Landscaping Trends - Landscaping
Landscaping trends reveal gardeners' varied tastes and interests. What is on gardener's minds these days? It doesn't take a mind reader to find out. All that's really required is to take an in-depth look at some of the things that are going on ... [... more]
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Garden Gift Books - Landscaping
So far as garden gifts are concerned, you can't beat gardening books. There's one to suit every gardener's needs. Gardeners are mad about tomatoes. They can find out how to grow prize winning tomatoes and which varieties are the best from Ronni ... [... more]
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Heirloom Landscapes - Landscaping
Heirloom gardens bring the past alive. It allows us to share something with American gardeners from earlier eras. These may also be called heritage or traditional gardening, or even granny gardens. When we're engaged in heirloom gardening, we're ... [... more]
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Decorating for the Holidays - Landscaping
There is any number of ways to decorate for the holidays using greenery and other plant materials from the garden. Those with mantles are especially lucky for these are natural places to start your decorating. After greens or boughs are placed on ... [... more]
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Creating Low Maintenance Landscapes - Landscaping
Here are some more tips on creating low maintenance landscapes. Low maintenance doesn't mean no maintenance. This is especially true for weeds. The usual advice works well in this case. As the old saying goes, never let a weed go to seed. This is ... [... more]
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Things Plants Do - Landscaping
When we're caring for the plants in our landscape, it works out better if we realize they are capable of responding to threats in their environment. When I first studied botany some years ago, the prevailing view at that time was that plants were ... [... more]
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Color Trends in the Landscape - Landscaping
Our landscapes are influenced by contemporary color trends. The Color Marketing Group is very influential in deciding what color palettes we'll see. They survey contemporary trends and come up with a national forecast of colors each year. These ... [... more]
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Overwintering Tender Perennials - Landscaping
Depending on where you live, rosemary may be a tender or hardy shrub. 'Arp' is reportedly hardy to -10 or -15 F. Most of the others are a little more tender. I treat rosemary as a tender perennial. It is only one of the non-hardy plants that can ... [... more]
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Preparing Plants for the Winter - Landscaping
Of the hardy outdoor plants, those in colder spots and all first year plantings require attention. Otherwise, winter damage can result if the roots and crowns of the plants become dry, or if they are subject to heaving or alternate freezing and ... [... more]
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Flower and Garden Shows - Landscaping
You can get a lot of good ideas for your landscape by visiting flower and garden shows. My favorite time to travel is normally the fall and winter partly because the crowds and heat of summer are in the past. Garden tourists can also be inspired ... [... more]
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Summer Bouquets - Landscaping
Those with gardens have an abundance of cut flowers. So many kinds of blooms are suitable for summer bouquets. Among these are anemones, black-eyed susans, calla lilies, dahlias, gladiolus,iris, lilies,sunflowers,and tithonia--also called Mexican ... [... more]
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New Perennials for 2007 - Landscaping
For 2007, a number of new perennials will be available for growing in perennial beds and borders, and mixed borders. Renee's Garden is introducing Chinese foxglove, which is a totally different genus than the biennial foxglove, a native to ... [... more]
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