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Oxalis - Part 2
Oxalis to grow and a few questions from Readers like you.
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Oxalis my old Friend - Part 1
White tame flowering, well behaved oxalis to delight your spirits both at flowering time and when in leaf. Oh, the geometry of form.
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We Have Met the Enemy - And it is Oxalis
It's related to the shamrock - and is definitely the black sheep of the family.
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Shamrocks - Growing Oxalis
How to grow Shamrocks and Oxalis plants indoors and out. Shamrock history and origins. Part of the Suite101 St. Patricks Day Event
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Oxalis,The St. Patrick's Day Plant
These plants are famously known as shamrocks or four leaf clovers but they are so much more, Read on for more info on this outstanding houseplant!
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Random Thoughts on Gardening
Just some random thoughts of a gardener.
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Win some, lose some
Winning with new plants, losing to scale insects.
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Easy Care Flowering Houseplants
Not all houseplants are simply green! Here are some easy care flowering houseplants guaranteed to add a little color to your collection.
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Flowering Houseplants
Not all houseplants are simply green! Here are some easy care flowering houseplants guaranteed to add a little color to your collection.
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Questions About Houseplants
This is the second installment of questions from my readers.
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Fall Again
The beauty of a northeast fall and the necessary over-wintering of plants
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Shamrocks For The Home Landscape
A small bit about the botany and history of the Irish shamrock and why this fascinating plant is making a comeback in North America for homeowners wanting low-maintenance lawns.
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Survival's Source: Rediscovering the Green
Beans don't come from the supermarket, and survival isn't really about how not to get lost on the subway! Foraging and gardening in the city restore our connection to what really keeps us alive.
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How to Control and Eliminate Lawn Weeds
Here are the secrets for organic control of common lawn weed plants such as Hawkweed, plantain, wood sorrel and the dreaded dandelion. No pesticides required.
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Rounded Growth Container Plants
Plants with mounding growth habit add weight and substance to a container planting combination by filling it in and creating a mass of color.
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Which Lawn Plants are Weeds?
Hawkweed, plantain,and the dreaded dandelion: nuisance plants that people trying to cultivate a flawless lawn are constantly battling. Why are weeds so difficult to beat?
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Bermuda Wood Sorrel
Last winter in southern California I marveled at all the big, bushy yellow wildflowers in bloom, all of which were <I>Encelia</I> or <I>Coreopsis</I> species. They were big, showy things, in your face and impossible to ignore. But there was another rather ubiquitous yellow wildflower in bloom, nearly a ground cover but often so widespread it was every bit as impossible to ignore as Giant Coreopsis or Bush Sunflowers. That was Bermuda Wood Sorrel.
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Surprising Arkansas: Day 2, Back on the Road
Razorbacks and Billy Clinton, that’s all I knew about Arkansas; I didn’t expect much of it, just that we had to drive through it to get to Texas.
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Being Grateful in the Garden
Gardens give us backaches, calluses and permanently dirty hands - but they also give us lots to be grateful for - even if that's hard to remember in these days of cold, chilly clean-up time. So let's pause for a message from Mother Nature.
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In our Gardens
When we bring a new plant home to our garden, we always know how it will grow. Or do we? Sometimes the unknown plant can become a nuisance. Has this happened to you?
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The RHS comes north
The Royal Horticultural Society comes to the north-west of England. With so many town and urban gardeners close by, including myself, this was an event not to miss.
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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.
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Garden Restoration of a Country Garden
The history of a beautiful Tasmanian garden
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Shamrocks: Luck O' the Clovers
The history, folklore, and uses of the clovers
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It's a Weed - It's a Voodoo Doll - It's Stress Therapy!
Gardening can lead to reduced stress, increased optimism and self-confidence and better mental health.
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Slugs and Snails in the Garden
Dealing with the slugs and the snails
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Warm Climate Gardens - Part 3.
While you are deciding what to plant and where, your collection of bulbs and plants will need housing. Bulbs and corms for hot gardeners to plant.
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The Lucky Shamrock Plant
Internationally recognised as a traditional symbol of Ireland, the shamrock is a three-leafed clover believed to bestow good luck.
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Buying Roses: Healthy Roots
A good quality rose bush has a healthy root system right from the start. Learn to recognize potential root problems and avoid purchasing a badly grown rose.
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Edible Weeds! Local, Free & Nutritious
Weeds are not the enemy. Rather, they provide solutions to global hunger, rising food costs, escalating malnutrition and other maladies of modern living.
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Fashionable Fall Gardens
Complement and coordinate your personal fall wardrobe with designer purples from plants grown in the garden.
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Frugal Ways To Increase A Houseplant Collection
In today's economy, things are tough for houseplant lovers. Here's some tips on how to add to your collection without spending a lot of money!
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Philadelphia Flowers
The Philadelphia Flower Show after the Longwood Garden visit
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The Spring Flowers of Andalucia
Spring in Andalucia brings an unsurpassed wildflower display from January to its climax in May. See Mediterranean wildflowers at their best in the Alpujarras and Axarquia
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Rain Forest Stamp Available
If you hurry to the U.S. Post Office, you still have a chance to buy the new Pacific Coast Rain Forest stamps that came out at the end of March. This is the only wildlife species stamp due out this year, which is a great contrast with 1999 when you had a choice of insects, wolves, Sonoran Desert and others.
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Time Reflections
We are now monthly with Articles, not weekly.
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The Dispersal of Seeds
Once seeds and fruits are formed, they must be dispersed away from the parent plant.
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A Springtime Supper
An invitation to a celebration of Spring! Recipes for Creamed Sorrel Soup, Springtime Salad, and Dandelion Quiche.
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Deer-Resistant Perennials Part 2
Outlines deer-resistant perennials for shade.
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Hemp: An Illegal Food Source?
Industrial hemp, future food.
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South African Gardens
South Africa has some beautiful gardens which are well worth a visit if you get the chance. Here are three of the best.
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Weed Salads from My Garden
Weeds are the basis of herbalism. While supplying the raw material for delicious salads, they may well help to protect us from disease.
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A VISIT TO THE ALPINE PLANT SHOW.
A VISIT TO THE ALPINE PLANT SHOW.
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Alpine Gardening Books
A review of two books that shoud be on every rock gardener's bookshelf.
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Bodnant Garden
The Bodnant Garden in northern Wales
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Expansive Curves
Notes from a bed.
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Front Lawn Garden #3 With Daffodils
Building a beautification garden along the driveway can make the drive a favorite on spring mornings. I do mine with a concentration of daffodils, and other bulbs along with perennials, small bushes and shrubs.
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Keukenhof Garden: Spring Glory
Spring glory in the Netherlands, tulips abounding.
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Lawn Renovation: Know your weeds
Lawn renovation as an alternative to new lawn installation. This is the first in a series of articles focusing on the different activities involved in renewing a tired out lawn.
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More Perennial Tips for Summer
Watering, mulching, pinching, planting and cutting flowers are featured.
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