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A Guide to Different Types of Shrubs for Your Garden
Among the bewildering lists of shrubs, certain names stand out as new and unusual, or, on the other hand, tried and familiar. These include both the evergreen and deciduous types.
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Beautiful Calla Lilies
The Calla Lilies are plants belonging to the Zantedeschia genus in the Araceae family. The genus contains seven plant species and they are all commonly referred to as Calla Lillies. Some of them have other common names as well. Zantedeschia aethiopica is also known as giant white arum lily and common arum lily. Zantedeschia albomaculata is sometimes sold as spotted arum lily, and Zantedeschia rehmannii is known as the pink arum lily.
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The Truth About Hosta Virus X
Hosta Virus X or HVX as it is known by its acronym is a dangerous, contagious virus that is killing hostas in both North America and Europe. It first started showing up in North America about five years ago when mutated looking plants with strange markings and mottled leaves started growing in nurseries and home gardens.
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How to Propagate Your Plants
Certain varieties of perennials can be used to create new plants. This is accomplished by the use of various propagation methods.
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Increase Curb Appeal With Flowering Shrubs and Bushes
If you want to create a home with more curb appeal or, simply add color to the side or back property, you have many excellent options with flowering bushes. Depending on the type of bush you choose, you will end up with gorgeous blooms at varying times of year, giving your home a new, fresh, and exciting look. Adding a bush with vibrant red, yellow, or purple blooms will completely transform the appearance of your home, making it more inviting.
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Florist Tips - Making Fresh Flowers Last Longer
By following a few simple steps on how to treat cut flowers, you will have the pleasure of them lasting so much longer. Once the stems of flowers have been cut you have removed their life support system, so flowers should be placed in water as soon as possible.
Picking Your Own Flowers
If you are picking your own flowers it is best to do this in the morning or the late evening.
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Mulching Benefits / Organic And Inorganic Mulch Types
Mulching is the practice of placing a loose surface onto the surface of soil in your flower or vegetable garden in order to protect, insulate and beautify the area. This loose covering is called a mulch and it can be either of an organic or inorganic variety. Examples of mulches include compost, stone and grass clippings. Every gardener should understand the many benefits of mulching the soil in their garden.
article tags: soil, mulch, mulching, mulches, compost, bark, grass, organic, nutrients, garden, lawn, flowers
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Organic Gardening - The Pros And Cons
Picture three ripe red tomatoes arranged on a wooden cutting board awaiting your pleasure. They've each come from a different source: can you tell which one was grown organically?
Two of the tomatoes were lovingly tended in backyards - one in a conventional garden and the other in an organic garden. The third tomato came from the supermarket, and it's easy to eliminate from the guessing game.
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Leylandii, Pruning, The Law And You
Who of you out there has a fast growing Leylandii hedge (golden or green)? Maybe you call it by its Latin name x Cupressocyparis Leylandii or maybe you call it “that damned high maintenance, sunlight blocking hedging”. Please try not to be so hard on this conifer, as evergreen hedges with thick foliage such as Leylandii, can filter out up to 30% of atmospheric pollution.
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Tips On Caring For Orchids
Learn about the special care needs of the exotic orchid.
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Using Retaining Walls in Your Garden
Beautifying your garden by the construction of a retaining wall, behind which is a lawn or expanse of flowers, is not a difficult task. But, like all garden problems, it requires a certain amount of effort and care.
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Problem Free Patios, Paving And Paths
If you are thinking of creating a patio, courtyard or path within your garden, then I have some helpful information for you.
Where to place a path
Have a good look at your garden, even if you are just viewing from the comfort of your kitchen, this may give you an idea of where paths should be placed. Viewing a curved pathway, particularly one that wraps behind a border will entice the viewer to exit the house and follow the path to discover what lies at its end.
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Growing Your Own Spices
The advantages of growing your own spices.
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Why Does Teak Wood Patio Furniture Have To Be Expensive?
Often times we perceive something as expensive or costly only because we have limited or no pertinent information which would lead us to change our perception. This article provides the reader just enough information, in a fun and informative manner to show that in fact, teak wood outdoor furniture is no more costly, or even less costly, than other backyard decorating products.
