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A Bit of Patience - a Lot of Imagination.
Large oaks from little acorns grow. . . but oh so slowly.Gardening is a lifetime process - not a weekend project. To truly enjoy gardening takes patience - and a lot of imagination.
garden • growth rate • saplings • bulbs • planning

Gardening ideas: from Philadelphia to southern Ontario
The gardeners of Philadelphia have a lot in common with the gardeners of southern Ontario. On a recent trip, I visited private and public gardens of Philadelphia and came away with ten great gardening ideas that we can do in Ontario.
gardening • gardens • "lorraine flanigan" • philadelphia • trends

Memorial and Meditation Garden Landscapes
Modern low-maintenance plants surrounding walkway and patio edges in memorial and meditation garden designs convey intimacy. Choosing suitable garden plants is crucial.
memorial and meditation garden landscape • patio landscape design • low-maintenance landscape plants • designing a garden landscape • diy landscape

Ornamental Grasses for Shade - Bamboo
Yes, bamboo is a grass. Like all true grasses, it's a member of the Poaceae family. There are over seventy genera and between seven hundred and a thousand species of this most versatile of grasses.
bamboo • bambusa • dendrocalamus • phyllostachys • sasa

Ornamental Grasses for Shade - Pennisetum
A true grass for part shade. The seventh in a series of articles on ornamental grasses for shade.
pennisetum • ornamental grasses • online nurseries • garden • gardening

Create a Butterfly and Hummer Pole Garden!
Learn how to create a colorful, blooming "pole garden" to attract hummingbirds and butterflys to your backyard. It's easy, it's fun, and both hummers and flying flowers will love it!
butterflies • hummers • hummingbirds • flying flowers • gardening

Ornamental Grasses for Shade - Variegated Bulbous Oat Grass
Variegated Bulbous Oat Grass (Arrhenatherum elatius var. bulbosum 'Variegatum') is a new kid on the block in my USDA zone 7 garden. I just planted it late last season, so it hasn't bloomed yet for me. So far I really like it and hope it fulfills its reputation and starts spreading.
variegated bulbous oat grass • arrhenatherum elatius var. bulbosum 'variegatum' • ornamental grasses • online nurseries • garden

Perennials: Design to Impress
Design with big, easy perennials: eye catching, attention grabbing plants that bring excitement to the flower bed or mixed border. Special plants that say "Look at Me!"
perennial garden design • big perennial flowers • large size perennial flowers • tall perennial flowers • low maintenance perennial flowers

Plants For Your New Border
Having planned and prepared your new border, now choose and combine the plants to fill it!
new border • plants • evergreen shrubs • garden design • planting design

Nuclear Energy – The Debate About Future Power
Nuclear energy is becoming popular again in the search for alternative energy supplies. Though using nuclear power raises some serious concerns, it also has its benefits
energy • nuclear energy • power • nuclear power • alternative energy

Tulip Shopping List
Tulips are without doubt among the most popular garden flowers due to their easy care and huge impression in the spring garden when little else is in flower. Since it is clearly not always easy to go shopping for tulips due to the huge availability, I have suggested a shopping list with some choices which have performed well for me. The shopping list includes only readily available tulips which provide for a long flowering period, which perennialize well (comes back), and which simply look fantastic. Included in the article is also information on vernalization (cooling), planting and care, and tulip bed design using only tulips from the shopping list.
tulip • shopping • impression • garden • flowering

Landscape Design: Plant Selection
Knowledgeable plant selection leads to dynamic garden landscape designs. One key decision factor is knowledge of site environment.
plant purpose • plant function • environmental conditions • site environment • landscape composition success

Visit The Chicago Botanic Garden
While at the Chicago Botanic Garden use walking trails to visit all the gardens. See Buehler Enabling Garden filled with garden ideas for all abilities.
botanical gardens in illinois • visiting chicago • what is at chicago botanic garden • what is an enabling garden • walking trails at botanical gardens

Birding the Overland Park Arboretum in Kansas
The Overland Park Arboretum showcases multiple gardens in a 300 acre wooded riparian area. More than 200 species of resident and migratory birds are found there as well.
birding overland park arboretum and botanical gard • overland park kansas • birding metropolitan kansas city missouri • birding kansas • birding missouri

