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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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Watch out for garden, yard trends

June 04, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

I am curious every year about the trends in lawns and gardens, and the Garden Media Group is on top of it.
You may have already spotted the biggest new trend. It’s the transformation of the backyard patio into a complete outdoor garden room.
I saw evidence of this trend when I visited the Northwest Flower and [...]

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.
So [...]

Holly dieback due to winter damage; prune tree or replace it

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

At Christmas time the 20-foot-high Foster’s holly at the back of my lot looked beautiful. Therefore, I was astonished when, three weeks ago, I looked at the tree and noticed that almost half the crown was dead. I am trying to determine the cause of the damage, prospects for recovery and, if the tree needs [...]

An invitation into the hidden gardens of Allentown

May 25, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden, Landscaping

White irises launch and purple alliums burst like fireworks into the sky over a stout Japanese maple seemingly meditating on waves of prickly cactus.
This living, colorful dance performs every spring and summer under the direction of Terry Brown, who keeps the garden at his Allentown home. However, this year the Allentown Garden Club will help [...]

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CULTIVARS OF PERIWINKLE

* ‘Alba’ has white flowers. * ‘Atropurpurea’ has purple flowers. * ‘Bowles Variety’ has blue flowers and grows vigorously

SAUCER MAGNOLIA (M. x soulangiana)

Mature Height /Spread: Saucer magnolia, a hybrid, is usually a large, spreading shrub or small, low-branched tree with wide spreading branches. It will grow 20 to 30 feet tall and

PORTUGAL LAUREL (Prunus lusitanica)

Portugal laurel is a densely branched shrub, 10 to 20 feet tall, or a multitrunked, spreading tree up to 30 feet tall. When trained to a single trunk, it is

STAR MAGNOLIA (M. stellata)

Mature Height /Spread: Star magnolia is a dense, oval-to-rounded deciduous shrub or small, multi-stemmed tree that grows 15 to 20 feet tall and 10 to 15 feet wide. Growth Rate: It

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

Flower Tips Seasonal Flower Guide

So, you're trying to plan that big wedding on a budget—you're not alone there! Weddings are expensive and you have a lot of things to pay for so you shouldn't

Colorful Foliage An Alternative To Flowers

Flowers are fine, but sometimes foliage plants last a lot longer on the landscape. One example, Alternanthera, sometimes called Joseph's Coat. There are a lot of colors out there too. There

Redbud LANDSCAPE USE

This tree is best used in naturalized areas, where the flowers are contrasted against evergreens or woodlands. It can be used as a specimen or in groupings in a shrub
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