Feb 22
Warmer winters have become a fact of life in most of Minnesota, which was confirmed by last week’s release of a new USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map. But that doesn’t mean you can count on a great garden season this spring. "this has been a weird winter," said Debbie Lonnee of Bailey Nurseries. "it was …
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Feb 20
The Irish Times – Saturday, February 18, 2012 Their names may not trip off the tongue, but the exquisite spring flowers of the Hellebore are a full-skirted feast for the eye, writes FIONNUALA FALLON LIKE SO MANY other gardeners of my acquaintance, I am something of a hellebore junkie, an oddly addictive but relatively harmless …
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Feb 15
will Giles, the Exotic Garden, Norwich Tuesday, February 14, 2012 4:08 PM If you like odd-looking plants, nothing can beat haemanthus albiflos – more commonly known as the shaving brush plant. It is the most commonly available of three evergreen species of haemanthus hailing from coastal areas of the southern Cape through the Eastern Cape …
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Feb 13
Having live plants in the house during winter does much to liftthe spirits of gardeners confined indoors. Many houseplants arealso considered good air purifiers. One recognized for thischaracteristic and a very popular houseplant is the peace lily,Spathiphyllum. The peace lily has glossy green leaves that are attractive all yearand has unusual white or greenish-white long-lasting …
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Feb 12
the spotlight in garden shops this year is on color — including easy, long-lasting blooms, bright, healthy vegetables and great native plants.</p><p>if you dream in color, your dreams are about to come true: this year’s garden is going to be splashed with every color in the rainbow.</p><p>“Color is the magic word” for new plant introductions …
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Feb 09
Two words that seem to trigger instant depression for gardeners: dry and shade. Yes, of course, plants need water and light to grow, but some can do with less. in some ways dry shade can offer opportunities that more clement growing conditions might not. To start with we need to identify what sort of dry …
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Feb 01
Some of gardeners are generally planners, they begin poring over the seed catalogs that arrive on the heels. no calling is much more fundamentally essential than that of the seeds man, or maybe, so little understood. A common impression of the making of a seed catalog is that the merchant grows lots of seeds then …
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Jan 30
Any gardener who has been tending a vegetable garden for any length of time could easily be forgiven for getting tired and bored of the never-changing way it looks. Many gardeners do begin their gardening adventures with such a garden, and quickly get frustrated with the fact their vegetable garden is not as aesthetically pleasing …
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Jan 26
In the world of the romantic roses, the color pink is a symbol for high regard and sympathy. Pink roses are ideal gifts to friends and relatives because of the sincere feelings they give off. They do not usually denote romance, like the other colors of roses do. Most of the various types of pink …
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Jan 23
as we reach adult gardening age, we often think back to the plants our grandparents grew, and we wonder what became of those old heirloom flowers, fruits, vegetables and even landscaping plants. how come we don’t see them anymore? was there something inherently wrong with them, or do we just have “new and improved” variations? …
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