Rose Gardens - Part 2 - Design
This is the second in a two part series about rose gardens. In part one, I wrote a short history of rose gardens, this article will be about designing a traditional rose garden.Suite 101's Rose Gardening editor, Mark Whitelaw, is currently ... [... more]
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Memory and Desire: A Novel of Mystery and Romance
 Entertaining Romantic Mystery: Claire Godwin has always been a paler shadow of her vivacious, larger-than-life foster sister, Melinda Varek. Melinda is always the one who comes up with some madcap plan and Claire inevitably follows, just as she has this [... more]
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Gardens of the World With Audrey Hepburn
Wonderful Series - Poor DVD Transfer: We bought this because our old VHS copy off TV was getting very tired. Although Audrey Hepburn is terrific and Michael York's narration is great, the picture looks as if it was mastered from an old VHS tape. Very [... more]
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Persian Pilgrimages
Extraordinary Journey Through Iran Today & Persia Yesterday: Many years ago I lived in Iran. My husband and I, both Americans, worked there for an NGO, (Nongovernmental Agency), and were able to travel throughout the country. Our daughter was born [... more]
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Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn (Special ...
Wonderful Series - Poor DVD Transfer: We bought this because our old VHS copy off TV was getting very tired. Although Audrey Hepburn is terrific and Michael York's narration is great, the picture looks as if it was mastered from an old VHS tape. Very [... more]
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Roses For Dummies
From Amazon.com: Is there any flower more sensuous and romantic than the rose? Roses aren't just fragrant and beautiful; they're also easy to grow and come in hundreds of varieties and colors. Roses for Dummies covers the various types of roses--hybrid [... more]
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Designing with Roses
From Amazon.com: Already known and appreciated for his books on borders and Sissinghurst, Tony Lord reveals yet another area of expertise here in Designing with Roses. A homage to "the queen of flowers," this is also a plea for an end to its [... more]
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Rose Garden Design, Part 2 by Guest writer Kirk Johnson
This is the second in a two part series about rose gardens. In part one, I wrote a short history of rose gardens, this article will be about designing a traditional rose garden.Suite 101's Rose Gardening editor, Mark Whitelaw, is currently ... [... more]
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Rose Rosette Disease - Part 2
Report and follow-up on the possibility of Rose Rosette Disease in your garden! Last time, we announced the possibility of an outbreak of Rose Rosette Disease here in the rose gardens of the north-central Texas area. Samples of these suspect ... [... more]
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Herb Gardens
Like the rose garden, herb gardens are mainly a creation of the 19th Century, when it became fashionable to segregate plants into gardens devoted to single kinds of plants, such as rose gardens and rhododendron gardens. Herb gardens are a rather ... [... more]
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Common Rose Pests - Part 3: Whiteflies and Mealybugs
In concluding our series of common plant sucking pests, let me introduce you to a couple of critters known to frequent rose gardens and greenhouses. Whiteflies resemble a tiny, white 1/16 - 1/8 in. (1.5 - 4 mm) long moth. In fact, they are not a ... [... more]
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Romantic Rose Gardens
Therefore, I cannot tellyou about how to create a perfectly romantic rose garden from personal experience. I can only use the experience I've had in creating a romantic but modern secret garden, and a separate (but equally hidden) rose garden to ... [... more]
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