Plant Selector Program Other / Software, DVD Your Personal Garden Designer! The Plant Selector Interactive software is a CD for self installation with Windows 95 or higher. It gives you all the information you need to landscape or garden like a professional. … Contributed by amazon 27.02. 2007 17:40:40 (19355 readers) | |
Gardener's Guide to the Pepper Other / Books Gardener s Guide to the Pepper: A Guide Book for Planting, Growing and Harvesting Peppers (Gardener s Guide to Growing Your Vegetable Garden) (Volume 11) Growing peppers fresh in the garden creates a wonderful taste treat for the gardener. Green peppers or hot peppers are not hard to grow. Sweet peppers … Contributed by amazon 25.09. 2016 07:40:40 (32413 readers) | |
The Romantic Herb Garden Other / Books The must-have ingredient of any garden, herbs have long been the stalwarts of the cottage garden, imparting fragrance and health as well as flavor to beds and borders. However, today s garden designers have realized that herbs can also help to shape or be a key visual element in a garden. The Romantic … Contributed by amazon 15.10. 2007 21:11:36 (16319 readers) | |
Roses for Dummies Other / Books American Beauty, Dublin Bay, Rocketeer, Betty Boop, High Noon, Pearly Gates with a distinctive name for each of hundreds of varieties, the array of roses that could adorn your garden is both dazzling and daunting. So which ones survive hardily on their own for weeks on end, and which ones wither and … Contributed by amazon 06.09. 2006 21:43:07 (11871 readers) | |
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Encyclopedia of Garden Ferns Other / Books Gardeners who seek an up-to-date, authoritative guide to the wealth of garden-worthy ferns available today will find none better than Sue Olsen. Drawing from four decades of experience as a fern specialist, Olsen leads the reader through every genus with horticultural merit, focusing primarily on the … Contributed by amazon 01.04. 2007 10:31:24 (8595 readers) | |
Hot Plants for Cool Climates Other / Books Gardening with Tropical Plants in Temperate Zones | The most exciting new trend in garden design is the lush look of the tropics -- no matter where you live! If, like so many gardeners, you re a little bored with pastel flowers and rigid borders, welcome to the jungly garden, where the plants have huge … Contributed by amazon 13.04. 2007 08:53:09 (17245 readers) | |
Osmanthus aquifolium - sweet olive, tea olive Plants / Evergreen Shrubs Osmanthus is a genus of about 15-20, while only a few ones are hardy enough to grow down to zone 6. Those are often mistaken for hollies owing to their foliage appearance. Osmanthus is native to Japan and China, some species originate in the south of USA. … Contributed by havlis 12.08. 2011 10:56:00 (47364 readers) | |
The Informed Gardener Other / Books In this introduction to sustainable landscaping practices, Linda Chalker-Scott addresses the most common myths and misconceptions that plague home gardeners and horticultural professionals. Chalker-Scott offers invaluable advice to gardeners gardeners who have wondered: … Contributed by amazon 08.04. 2008 09:11:07 (15829 readers) | |
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Protea Other / Books Protea: A Guide to Cultivated Species and Varieties The proteas (Proteaceae) are a large and ancient plant family of Gondwana origins with an impressive diversity of flower and form, and an intriguing distribution pattern throughout mainly the Southern Hemisphere. In his spectacular photography, Lewis … Contributed by amazon 12.10. 2016 11:11:55 (16996 readers) | |
Many uses for groundcovers (1) Plants / Other Groundcovers are low-growing plants that form a sod as they develop in a horizontal direction. Some varieties are evergreen and some are even reasonably tolerant of being walked on. An advantage of using groundcovers is that their closely-knit carpet of leaves gives weeds down. … Contributed by pph 11.04. 2007 20:26:16 (18851 readers) | |
Magnolia 'Elizabeth' - Elizabeth magnolia Plants / Deciduous Shrubs The name of this magnolia hybrid has nothing to do with the British queen. Obviously, it does not come from the UK but the USA. And story tells the following. Quite a few decades ago – in 1957 – Evamaria Sperber planted a newly hybridized seed in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. … Contributed by havlis 19.02. 2008 08:23:02 (45953 readers) | |
Magnolia 'Yellow River' - Yellow River magnolia Plants / Deciduous Shrubs This magnolia variety has only recently been imported from China, under the name Fei Huang. It is a sensational plant with large yellow flowers. It belongs to magnolia denudata (Yulan magnolia) group, however, we have not been able to search for the exact breeding details. The Chinese probably keep it … Contributed by havlis 16.02. 2008 19:20:43 (43237 readers) | |
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Magnolia 'Goldstar' - Goldstar magnolia Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Another rare magnolia is this cross between magnolia acuminata var. subcordata “Miss Honeybee” and magnolia stellata. It gained flower shape fro stellata and colour from acuminate. Goldstar has medium sized flowers with 14 narrow petals, very similar to star-shaped magnolias. The colour is a delicate … Contributed by havlis 27.03. 2008 16:41:39 (46902 readers) | |
Magnolia 'Butterflies' - cucumber magnolia Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Another unique jewel among magnolias is this yellow flowering hybrid. It is a cross between m.denudata and m.acuminata (cucumber magnolia). It was raised by Phil Savage in Michigan, USA, in 1988 and patented three years later. … Contributed by havlis 19.02. 2008 08:30:51 (31889 readers) | |
Daylilies: facts & fiction Plants / Perennials In between the big spring tidying up and the hectic of autumn plantings there is a brief time in July when - exception granted for a few chores - the gardener has nothing to do but enjoy his flowers. No danger of cold snaps, incredible weather or other terrors. Moreover days are long and one can sit … Contributed by eurocallis 18.09. 2006 15:20:57 (46902 readers) | |
