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Fall Transitions Frost is coming! What should we do? winter plant maintenance • planning for frost • moving plants indoors
Florida Plant Care -- Winterizing In warm climates such as South Florida, there's no better time to get your plants ready and healthy for winter than in the summer and early fall. plant care • tropical plant care • landscape planting • winter plants • preparing winter plants in summer
WINTER HAS ARRIVED. Winter has arrived in the garden and the winter flowering plants are all in bloom winter plants • winter flowering plants • irish gardens
Winter in the Vegetable Garden Winter in the organic vegetable garden is a time of reflection and rest, but you can also engage in limited planting and extensive planning. winter garden ideas • winter garden jobs • winter garden projects • winter vegetable garden • winter plants
Winter Planting for Spring Blooms Planting spring bulbs in winter will ensure colorful gardens in Spring. Choose the correct bulbs and select a suitable bulb planting area for best garden results. winter planting • spring blooms • spring bulbs • garden color in spring • planting spring bulbs
Winter Tasks in the Flower Garden Don't stop caring for your roses, bulbs, and perennials when the first snow flies. They require your occasional presence to ensure a glorious spring performance. winter garden ideas • winter garden jobs • winter garden projects • winter flower garden • winter plants
Wintering Plants in Pots I don't know about you, but I keep a lot of plants in pots. I'm not just talking about houseplants or seasonal annuals, but plants that would be hardy in my USDA zone 7 garden - if they were in the ground. This week, I'll tell you how I've wintered plants in pots. winterizing • hardy potted plants • protecting potted plants • frost protection for potted plants • plunge bed
Wintering Plants in Pots - Part 2 Cold frames of some sort are an indispensable part of gardening once you get into propagation of any kind. This week, I'll tell you about some of the kinds of frames I've used to protect my hardy potted plants over the winter. winterizing • hardy • potted • plants • protecting
Wintering Plants Indoors Don't let your tropical and subtropical plants die, try wintering them indoors for a head start next season! pond • plants • plant • aquatic • wintering
Winter Gardening Birdhouses, nesting boxes, bulbs, roses, evergreens, trees, shrubs and perennial beds all need attention. birdhouse preparation • birdhouse care • bluebirds • bluebird garden • winter plants
Adorable Alpines Easy to grow alpines for the open garden alpines • growing alpines • hardy alpines • winter planting • rock plants
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. fall plants • winter plants • evergreens • conifers • heath
Growing Shrubs and Perennials in Containers Growing permanent plants in containers container gardening • growing shrubs • perennials in containers • containers • perennials
Much ado about mulch Mulching garden beds with leaves protects perennial plants from the freeze and thaw cycles so typical of our southern Ontario climate. mulch • canadian gardeners • seasonal gardens • climate effects on gardening • winter gardens
What am I going to do all winter??? Spend your winter growing yourself as a gardener! If you're lucky you'll be so busy with this that spring will come before you're even ready. garden • winter • planting • mail order • catalogs
Winter Garden Clean Up Before you leave your garden for the winter, make sure you've done a thorough clean up to prevent problems in the spring. winter gardening • garden clean-up • gardeners • composting • compost pile
Winter Ground Covers and Vines The garden landscape can seem bare during the winter but with these rambling or spreading perennial plants you can have year round interest. winter vines • winter ground covers • perennial vines • perennial ground covers • winter plants
Beautiful Winter Flowers Let's examine a some of the winter blooming plants that we can add to our gardens to create that year round beauty and interest. Add some winter color and excitement! winter blooming • winter blooms • flowers in winter • christmas rose • helleborus
Give 'Em a Haircut and Start Over Another way to keep tender plants over winter for the next growing season. Maybe it will solve problems for you as it did for me. cuttings • propagation • insect problems • water quality problems • coleus
Not too late for fall vegetables Make some room in the garden for your autumn vegetables. These varieties will provide bounty well into the winter! fall winter vegetables • vegetable plantings • winter planting • autumn • fall
November Plant Gallery Plants to brighten up the dull days of November, together with colour photos, description and cultivation requirements. autumn flowers • november flowers • lavatera • roses • penstemons
Using Plants for Winter Interest Learn the many ways to create interest in the garden landscape even during the winter months. Use some of these techniques for year round beauty. winter garden • plants for winter • winter blooms • winter flowers • berries
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. winter plants • themed names • christmas • holiday • snow
Winter Garden Tasks and Plant Care Autumn and Winter months signal a dormant time in the garden but gardeners don't have to hibernate as well. These are fall and winter tasks to care for garden plants. winter chores • garden tasks • autumn plant care • over wintering plants • lifting plants
