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How the gardens grow at Ingliston

May 27, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

IT promises to be one of the most spectacular displays in this year’s Gardening Scotland extravaganza. Edinburgh’s Royal Botanic Garden’s 16m by 17m exhibit, to be unveiled at the show which opens on June 1, will include 25-foot trees, two ponds and a summer house, as well as hundreds of plants from across the world.
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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 [...]

IN YOUR GARDEN: The importance of bees

April 21, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

With Jenny Watts
As problems like global warming and peak oil gain headlines in the newspapers, an equally large problem is going largely unnoticed. Although they don’t produce honey, about one-third of our fruits, berries, grapes, nuts and vegetables are pollinated by native bees, and the native bee population is declining.
Of the 1,600 species of native [...]

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 [...]

Kinds of Flowers That Grow In The Winter

December 02, 2006 By: Momoy Category: Flowers

With all the work you do to keep your property beautiful from spring to autumn, why let your garden die down in winter? By selecting hardy plants that produce flowers when most other plants are dormant, you can bring color and interest into your garden even when the days are colder. The meaning of “winter [...]

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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

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,

GLOSSY PRIVET (Ligustrum lucidum)

Mature Height/Spread: This evergreen tree will reach 35 to 40 feet, but can be kept lower as a big shrub. The spread is about 5 to 10 feet. The leaves

Holly SPECIES

The Japanese hollies (Ilex crenata): are evergreen shrubs with relatively small, spineless leaves and black fruit. They are usually 3 to 10 feet high, with a similar spread and look

Pyracantha CULTIVATION

Pyracantha prefers full sun to partial shade and well-drained soil. Planting in highly fertile soil will produce rampant growth, which makes the plant more susceptible to fire blight and decreases

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

Barberry CULTIVARS AND VARIETIES

Cultivars of Japanese Barberry: There are many cultivars available. Some of the more common ones are: * Var. atropurpurea – The leaves assume reddish to purplish shades.

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,
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