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A private place to reconnect with nature

March 20, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

In the final extract from HRH the Prince of Wales’s new book, Stephanie Donaldson visits Birkhall
“A similar story to that of Clarence House is to be told at Birkhall, in Scotland, where a larger garden in a similar condition, although with a wholly different climate, needs the same breath of life to re-kindle its dynamic [...]

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Ten steps to planting a great flower border

March 10, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Flowers, Landscaping

By KATHY HUMMEL
We’ve all driven by a house or leafed through a magazine and breathed a WOW at landscaping which made our heart skip a beat. What is it that takes a garden out of the realm of ordinary into the WOW category?
Here are some guidelines to consider.
Good gardens, like great interior designs must follow [...]

Ideas On How To Use Container Gardening To Decorate Your House And Garden

March 08, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden, Home & Decoration

Nearly every house and garden presents numerous attractive settings for container plants. Suburban gardens, estates, small city backyards, and summer cottages all can be enhanced by this type of gardening. A few of the seemingly endless possibilities include entranceways, steps, courtyards, walls, rooftops, balconies, patios, breezeways, lawns, driveways, walks, sundecks, windowsills, porches, summer houses, even [...]

Chinese flower power hits Thais

August 17, 2006 By: Momoy Category: Flowers

On the misty hills of northern Thailand the chill in the air encourages roses to grow larger than apples. Hundreds of these large blooms – in colors ranging from red and crimson, to orange and white – are harvested daily to feed the flower markets of Bangkok.
Roses, carnations and chrysanthemums are part of a [...]

Chinese flower power hits Thais

August 01, 2006 By: Momoy Category: Flowers

On the misty hills of northern Thailand the chill in the air encourages roses to grow larger than apples. Hundreds of these large blooms – in colors ranging from red and crimson, to orange and white – are harvested daily to feed the flower markets of Bangkok.
Roses, carnations and chrysanthemums are part of a bouquet [...]

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Thick herbaceous borders, flowering plants and walls covered in climbing ivy make the garden of No 10 Downing Street attractive to a range of bird species, according to a conservation

COMMON WHITE JASMINE

Common white jasmine or poet’s jasmine (Jasminum officinale) is hardy throughout the Midlands but questionable in the Upstate. Mature Height/Spread: Common jasmine grows to a height of 10 to 15 feet

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This evergreen shrub grows 8 feet high and as wide or wider, with some low branches trailing on the ground and rooting. The leaves are light green and 2 to

Ten steps to planting a great flower border

By KATHY HUMMEL We’ve all driven by a house or leafed through a magazine and breathed a WOW at landscaping which made our heart skip a beat. What is it that

Okra: (Abelmoschus esculentus)

Okra: (Abelmoschus esculentus) is a surprisingly (for anyone who has not grown it) ornamental vegetable. Like other relatives, it has a typical showy hibiscus type flower — light yellow with
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