What's New In Gardening, March 16 2000
What's new - this month we have nursery sales and internet only specials, space saving garden systems and cold hardy crape myrtles - plus hope for those who forgot to plant daffodils last fall. It's spring! In my yard right now I have snowdrops ... [... more]
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Fruits For Cold Climates
New developments in cold hardy fruits have made it possible for northern gardeners to grow such exotics as apricots and sweet cherries. Many of us who live in the north think we can only grow apples, strawberries, and blueberries with any kind of ... [... more]
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Bewitched By Lilac: Magic Memories
Home » Plants & Animals » Cottage Garden » Bewitched By Lilac: Magic Memories First off and logically speaking, a lilac bush is incredibly cold hardy, long lived and floriferous. So it is almost like magic in gardening terms. Lilac [... more]
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HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM
There are some exciting new hardy plants available for year 2000 that will light up northern New England gardens. Even though the millennium technically starts at the end of the year 2000, you can enjoy these cold hardy new millennium plants this ... [... more]
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Four Season Harvest: How to Harvest Fresh Organic ...
 Winter inspiration!: Eliot Coleman's fine book has given rise to a gentle whisper deep in my thoughts. That whisper says, "Fresh veggies - in the winter! And it's not even difficult..." I find myself daydreaming about winter gardening, planting [... more]
CDN$32.50
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The New Exotic Garden
From Amazon.co.uk: Will Giles reckons that British gardeners are ready to abandon the restrained good taste, subtle border plantings and generally muted palette of the traditional garden in favour of tropical boldness, hot colours and sculptural forms. [... more]
CDN$29.95
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Paradise Found: Growing Tropicals in Your Own Backyard
OUTSTANDING BOOK ON TROPICAL GARDENING: This is the best book on tropical gardening I have ever found. It has beautiful pictures & also lists what plants to group together to make a showplace out of your yard. Also tells you which plants are cold [... more]
CDN$26.95
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Bamboo for Gardens
Don't be afraid of planting bamboo!: Straight forward practical advice on how to choose the right bamboo for your garden. Sections on choosing either running or clumping bamboo and the differences, site selection, soil requirements, winter protection, [... more]
CDN$45.95
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Home Landscaping Northeast Region: Including Southeast ...
Best Landscaping Book I've Found: This is a wonderful book. I constantly use it as a reference and keep meaning to bring it with me when I go to the nursery. (Otherwise I come home with plants like Larkspur, which look beautiful now, but might not make [... more]
CDN$29.95
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