Try planting masses of yellow daffodils in your front, along your fence, or jointly with your neighbors along the common roadway. Narcissi naturalize and come back to bloom year after year. Choose several types with different bloom periods or a “naturalizing mix” to keep the color going for months on end. Plant a dozen or so tulips in single color “bouquets” in red, purple, white, orange, pink and stripes around your front yard.
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Arbors covered with a deciduous vine and attached to a house share their shade in the summer and, in winter, allow the sun’s warmth to enter. Some choices include the hop vines (Humulus lupulus), various grapevines and ivies, flowering clematis, honeysuckle, and jasmines.
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Many “experts” in caring for African violets, will tell you that no greater sin can be committed against your violets than to water them from the top. You must water them with from the bottom or with a special self watering pot for African violets. Others, equally proficient, say “Always water from the top” and [...]
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Arbors and pergolas always create a destination and can spark interest even in a small garden, They can be inviting and pretty and offer an attractive spot to read in the shade, but most important they provide support for an endlessly interesting variety of plants, from deciduous and evergreen vines to climbing roses.
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W hen picking up a new house plant at the garden center you should expect the plant to go through some acclimation process, it’s especially true with indoor plants like Ficus benjamina and the dwarf umbrella plant. However, this is not the new home I’m talking about. Our houseplants may live in our indoor environment [...]
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Of all flowering shrubs none has a more interesting background or a more unassuming appeal than grandmother’s flower, the fuchsia plant. Making its curtsey in the greenhouses and window casements of England over 200 years ago, this small-flowered charmer from South America became popular at once and its cultivation as a greenhouse plant spread rapidly [...]
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Winter can be hard to handle if you’re a nature lover. A window garden will let you bring a bit of nature indoors. There are so many wonderful house plants that thrive and grow well in a sunny window sill. In fact, many houseplants don’t even need full sun to thrive. You may want to [...]
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A successful rock garden re-creates the natural outcrops on mountain slopes. Select only plants that thrive in stony terrain. Since the original homes of many species of rock plants are the mountains and rocky regions of the world, they are usually hardy and can tolerate thin, stony soils and some can survive drying winds.
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You will need about 1 ½ tons of rock for an area roughly 10 feet by 15 feet. You will also need a supply of ¼ inch chips, gravel, or crushed stone to act as mulch around your rock plants. Whatever rock mulch you use, be sure that it blends rather than contrasts with the surrounding rocks.
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Rocks that are all of one type, like sandstone or limestone should be used in your chosen area. Whenever possible, try choosing the rocks yourself and select for uniformity of color and texture. If you order from a supplier, ask for a variety of sizes. Large rocks, although they may be quite heavy to move and put in place, provide the most natural effects, but smaller sizes will be needed as well.
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