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Planting that’s topically tropical

July 06, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

With an unusually dry spring followed by monsoons across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in June, global warming is changing the way our gardens grow.
Many plants in Britain are tolerant of widely fluctuating temperatures, strong winds and heavy rainfall, but inevitably some species will begin to suffer while others thrive. One style of gardening which is eminently [...]

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There’s more to landscaping than just flowers

May 20, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Flowers, Landscaping

We all love flowers in the landscape. Every spring we look forward to the spectacular blooms of ornamental flowering crabs, rhododendrons, lilacs and azaleas. Our gardens bless us with an array of blooms following a seasonal succession we come to know and love — spring bulbs, carpets of creeping phlox, iris, lilies, daylilies, etc. They’re [...]

Anyone with a warm spot in their garden can grow a sultry beauty

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

Tropical and subtropical plants are making their presence felt in our temperate Sydney gardens. Just look at how stunning frangipanis are now. Trees are laden with white, pink, apricot or red flowers and the fallen blooms carpet the ground under the tree. Take a deep breath as you walk past – the fragrance is stunning [...]

Winter is good time to solve those gardening problems

February 19, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

With a lull in outdoor gardening, gardeners have time to evaluate in-ground and container gardens. Consider zeroing in on a problem area or planning an arrangement of decorative containers for houseplants. Go forward with a plan in mind.
Is there one spot in an established bed where a perennial always dies?
After three years of fretting [...]

What to look for in gardening catalogs.

February 06, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

Come late winter, newspaper garden writers routinely deliver a column about plant and seed catalogs. I sympathize. There’s not a ton to write about, with the ground half-frozen and the sun still low in the sky, and there are all these colorful catalogs littering the desk. It’s tempting to adopt the cheerleading tone—why not get [...]

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Amazing facts about seeds, flowers, leaves

Even if a seed is planted upside down, the seedling always grows right-way up. How? Plants can actually sense gravity! (Gravity is what makes us fall back down to earth

Coleus hybridus

Growing: Annual or tender perennial. It also can be grown as a house plant. "There are sun and shade varieties," said Floyd Patterson of Green Thumb Nursery in Gulfport. Coleus like plenty

Nandina CULTIVARS AND VARIETIES

* ‘Alba’ is a 4- to 6- inch shrub with white berries and yellowish-green foliage, which turns yellow in fall. This cultivar is more susceptible

Barberry MATURE HEIGHT/SPREAD

Japanese Barberry: Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii) is the most popular landscape barberry. Many cultivars are available. It grows from 3 to 6 feet tall and 4 to 7 feet wide,

Euonymus CULTIVARS AND VARIETIES

Cultivars of E. fortunei: The cultivars of Wintercreeper Euonymus, which are listed here, are better known than the species itself. * ‘Canadale Gold’ is a compact shrub

Boxwoods CULTIVARS AND VARIETIES

Buxus microphylla cultivars: * ‘Compacta’or ‘Kingsville Dwarf’ is a very low-growing (1 foot), wide-spreading shrub with dense green foliage. * ‘Wintergreen’ is a low,

Coleus CULTIVARS

Sun-Tolerant Coleus * ‘Alabama Sunset’ is an old favorite but still exceptional for its tolerance of sun. The brick-red leaves have a thin

Marigold: SPECIES AND CULTIVARS

African marigolds (Tagetes erecta): These marigolds have large, double flowers from midsummer to frost. Flowers may measure up to 5 inches across. They can grow as tall as 36 inches.
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