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Best New Books for Gardeners and Landscapers
Up-to-date horticulture books make practical and last minute gifts for gardeners and landscape gardeners. Buying is as close as an internet connection and credit card.
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Birches (Betula spp.) – Landscape Trends
Unique bark coloration and texture, graceful growth forms, and attractive foliage make birches desirable landscape ornamentals. Birches highlight landscapes worldwide.
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Correct Spacing for Landscape Trees and Shrubs
Planting trees and shrubs too close to each other and to structures is a common landscaping mistake. Here are suitable planting distances for 25 familiar species.
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How to Research and Plan Safe Comfortable Steps
Safe comfortable steps are tough DIY projects. They are labor-intensive and time-consuming undertakings.Good measuring and planning lead to impressive finished projects.
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Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden
The Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden (Springfield, MA), a tribute to Theodor Seuss Geisel, features interpretations of his well-known and loved characters.
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Rose-of-Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) – New Trends
Recent trends in breeding and selection for Rose-of-Sharon Hibiscus include plant size choices, larger sterile flowers, and vividly colored long-lasting flowers.
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Museum of Garden History – London
The Museum of Garden History, St Mary-at-Lambeth Church - London, reopened in November 2008 with a new name, The Garden Museum, and modernized interior exhibit spaces.
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Lilacs: A Gardener's Encyclopedia – A Review
Lilacs: A Gardener' s Encyclopedia by Fr. John L. Fiala (1988) was revised and updated by Freek Vrugtman (2008). Contains in-depth information about the genus Syringa.
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Using Natural Organic Fertilizers and Pesticides
Using natural non-synthetic fertilizers and pesticides improves garden landscape soil environments and helps produce healthy vigorous plants, while not harming humans
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Emily Dickinson Museum Landscape Renovation
Reconstructed mid-19th century landscape features unite Poet Emily Dickinson's home The Homestead and her brother Austin's adjacent home The Evergreens in Amherst, MA.
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How to Prune and Care for Hydrangeas
Pruning hydrangeas correctly at proper times produces large, eye-catching flowers. Hydrangea plant structure and bud formation determine pruning methods.
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'Venus' & 'Hartlage Wine' Calycanthus Cultivars
'Venus' & 'Hartlage Wine' (Calycanthus spp.) are new hybrid cultivars, large, shade-loving shrubs excellent as specimen plants in many landscape garden designs.
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Carolina Spicebush in Hedges and Natural Gardens
Carolina spicebush or sweetshrub (Calycanthus floridus) and its cultivars are large, hardy, shade-loving shrubs at home in hedges, mixed shrub beds and natural gardens.
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Crapemyrtle (Lagerstroemia) Shrubs and Trees
Landscape gardeners have numerous crapemyrtle (Lagerstroemia) hybrids and cultivars from which to choose. Options suit most southwest and southern landscape settings.
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Crapemyrtle (Lagerstroemia) Species & Cultivars
Crapemyrtles (Lagerstroemia) are summer-bloomers in southern U.S. landscape gardens. Grown for over two hundred years, these plants are often called "southern lilacs."
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Crapemyrtle (Lagerstroemia) Dwarf Shrubs
Easy-to-grow crapemyrtle (Lagerstroemia) dwarf shrubs are newcomers to landscape gardens. Heat tolerant, pest-resistant and summer flowering, they ensure design novelty.
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Pruning Deciduous Spring-flowering Shrubs
Skillful early summer pruning practices for spring-flowering deciduous shrubs are essential for DIY landscape gardeners. Proper pruning promotes healthy, vigorous shrubs.
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Mulching Garden Landscape Shrubs and Trees
Mulching practices that improve and support shrub and tree health are essential for DIY landscape gardeners who want to create good-looking but money-wise projects.
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Low-Maintenance Shrubs for Foundation Plantings
Low-maintenance small evergreen shrubs are first-rate selections for DIY landscape foundation plantings. They enrich the looks of shady front yard landscapes.
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Roanoke, VA Illustrates Urban Beautification
Roanoke, a mid-size city in southwestern VA, demonstrates urban beautification. Its Parks Division oversees design, planting and maintenance of city parks and plazas.
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Book Review - Armitage's Native Plants
Armitage's Native Plants for North American Gardens is a treasure trove of information for gardeners wanting to design landscapes with native flowering plants and ferns.
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Memorial and Meditation Garden Landscapes
Modern low-maintenance plants surrounding walkway and patio edges in memorial and meditation garden designs convey intimacy. Choosing suitable garden plants is crucial.
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Low-Maintenance Plants for DIY Landscape Gardens
Low-maintenance plants are top choices for DIY landscape gardeners in designing a feasible landscape. They are no-nonsense picks for memorial and meditation gardens.
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Deer-resistant Loropetalums
The 2009 Southern Living™ Plant Collection features three dwarf deer-resistant Loropetalum cultivars for low-maintenance southern landscape gardens.
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Eastern Skunk Cabbage in Bog and Water Gardens
Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus), Virginia Native Plant Society 2009 Wildflower of the Year, is an early blooming native plant at home in bog and water gardens.
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