L. Fiala is an essential reference for those wanting to know about flowering crabapple trees in built landscapes.
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Weeping Form Deciduous Trees
Six of the best deciduous trees with weeping growth habit and pendulous silhouettes. Is your favorite listed?
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Winter and Holiday Themed Plants
There are so many fun ways to enjoy winter in the garden year-round including planting some of these winter themed plants.
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Deer-resistant Flowering Shrubs
Appetites of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) include ornamental landscape plants. Choosing native deer-resistant shrubs equals landscape success.
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When Hugs Just Aren't Enough: Trees Need Care, Too!
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Alaska State Flower Alpine Forget-me-not
Forget-me-not is a perennial plant native to alpine areas of the United States and is the Alaskan State Flower.
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Camelot Themed Garden Plants
These perennials, annuals and other plants will add a chivalrous feel to your garden as you celebrate the myth of the Knights of the Round Table.
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Ginkgo Biloba - Beneficial or Not
Gingko biloba, a very popular herb, has been used medicinally for thousands of years. Learn about scientifically studied uses and precautions.
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News Roundup
News roundup from nongovernment organizations

Save That Tree: Part One
This article discusses common construction injuries sustained by trees.
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Sky Pencil Holly
Does your garden design make you hum? Or, do you look at the layers of plantings and hear a symphony? If you want a symphony, include Ilex crenata 'Sky Pencil Holly'.
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Yellow Flowering Shrubs for Theme Gardens
These gorgeous shrubs provide interest and backdrop to the yellow themed garden setting off the other flowering plants well.
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All-America Selections Winners
Each year gardeners look forward to seeing which plants will earn the All-America Selections award for being easy to grow and beautiful garden specimens.
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Annual Plants for the New Year
See the best of the new annual plants available to home gardeners in 2008. New colors, healthier plants and interesting flower forms can all be found.
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Autumn Trees in the Garden 2
More of the beautiful trees we should grow in our gardens.
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Bare Root Planting
Bare root provides an economic advantage over containerized plants and is a good excuse for winter gardening.
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British Museum and Kew Gardens
The Royal Botanic Gardens and the British Museum have combined their expertise to create a most unusual scented landscape garden on the forecourt of the British Museum.
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Bulbs for the New Year
These bulbs, corms and runner grown plants represent new varieties recently bred, and heirloom plants rediscovered and reintroduced for all gardeners to enjoy.
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Crabapple Trees in the Landscape
Eighteen kinds of crabapples form the backdrop to a Memorial Garden in a western MA orchard. Autumn crabapple display begins with warm sunny days and cold nights.
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Early Blooming Bulbs to Plant
Gardeners who want the earliest blooms during the cold of winter will want to consider these bulbs that will often bloom as early as January or February.
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Edible Plants for the New Year
See the best of the new vegetable and edible plants available to home gardeners in 2008. Tasty heirloom varieties, and disease resistant strains available this year.
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Memorial Gardens Revisited
Due to recent events, families may be in need of a memorial for a loved one. A memorial garden can be a beautiful and healing way to remember a dear one over the years. © <a href="/profile.cfm/Linda">Linda Mazar</a>
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Perennial Plants for the New Year
See the best of the new perennial plants available to home gardeners in 2008. New colors, healthier plants and interesting flower forms can all be found.
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Plant Tissue Culture
Plant tissue culture is a method of vegetative propagation in which clones of select plants are produced in sterile conditions.
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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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