Living Wreaths
Living wreaths of succulents, herbs, or seasonal plants make attractive garden hangings or candle wreaths.
living wreath • stuffed topiary

Plant an Indoor Herb Garden
Fresh herbs are expensive at the grocery store and often require purchasing much more than is needed. Plan to grow your own herbs indoors this winter.
grow your own herbs • what to do with herbs • how to plan an indoor her garden • what are the most common used herbs • herb vinegar

Shrubs in Garden Designs
There's a broad cast of shrubs homeowners can use in designing their gardens and planting beds. What are these shrub types, and how can they best be utilized?
shrub types • garden designs • evergreen shrubs • evergreen plants • deciduous shrubs

The Best Gifts for Pond Lovers
Choose a present for a gardener who loves ponds! Landscaping and design services, pond accessories, and pond plants are some just a few gift ideas for water gardeners.
gift pond lover • gift water gardener • pond filter • pond deicer • pond bench

Designing for Counted Thread: Part I
The first article in a series about how to design for counted thread. This article, Part I, covers the research process.
designing • design • counted thread • cross-stitch • crossstitch

Healing Garden at St. Luke's Hospital Milwaukee
Aurora Health Care's St. Luke's Medical Center is a Milwaukee hospital that opened its healing garden in June to help care for body, mind and spirit.
examples of healing gardens • st. luke's medical center • hospitals in milwaukee • aurora health care • body mind and spirit therapy

Landscape Design: Role of Plants
Recognize plant characteristics and functions; identify roles plants play in specific landscape designs. Informed plant selection leads to successful garden landscapes.
key words: plant purpose • plant function • plant role • environmental conditions • site environment

Part I-The Splendor of Renaissance Gardens
The Renaissance was a pivotal period in the history of the West. Its humanist founders sought to recapture the spirit of the classical world. This in turn influenced the culture of the day, and had far-reaching effects on garden design.
renaissance • renaissance gardens • early italian renaissance gardens • belvedere court • orange trees

Red White and Blue Flowers
Use these tips and plant lists to select red, white and blue annual and perennial flowers to plant a traditional flower garden design with a patriotic theme this summer.
red white and blue flowers • white flowers • red flowers • blue flowers • flower garden design

Spring-blooming Asian Witchhazels
Winter/spring-blooming Asian witchhazels - Hamamelis xintermedia, H. japonica and H. mollis - exhibit potential in garden landscapes as focal points and in shrub borders.
winter landscape color • winter landscape focal points • hamamelis xintermedia • hamamelis japonica • hamamelis mollis

Deer-Resistant Perennials Part 1
A guide to deer-resistant perennials and laying the groundwork of a deer-tolerant garden.
deer • perennials • plants • flowers • bc

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.

When it Hurts to Garden
The onset of age or disability can add a new dimension to gardening - and not always a pleasant one. But, as with everything else in life we can learn to adjust. We can even find joy in the new creative challenge!
enabling • disabled • disability • gardening • aging

Deer-Resistant Perennials Part 3
Outlines deer-resistant perennials for sun, and loads of links on the deer-resistance topic.
deer • resistant • perennials • sun

Tapping into Trends - The Designer Plants of 1999
First we had designer gowns - originals by Dior, Chanel and the like. Then we had - designer jeans?? Not long ago I could swear I saw designer toilet paper in some upscale boutique. So why not designer plants? We already have the designers. Most people know them as hybridizers - and a few have achieved designer status.
hybridizers • hybrids • plants • designer

Bye Yew Hedge, Hi New Hedge: The Optimist's Garden
If you must use evergreens as a foundation planting in your front yard - if, in fact, you insist on a foundation planting with shrubs - then why not go the creative route and use colorful dwarf conifers in blues, golds, and bronzes? And while you're waiting for them to grow up, why not use some temporary but attractive filler to make the garden look finished long before it actually matures?
front yard garden • foundation planting • yews • conifers • colorado blue spruce

The Gardener's Gift of Travel - Part 2
The second part of a virtual field trip through selected gardens of North America. Design characteristics, most notably informalism and naturalism, pertinent to each garden are briefly discussed.
georgene a bramlage • georgene bramlage • designing home landscapes • the gardener's gift of travel • informalism

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