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Rose-of-Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) – New Trends
Recent trends in breeding and selection for Rose-of-Sharon Hibiscus include plant size choices, larger sterile flowers, and vividly colored long-lasting flowers.
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Rose-of-Sharon: When The Rose is Not A Rose!
A rose by any other name! Rose of Sharon, the hardy Hibiscus syriacus, is a gift to summer gardens. See why here!
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Still More Bible Flowers
A continuation of the discussion of plants from the Holy Lands.
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Colonial Herbs and the Herb Garden
Thoughts of the origins of our Thanksgiving Day celebration always dominates at this time of year and I thought it appropriate to consider some of the herbs valued and used by our ancestors in colonial times. Today, most of us find our herbs and spices at the store, but in colonial times nearly every household had it's own garden, filled with numerous herbs valued for their culinery and medicinal properties, not to mention the added pleasure of decorative uses.
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Designing Desert Gardens
Design and planning is essential in order to have a beautiful and bountiful desert garden. Read about principles of design and maintenance of your desert garden.
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Summer Flowering Shrubs
There are many shrubs available to choose from for summer flowers. Today's article takes a look at ones that are both loaded with flowers and easy to care for.
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The Confederate Rose
Mutant colors of blossoms on the Confederate rose enhance the pleasure of the autumnal garden. Pass along the mutant magic with a cutting from your garden.
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Shrubs for the White Garden
Every white garden or moon garden needs white flowered shrubs, either as a surrounding hedge or within the garden itself as an accent. Consider some of these!
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Sizzling Plants For The Summer Of 2001
What are the hottest plants for the summer of 2001? Here are all the steamy details!
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Jesus, Mary (but not Joseph) on the Web
A round-up of provocative, entertaining and educational "stuff" on the net, of interest to Catholics.
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Butterfly Gardens for Pollinators
Butterfly gardens are easy to grow and attract beneficial insects. Understanding these pollinators will help when creating a flower garden for butterflies.
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Flowers for Summer Color
Plant these summer flowers to keep your garden looking fresh and blooming all season: choose from annuals, perennials, shrubs, bulbs, vines and tropical plants.
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Running Girl: The Diary of Ebonee Rose
Review of the children's book, Running Girl, The Diary of Ebonee Rose by Sharon Bell Mathis
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Running Girl: The Diary of Ebonee Rose
A great book for young people by Sharon Bell Mathis
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Bible Flowers Concluded
This concludes several weeks of discussing Bible flowers and plants.
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Birth Flower for May
The language, legends and history for the lily of the valley; the flower for those born in the month of May.
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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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Grow Gardens for Hummingbirds
Hummingbird gardens attract pollinators by offering food, water and a place to rest. It is helpful to understand a pollinator's habitat to grow a hummingbird garden.
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Kerria Japonica
With flowers as golden as a sunrise, Kerria japonica brings sunbeams to the shadiest spots of a garden.
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Mooching in the Mulch
Mulching with friends for a great looking garden
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Pruning for Plant Health
Proper pruning methods can increase fruit and flower production, and discourage diseases by increasing air circulation and allowing light to reach the plant.
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Summer Flower Champs
Troublefree color in the summer garden, leaves you time to sit back, sip some lemonade and enjoy the butterflies. Whether you garden in the country, the suburbs, or the city you are sure to find some winners here.
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Weeds And Thugs Part2
Sometimes the plants we loved so much in the beginning can turn out to be thugs, plants that when given the chance to spread will attempt to wipe out more tender plants, either by choking them out or burying them.
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Fall Comes To the Cottage Garden
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Grapes of Wrath's Religion Found in Mankind
Through the Joad Family's journey to the Promise Land of California, John Steinbeck develops an American religion founded through the migrant workers experiences.
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The Blackberry Couple
A blackberry bramble brings out the personality differences in an otherwise close marriage.
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Blue and Pink Daylilies for Your Cottage Garden
Are there really blue and pink daylilies? You be the judge! More reasons why you should ADD MORE DAYLILIES to your garden. This just might become your favorite plant.
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Daylily Entrepreneur
Visit Marvis Fryer and his unusual methods of tracking hybridizing results. His unusual planters will astound you.
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Easy Keepers for Summer Gardens
Great performers for the summer garden. Everyone needs some dependable "easy keepers" and these plants selected among flowers, shrubs and trees have worked for me year after year. Maybe they'll work for you, too.
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Gardening Tips from my Mother
Tidbits of advice on gardening my mother has given me over the years. From simple to technical and beyond to life-skills in the garden, I hope everyone can enjoy some of my mother's advice.
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Names of Messiah in the Bible
Names of Messiah in Genesis through Revelation
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Shady Highlights: Summer Shrubs Part Three
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Edible Flowers
Learn about the history and how to prepare flowers for eating. It is the new rage in haute cuisine. Don't be left behind!
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Garden Time
Time whizzes by; as anyone over forty can testify. But garden time isn't quite the same as people time. As the year and the century come to an end, time (and the passage thereof) has been on my mind.
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Heavenly Borders To Allure Hovering Hummers!
Attracting hummingbirds by planting tall border plants with blossoms rich in nectar is a great option for gardeners. Read about some striking border flowers that offer both beauty for your garden and nectar for your "jewels of the sky."
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