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Blooming trees herald the coming of spring

March 25, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden, Plants

One of the best little trees around is the Texas redbud, Cerciscanadensis var. texensis. It blooms for about three weeks with clusters of tiny rich pinky-purple blooms that are about 1/2 inch long and pea-like. The bark of the tree is a dark gray that makes a great contrast between with the flower color. The [...]

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Traditional Japanese tea garden holds ideas for us, too

March 14, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

Were it not for Asian cultures, we would not know the joys of yoga, sweet and sour pork or tea. Our world would be absent the ancient martial arts, silk and the dwarfed trees known as bonsai. And from this world comes a great gardening truth: those that reflect seasonal change are among the [...]

Compromising is for the birds when it comes to gardening

March 13, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

Alan Dawson
To truly garden with birds one must have the right plants. What the birds require and what you prefer may not coincide, but meet them halfway and you can enjoy both your garden and the birds attracted to it.
Flowers, shrubs and trees have several functions in the life of birds. The two major ones [...]

New 2007 trees, shrubs, flowers worth a plant

March 11, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Flowers, Garden, Plants

It was about a year ago when I wrote about all the wonderful new plants for 2006. Well, 2007 has nothing to be ashamed of when it comes to new trees, shrubs and perennials. Here are the new plants I think you’ll find most impressive.
TREES
Autumn Spire red maple is a new maple that grows in [...]

Acadiana Gardening: Spring to arrive early in Acadiana

March 03, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Flowers, Garden

Soon to be ushering in the season are the showy Southern Indica azaleas (Rhododendron indicum) which, with their hybrids, have come to be some of the most widely used landscaping plants in the coastal South, and with good reason. The plants are unsurpassed for their rich evergreen foliage, spectacular spring bloom, showy size and relative [...]

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In the garden: Time to plant savory herbs

GARDEN BEDS Plant fragrant, flowering herbs such as rosemary, thyme, oregano and basil in patio pots. Keep them near the grill or kitchen for easy access to fresh flavor. Sage and

OTHER JASMINUM SPECIES

All other Jasminum species are semi-tropical vines, which are best planted in the spring after the danger of frost is past. Later plantings can be successful, if the plants are

Chinese Evergreen SPECIES AND CULTIVARS

Ribbon Aglaonema (Aglaonema commutatum): Grows 2 to 3 feet tall and 18 to 24 inches wide with dark green leaves with gray marks along veins. Pewter Plant (A. crispum): Very robust

Compromising is for the birds when it comes to gardening

Alan Dawson To truly garden with birds one must have the right plants. What the birds require and what you prefer may not coincide, but meet them halfway and you can

CALIFORNIA PRIVET (Ligustrum ovalifolium)

Mature Height/Spread: This semi-evergreen shrub grows rapidly to 15 feet, has dark green, 2½ -inch leaves and dull white, heavy scented flowers. Landscape Use: California privet makes a good hedge, when

Camellia MATURE HEIGHT/SPREAD

Common Japanese Camellia (Camellia japonica) is a broadleaved, evergreen shrub, which may grow to a height of 25 feet, but more often to 6 to 12 feet. It has a

Gardening: A welcome early bloom

"An adorable subject for a small space" proclaimed an 1857 issue of The Horticulturalist, touting flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa) as an outstanding ornamental shrub. At that point in

Daylily LANDSCAPE USE

Daylilies are used for color in shrub borders and in perennial beds. They are excellent ground covers on slopes. Their roots will hold soil against erosion once established. Small cultivars
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