Winter Interest Plants, Part I- My Favorite Winter Shrubs Here are a few of my favorite winter interest shrubs and why I like them. Could they have a place in your winter garden? winter interest • winter gardens • winter plants • winter shrubs • native plants
The First Day of Autumn 2001 in Western Australia A short piece about the garden in early autumn. melaleuca • acacia lasiocarpa • beaufortia pururea • melaleuca armillaris • melaleuca nesophila
Gardening Seed Starting Choices With all of the advantages from starting beautiful gardens from seed it is no wonder that more gardeners are using seeds to start plants. gardening flowers • flower gardening • pruning plants • winter gardening • winter plants
Saving Plant Seeds Helpful advice for the begining seed saver on which plants to start with and how best to harvest, prepare and save the seeds. gardening seeds • how to grow seeds • garden seeds • bamboo seeds • growing seeds
Danger Lurks in the Spring Garden We've grown soft and complacent over the winter and may have forgotten that it's a jungle out there - and will be until we've managed all of the seemingly endless spring gardening chores. As glad as we are to be back in our gardens, this early time in the season can be overwhelming, sometimes frustrating and perhaps a bit of a guilt trip for some of us. And that's before we get to the actual aches and pains resulting from unused gardening muscles. So here are the dangers that lurk as well as the ways you can fight back and have an enjoyable gardening season. gardening • garden • gardener • garden tools • ergonomic tools
Holiday Decorating Ideas Decorating for the holidays can be fun and easy, especially with all the great accessories that are available. holiday decorating ideas • indoor holiday decor • winter color schemes • decorating for christmas • vintage accessories
A Gardener's Brief Guide to Plant Hardiness Find out more about what plant hardiness means and how to improve it in your garden. plant hardiness • hardiness of plants • snow cover for plants • winter mulching • protecting evergreen perennials
Buying Dwarfing or Semi-Dwarfing Apple Trees An awareness about how apple tree rootstocks affect the size of apple trees will help gardeners buying dwarfing or semi-dwarfing apple trees to plant out in fall/winter. buying dwarfing or semi-dwarfing apple trees • apple tree size and rootstocks in fall/winter nurs • dwarfing apple tree rootstocks • semi-dwarfing apple tree rootstocks • buying apple trees for planting out in fall and wi
Christmas Tips and Ideas The guiding principles behind a debt-free holiday season. Includes links to the best articles on Christmas savings on the web. christmas • savings • holidays • cash • debt
Cool Season Containers Cool season annual flowers bloom into late fall and earliest spring and sometimes flower all winter. Ideal in pots or planters by the door, walk or mailbox. cool season annual • spring flower • fall flower • container • pot
Outdoor Winter Day Activities List of fifty fun activities for children outside in winter. outdoor winter fun • play outside • winter play ideas • fun winter activities • sunshine
The God finger plant. The God finger plant meets The Merry Widow; what is this man on about now? hermodactylus tuberosus • iris • grren and black • purple black flowers • spring
A Winter Garden There are many choices available to provide color, texture, form and berries for your winter container garden. winter container garden • winter garden • evergreens • ornamental grass • junipers
Container Gardening (part two) Discover all sorts of plants for the perfect containers as well as themes and style suggestions. This is the second part of a two-part article. gardening • container • pot • plant • flower
Fall Gardening - Top Ten List Fall is a time for garden preparation. Plant trees, perennials,grow a vegetable garden,design and install a swimming pool,prune trees, roses and shrubs. how to plant a tree • how to plant a vegetable garden • how to prune trees • hardy perennials • bedding plants
Hamamelis – Landscape Aristocrats Hamamelis (witch hazel) species and varieties bring interesting forms, flower and leaf gold to temperate landscapes when gardeners least expect color and fragrance. hamamelis • witch hazel • hamamelis vernalis • hamamelis virginiana • hamamelis mollis
Natural Controls for Rose Galls bacteria-fighting bacteria can help keep galls from your roses crown gall • rose • garden • bactericide • disease
Spring Seedlings Produce Succulent Summer Snacks Growing plants to feed to primates. primates • plants
Decorating the Home with Flowers The moral of the story? Not to rely on commercial products? Or where would we be without sticky tape?
Fall Comes Unexpectedly Frost strikes. A few things need to be rushed in and cared for. Many just keep on keeping on. But that first frost is the clue. Start planning for next year. frost • fall • gardening • gardens • plants
Scents & Sensibility Winter scents and colour in the garden. gardening • winter • scent • scents • smells
Tasmania - Island of Beauty where I Garden Tasmania, not a mythical Island but the beautiful Island State of Australia tasmania • australia • garden • tasmanian garden
The Plot I Planned to Plant: When your order is bigger than your garden. . . How to make sure that your winter plant orders will fit into your spring garden.
Putting the Garden to Bed for Winter If the shade in your garden is provided by large trees, then dealing with leaves is, no doubt, high on your list of "things to do" in putting your garden to bed for the winter. leaves • fall clean up • gardening • chipper-shredder • composting |
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