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• I Didn't Charge for My Gardening Advice.
  on Sep 21, 2013 in Musings on Gardening garden advice garden design garden knowledge
  My financial adviser Billy called me the other day and asked if I would offer garden design advice to one of his neighbors. The wife is undergoing chemotherapy and has determined that a revamp of her tired-looking garden would be an ideal project to...
• Beauty of Moscow Is a Bittersweet Lilac Delight
  on Jul 1, 2013 in Flowering Shrubs beauty of moscow fragrant flowers krasavitsa moskvy lilac linda stanzel syringa
  image:- portersnurseries.comIt should be no surprise to other passionate plant collectors that when syringa “Beauty of Moscow” a.k.a. Krasavitsa Moskvy, was introduced, I was compelled to buy one for myself. In truth, I didn’t need...
• Spring Flowering Itoh Peonies, Better Than Ever.
  on Jun 11, 2013 in Bartzella Itoh Kopper Kettle Morning Lilac Perennial Plants peony
  Itoh Peony, Kopper KettleIf The Disney Studios could have created a flower worthy of fairy-tale magic, it might have been an Itoh peony. Its surreal vivid color, perfectly contoured plant shape, and synthetic looking, sensuous and smooth petal-textur...
• Planning to Grow Eggplant?
  on May 31, 2013 in Solanum melongena Vegetables condiment eggplant growing vegetables hors d'oeuvre recipe relish side dish
  Image:- http://www.edenbrothers.com/store/eggplant_seeds_black_beauty.htmlAfter moving into my current home and garden over twenty years ago, I began to experiment growing fruits, vegetables, and herbs. I had little success because the fauna that vis...
• Ten Vivid Pink Garden Plants
  on May 17, 2013 in Flowering Shrubs Ornamental Shrubs Perennial Plants Pink flowers Roses pink hydrangeas pink perennials pink roses vivid pink flowering plants
  Pink is the most popular color in the flowerbed. In all its gradations and tones, it runs the gamut from baby pastel and amethyst to a very deep pink that almost borders on cold red. This family of colors seems to touch the hearts and minds of garden...
• Meet a New Garden Blogger & Awesome Photographer
  on May 11, 2013 in Garden Design Garden Inspiration Photos Glenvilla Gardens Glenvilla Sight and Insight Musing on Other Subjects North Hatley Pat Webster garden blogs garden photography garden writing
  A view of Pat Webster's garden.Please welcome Pat Webster. Her garden blog is titled Glen Villa: Sight and Insight . Pat is a creative garden designer, erudite landscape lecturer, garden tour guide, amateur historian, artist, talented photographer a...
• Plants That Need Companions Can Be Lovely
  on May 5, 2013 in Boston growing zone Flowering Shrubs Garden Design MOntreal growing zone color combinations companion plants flowering shrubs forsythia garden design plant beauty plant combinations plant surroundings rhodo-azaleas
  The setting for this plant composition enhances the appearance of yellow forsythia. I forsook my forsythia many years ago. In USDA Zone 4 where I garden, this shrub appears unpleasant when it flowers because it grows alone; no other tall shrub is in...
• Joseph and His Plants of Many Colors
  on Apr 25, 2013 in Deborah Silver Geri Laufer Joseph Tychonievich Musing on Other Subjects My Book Reviews Timber Press botanist garden book reviews garden writers home gardening horticulturist plant breeding
  Plant Breeding for the Home Gardener, Joseph Tychonievich, Timber Press. When I learned that garden writing colleague, Joseph Tychonievich, had published his first book, I felt both joy and sadness. The joy I experienced was a culmination of several...
• Should We Risk Our Health for A Beautiful Rose?
  on Apr 20, 2013 in Roses best selling roses climbers cold climate roses hardy roses mozart mush rose pesticides reblooming roses roses
  Image:- gardenimport.com, a Canadian catalogue and online plant provider.Recently, the French language garden magazine Fleurs Plantes et Jardins published a pictorial review of roses that survive cold climates. Included in that article was a photo of...
• Yoga Positions for Gardeners, a book review
  on Apr 13, 2013 in Gardening Musings on Gardening My Book Reviews Sasquatch Books Tim Foss Veronica D'Orazio Yoga bending body aches garden book reviews health stretching well being yoga book reviews
  Gardener’s Yoga - Bend & Stretch, Dig & Grow. Veronica D’Orazio, Sasquatch Books. Essentially, this delightful little manual demonstrates how yoga can help combat the common aches and pains associated with otherwise pleasurable...

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