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Seeds and Seedpods for Winter
A detailed discussion of how to add interest to the winter landscape through the use of seeds, seedpods and seedheads on plants.
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Blackberry Lily
Do you want to give your garden a tropical look without the trouble of over wintering plants that aren't cold hardy? Blackberry Lily may be just the plant you need.
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
A review of the classic 50s science fiction film.
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Stunning Redbud Trees
The redbud is either a small tree or a huge shrub, depending on the source or the point of view. Either way, a redbud in bloom is a breathtaking sight.
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Early Weeds - Part 3
As gardeners, we spend more time handling weeds than we do the plants we grow on purpose. One of the reasons plants are considered "weeds" is that they are incredibly successful at the task of survival. Here are some more weeds that survive all too well in my USDA zone 7 garden. There are lots of pix, so please be patient while the page loads.
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Even More Groundcovering Self-Seeders
Celandine, or wood poppies, are great at covering ground, as is the biennial Lunaria or money plant
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COLD DAMP WEATHER
he cool start to summer is extending the season for late spring flowering plants.

Jewels of Opar, Talinum paniculatum
After a long, hot haul home from work, what could be more welcoming than a plant that unfurls its beauty after 3 p.m.?
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Datura: Angel's Trumpet or Devil's Apple?
The history, folklore, and uses of datura and brugmansia.
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Garden Gleanings
Quick! The season is almost over! But there's still time to preserve some of the glory that is out there to enjoy over the long, cold winter. What you need to do is take a nice, leisurely garden tour and see what is growing in your garden that will be suitable for making into fall and holiday decorations.
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Amazing Irises for the Home Garden
Irises come in an astonishing variety of types, The curious gardener may want to experiment with some of these.
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Baptisia Plant Profile and Tips for Growing
False indigo, or wild indigo is a useful perennial plant for flowering gardens with attractive fall seed pods and late spring flowers.
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Drawing Ideas for Autumn
Autumn provides a great range of subjects for the creative artist. You just have to know where to look.
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Integrate Poppies in the Landscape
Early season uniform poppy beds require planning and design to focus attention on residential and commercial landscapes. Presented is a planting sequence for Zone 5.
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Texas Mountain Laurel
Texas Mountain Laurel is a small tree, great for an accent plant in the garden, a container-grown patio specimen, or even as a stand-alone feature.
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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.
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How to Grow and Care for Swamp Roses (Rose Mallows)
The dinner plate hibiscus offers extremely large flowers for such a hardy plant. They're so easy to grow that an article on how to grow them is almost not necessary. Think of this as a great big advertisement for them.
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The Frustration of Spring
While the weather has exhibited signs of improvement, I get the feeling it has done so reluctantly, fighting the inevitable progression of the seasons tooth and nail, evidently feeling it’s better to fight and fail rather than just give in.
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Celebrate Advent with the Family
Include all family members in the celebration of Advent with activities rich in meaning of this joyful season.
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Corydalis
Corydalis. Some you love; some you hate and some will always be an unrequited lust if your climate doesn't suit them.
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Dolphin Mania
Come meet Ripples, Buttermilk, and Crusty and yes Flipper with the Dolphin Explorer near Naples Florida.
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Elephant Management in Namibia
Community based conservancies are the core of efforts to save Namibia's wild animals, including unique desert-adapted elephants, from human-animal conflict and poaching.
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Fall Season Preschool Unit Study
See a complete preschool unit study based on the Fall season and holidays for math, science, art, music, language skills, food, outdoor activities and more.
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How to Grow Spider Flower Plant Profile
Spider flowers are fast growing annual plants that are tall and long-legged. Cleome plants are great for the back of borders.
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Nature Oriented Memory Games
Test your memory and your observation skills with three different games that challenge you to notice the variety of things you can find in nature.
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The Evening Primrose - A Plant Profile
Oenothera, the evening primrose, or sun-cup flower is a beautiful scented perennial that shines in the summer evening garden.
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Top Shade-Loving Plants
The garden should look nice even when there is nothing in bloom. Here are some top shade-loving plants that have beautiful flowers and leaves.
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Trailing Plants for Suspended Flower Gardens
Trailing plants add vertical interest and movement to window boxes and hanging planters. These cascading plant ideas are useful in filling out a hanging flower garden.
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A Few Western Lilies
Last week I wrote about some lilies I found in Mississippi. This week I'd like to touch on a few western species I've found.
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A Jewel of a Weed
Impatiens cousin, poison ivy soother, hummingbird's brunch. Not bad for a weed!
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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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Disastrous seed harvest
Because of the cold and wet weather few plants have set seed this year.

Photos, Field Guides and My First California Spring
Here, in California, where the land ranges from below sea level to more then 2 miles up, it’s an opportunity to cram several weeks’ progression of wildflowers into a single day. My wife and I did just that, for 4 days.
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SCENT IN THE GARDEN
Perfumed plants in the garden and greenhouse.

The Balcony Garden
Your garden starts at your doorstep.
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Ultimate Apple Strudel Recipe
Warm, flaky filo embracing a cozy blend of apples, vanilla, cinammon, nuts and dried fruit. Served with a dollop of whipped cream, it's dinner party worthy any time.
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Ancient Anemone
The history, folklore, and uses of the anemone.
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BLOOMING ALPINES
Surveying the alpine garden and scree beds to see what is in bloom at the moment.
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BLOOMING ALPINES
Surveying the alpine garden and scree beds to see what is in bloom at the moment ">
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DRIED FLOWERS: Enjoying the Rewards of Each Season
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Making Way for a New Alpine House
Taking down the garden shed to make way for a new Alpine house.
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She'll be Apples!
Apples in the Apple Isle.
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Summer weather at last.
Dealing with a heatwave in the garden
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WHERE IS THE SUMMER WEATHER?
Not a good week in the garden.

A Seedy Subject
When the flowers have dropped their petals and the leaves have gone brown, Colorado fields and gardens look dreary and dead. But Wait! Don't despair. This is a time when we should look around for miracles.
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Historic gardens in the Bay of Islands
Take a relaxing summer stroll with me through some of New Zealand's oldest gardens, in the picturesque Bay of Islands - one of our most significant historic regions.
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Orchids In Your Garden
Have you always wanted to grow orchids in your flower garden? Here are some that most every one can grow in their garden!
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Scents & Sensibility
Winter scents and colour in the garden.
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SOWING THE SEED.
Sowing the seed of alpine plants.
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Bulbs for Shady Places -- Part 3
One more early spring bulb and some for mid-spring bloom in the shady garden.
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