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Palm Trees – Uses And Locations
Palm trees, scientifically known as Arecaceae or Palmae, are trees belonging to a family of monocot flowering plants. There are approximately 2,600 different species of palm trees, the majority of which are native to tropical or subtropical climates. Some well-known trees that belong to this group include coconut trees, rattan trees, and date palm trees.
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Using the Propagation Technique Known as Budding to Grow Beautiful Ornamental Trees
Flowering Dogwood trees can be easily grown from seed. However 99.9999% of the seedlings that sprout will be Cornus Florida, which is White Flowering Dogwood. It doesn’t matter if you collect the seeds from a White Dogwood or a Pink Dogwood, the seedlings are likely to be white.
The only predictable way to grow a Pink Dogwood, Red Dogwood, or one of the beautiful Dogwoods with variegated leaves, is to bud or graft the desired variety onto a White Dogwood seedling.
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Gardening: Creating Your Own Private Paradise
What comes to mind when the word "gardening" crops up (no pun intended) is a lady in her golden years happily oblivious to the outside world, efficiently caring for flowers, shrubs and all other kinds of plants, in her own Garden of Eden.
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Avoiding leaks when installing vinyl retrofit windows
Avoiding leaks when installing vinyl retrofit windows These days a lot of homeowners are replacing their old windows with vinyl windows using the
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The Great History Of Roses
“It was roses, roses all the way.”
- Robert Browning
“What's in a name? That which we call a rose; By any other name would smell as sweet.”
- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 2 scene 2
Roses have a long and colorful history. According to fossil evidence, the rose is 35 million years old. Today, there are over 30,000 varieties of roses and it has the most complicated family tree of any known flower species.
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Set Yourself Apart: Create Your Own Wind Chime Garden
Wind chimes are an eclectic addition to any landscape. They add a dynamic element to yards that host flower gardens and water features and can accessorize walkways, herb gardens, and entry ways. There is no limit to how you can use wind chimes to enhance your backyard environment.
If you are one who enjoys sound integrated into your outdoor view, you might want to consider creating a wind chime garden – it will set your view to music.
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The Art of Japanese Bonsai
The Japanese refined and developed Bonsai techniques and evolved the art form it is today. For the Japanese, bonsai represents a fusion of strong ancient beliefs with the Eastern philosophies of the harmony between man, the soul and nature.
The major aspects of Japanese bonsai, has not changed significantly over time.
Bonsai initially originated in Egypt thousands of years ago and moved to China.
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Enhance Your Walkthrough Garden With Wind Chimes
Whether oriental in design, or a Southwest festival of color and flora variety, you can enhance your walkthrough garden with the use of wind chimes.
Nothing more perfectly enhances the garden yard decor and stimulates the senses like a quality crafted wind chime that has been precision tuned. Appealing to the eye, and alive with movement, wind chimes catch the wind and harmonize with nature; permeating the surrounding area with a tantalizing yet soothing aura of peace and tranquility.
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Garden Flowers: Tulip Trees
The Tulip Tree has got its name from its tulip shaped flowers. The flowers of a Tulip Tree are located at great heights and typically reach a size of 2.5 inches. The Tulip Tree produces monoecious flowers with yellow-green petals. The corolla has a beautiful vivid orange shade. Some people find the leaves of the Tulip Tree similar to tulips too, at least with a little imagination.
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Japanese Maples, The Dwarf Acers
I have been known to rant on about how people should try to include more native plants within their garden. However, I would never dissuade someone from including a Japanese maple within his or her garden; on the contrary, I would heartily recommend it.
History and colour
The image of a Japanese maple in full leaf brings to my mind images of oriental calmness, still water and moss covered mountains.
article tags: japanese, maple, dwarf, acer
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Hedging For Shade, Discover Why Laurel Is A Great Choice
Sizes and uses
Prunus laurocerasus is commonly known as the Cherry laurel or English laurel. It is quite often confused with Laurus noblis (bay laurel or Grecian laurel), which is the victory laurel of ancient Greece.
A hardy evergreen shrub native to Asia and Europe, It is often planted as a large ground cover or under-planting beneath forest trees.
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