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Saving a Genus |
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Over half of wild magnolias are facing extinction. Saving an entire genus is a daunting task, but see what public gardens are doing about it and what you can do, too.
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published on May 24, 2008
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The Last Rose Grower in New England |
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See why New England's last rose grower is able to grow roses with heavy fragrance, so unlike the ubiquitous roses from foreign growers. And learn how they are able to hold their ground while others have closed their greenhouse doors.
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published on April 09, 2008
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Mr. Rhododendron |
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Take a drive to RareFind Nursery, Purveyors of Fine Plants, in Jackson, New Jersey, where proprietor Henry Hank Schannen has created a garden/nursery of thousands of extraordinary plants.
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published on October 24, 2007
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Fun with Mums |
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A new Jersey barber and chrysanthemum hobbyist/exhibitor tells step-by-step directions on how to grow mums for fun and exhibition. Plus, Longwood Gardens' grower and horticultural helper describe how they grow cascading displays and "Thousand Blooms" for Longwood's Fall Mum Festival.
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published on November 10, 2006
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Mr. Grass and the Amazing Encyclopedia of Perennials |
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The American Horticultural Society's Encyclopedia of Perennials (DK Publishing) offers practical advice from experienced multi-national professionals on choosing, planting, growing, and designing with over 5,000 taxa of herbaceous perennials.
Meet contributing editor and plantsman extraordinaire, Kurt Bluemel.
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published on October 30, 2006
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Chelone? No Baloney! |
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Create an outstanding fall flower display with native and cultivated turtleheads. Learn where to buy them and how to plant them - right here.
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published on September 25, 2006
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Saucy Cyclamen |
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In early spring, I usually plant a few small flats with seed of the ivy-leafed cyclamen, Cyclamen hederifolium. The saucy pink or white blooms and ivy-like foliage bring unexpected delight to every garden where they are displayed. Here's how to grow them from seed with gardens to view the blooming plants.
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published on April 17, 2006
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Robbin's Cinquefoil & Friends |
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The word is out. Results are in. The Endangered Species Act is a success! But it, too, has become endangered. Below is a handful of federally listed endangered native plants of the Northeast Coast and their current status.
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published on March 29, 2006
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The Orchid Exhibit |
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Take the steps up to the glorious Enid A. Haupt Conservatory at The New York Botanical Garden, where its distinctive glass structure stands regal against blue sky. One becomes humbled as before any great work of art. Follow the path around to the other side and enter a galaxy-under-glass of New World palms and plants, all decorated by 8,000 orchids.
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published on March 23, 2006
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