Won't you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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The Amazing Fava Bean
Fava beans, also called broad beans, are enjoyed from China to America where they're a key ingredient in recipes ranging from minestrone soup to falafel. Before the introduction of true beans from the Americas, fava beans were one of the only beans available in Europe. Interestingly, they are related to vetch, which grows like a weed in most places, and are not true beans! |
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How to Grow and Care for Beautyberries
Beautyberry is a deciduous shrub noted for its brightly colored, tightly clustered berries that remain on the bush into winter. Other common names are American beautyberry and American mulberry. |
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Edible Landscaping - The Winter Vegetable Garden in Warm Climates
You can garden through the winter in almost any climate. Even northern gardeners can enjoy harvests of root crops and greens in the winter if they are willing to put in the effort to protect plants with cloches, cold frames, or hoop houses. However, gardeners in mild winter areas, such as coastal California, Oregon and Washington; Arizona; Texas and Florida, can really bask in fall and winter's glory. |
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How To: Prune Grape Vines
Grape growing is booming across the country. As more people try to grow their own edible landscapes, they are realizing that grapes fit into the picture perfectly. Grapes produce fruit a few years after planting, the vines are vigorous but can be pruned to fit in small spaces, there are varieties adapted to almost any climate in the country, and the plants are long lived, yielding grapes for eating, juicing and wine making for years. |
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Growing the Dwarf Alberta Spruce
The dwarf Alberta spruce is a small, dense evergreen, most widely used as an accent specimen or novelty tree in the landscape. It is also a great choice for small spaces. |
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Russian Sages: Plant Care and Collection of Varieties
With it airy spires of small, purple-blue flowers and finely-cut, gray-green foliage on upright, grayish-white stems, Russian sage adds a haze of color to the garden from midsummer into fall, blending well with just about any other flower color. |
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Colocasia 'Pharaoh’s Mask'
Plant habit: Clumping Leaf surface (top of leaf): Glossy Leaf color (top of leaf): Green Leaf main veins color (top of leaf): Blackish Petiole color: Blackish Plant Habit: Herb/Forb Life cycle: Perennial Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade Water Preferences: In Water, Mesic Plant Height: 4-5 feet Plant Spread: 3-4 feet Leaves: Other Flowers: Showy, Other Bloom Size: 6"-12" Flower Time: Other Underground structures: Tuber Suitable Locations: Houseplant Uses: Water gardens Resistances: Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant, Humidity tolerant Toxicity: Other Propagation: Seeds: Other info Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Root, Division, Offsets Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger, Needs excellent drainage in pots Miscellaneous: Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights, Goes Dormant
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Shoals Spiderlily (Hymenocallis coronaria)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb Life cycle: Perennial Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade Plant Height: 24-36 inches Leaves: Unusual foliage color, Evergreen, Semi-evergreen Flowers: Showy, Fragrant Flower Color: White, Yellow Flower Time: Spring, Late spring or early summer, Summer Underground structures: Bulb Uses: Groundcover, Water gardens, Cut Flower, Will Naturalize Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies, Bees Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous, Roots are poisonous, Other Propagation: Seeds: Other info Propagation: Other methods: Offsets, Bulbs, Other Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger, Needs excellent drainage in pots Miscellaneous: Endangered
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Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb Life cycle: Perennial Sun Requirements: Full Sun, Full Sun to Partial Shade Water Preferences: Mesic, Dry Mesic Plant Height: 12 - 36 inches Plant Spread: 12 - 36 inches Flowers: Showy Flower Color: Orange Bloom Size: Under 1" Flower Time: Late spring or early summer, Summer, Late summer or early fall, Other Underground structures: Taproot Uses: Will Naturalize Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies, Bees Resistances: Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant, Drought tolerant Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous, Roots are poisonous Propagation: Seeds: Provide light, Stratify seeds, Days to germinate, Suitable for wintersowing Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Root Pollinators: Bees, Moths and Butterflies Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil Awards and Recognitions: Other
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Four o'Clocks (Mirabilis jalapa)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb Sun Requirements: Full Sun, Full Sun to Partial Shade Water Preferences: Mesic Plant Height: 2 to 4 feet Plant Spread: 3-4 feet Flowers: Showy, Fragrant, Nocturnal Flower Color: White, Yellow, Orange, Pink, Red, Multi-Color Bloom Size: 2"-3" Flower Time: Summer, Late summer or early fall, Fall Underground structures: Tuber Uses: Will Naturalize, Suitable as Annual Wildlife Attractant: Birds, Hummingbirds, Butterflies, Bees Resistances: Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant, Tolerates dry shade Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous, Roots are poisonous, Fruit is poisonous, Other Propagation: Seeds: Needs specific temperature, Days to germinate, Start indoors, Sow in situ, Other info Propagation: Other methods: Other Pollinators: Various insects Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger, Needs excellent drainage in pots
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Honeyvine Milkweed (Cynanchum laeve)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb, Vine Life cycle: Perennial Sun Requirements: Full Sun, Full Sun to Partial Shade Water Preferences: Mesic Plant Height: Climbs and twines to 20 feet or more Flowers: Showy, Fragrant Flower Color: White, Other, Green Bloom Size: Under 1" Flower Time: Summer Underground structures: Taproot Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies, Bees Resistances: Drought tolerant Toxicity: Other Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
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Photo by SL_gardener "Unbelievably textural leaves!"
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Photo by GigiPlumeria "Bloom of my grafted desert rose."
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Photo by RachaelHunter
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Photo by Ursula
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Photo by RachaelHunter
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Photo by RachaelHunter
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Photo by Johanvanheusden
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Photo by Artsee1
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Photo by evelyninthegarden "Fogbound"
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Photo by GigiPlumeria "My seedgrown plumeria in bloom."
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Blue thou art, intensely blue; Flower, whence came thy dazzling hue?
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The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly. William Wordsworth
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I know that if odour were visible, as colour is, I'd see the summer garden in rainbow clouds.
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