Baptisia Growing Conditions
BAPTISIA - Called the False Indigo, or Greater Lupine, these plants are easy to grow and well worth their spot in the garden. From the rich woods and alluvial thickets to riverbanks and gardens, False Indigo forms tall clumps of blue flowers, ... [... more]
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The Lawn and Garden Owner's Manual: What to Do and When ...
 From Amazon.com: Full of useful information on refreshing tired-out lawns and gardens, The Lawn and Garden Owner's Manual is a terrific, comprehensive guide to ongoing care and maintenance of those long-suffering lawns, fruit trees, and ornamental [... more]
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Natural By Design
from a new mexico gardener...: Of the many books I've read on southwest gardening, this was the most rewarding. I learned so much about native and adaptive plants that are suited to our climate and growing conditions here in the southwest. Also about the [... more]
CDN$43.95
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Bitter Chocolate: Investigating the Dark Side of the ...
Unjust Desserts!: As an investigative report par excellence, Carol Off provides her reader with a very disturbing insight into the commercial world of big chocolate. What she finds is an industry that both exploits it workers - mainly children - betrays [... more]
CDN$22.00
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Easy Orchids: Simple Secrets for Glorious ...
Mostly Great Book for Beginners: I think the oddest thing that confronts new orchid owners is learning that, unlike most other types of plants, most orchids cannot all be treated the same way. The various species or varieties of, for example, ferns and [... more]
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The Organic Gardener's Home Reference: A Plant-By-Plant ...
From Amazon.com: This is truly a one-stop comprehensive guide to organic gardening: it is a big book filled with techniques, definitions, solutions to gardening problems, and a huge listing of organic gardening resources. It's one of the most thorough [... more]
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A Rum Affair: A True Story Of Botanical Fraud
From Amazon.com: Take a garrulous old university professor with a knack for making extraordinary (and highly suspicious) botanical discoveries, a scientific community becoming increasingly skeptical of his claims, and an amateur botanist keen to find out [... more]
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Islands of Delight
There is more to island beds than small fiddly shapes cut into lawns and filled with bedding or roses. Well-designed bold island beds can add immeasureably to your garden design and also provide good growing conditions for your plants away from ... [... more]
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Impossible Gardening: Hot, Dry, Clay Soil, Part Shade-Part I
Last week I introduced this series by describing the growing conditions of two of my perennial beds. Remember the impossible combination of conditions I faced: hot, dry, clay soil, noon-time sun only. Let's begin looking at plants that not only ... [... more]
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Growing Tropical Fruit In Containers
If growing tropical plants and fruit outdoors in the summer is a bit of a challenge to you, you are not alone. While the growing conditions for tropical plants and fruit indoors require one set of rules, the growing conditions outdoors require ... [... more]
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Himalayan Plants
Himalayan plants fascinate gardeners all over the world. Many try to simulate their natural growing conditions. This book will help you achieve this goal. It is a sweltering August day as I write this review, but I feel as though I have been ... [... more]
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In Praise of Romulea
Although the South African species are generally the most spectacular with the largest flowers, there are several worthwhile species which are also hardier from Europe and the Middle East. It can never be overstated, that growing conditions for ... [... more]
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