Garden Ornaments: To Have or Have Not?
Garden ornaments are a tricky topic. You are going to risk offending someone or another if you say something is tacky… and it...
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Thérèse Bugnet Rose
In my garden journal I wrote: A word about the Thérèse Bugnet Rose. It is a very beautiful, hardy, fragrant, full blooming rugosa rose....
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Make A Delightful And Creative Fairy Garden
Wherever you decide to situate a fairy garden it may end up being as fun and entrancing as any miniature world of tiny houses and furnishings could be!
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Fringe Trees, Fragrant and Fluttery
My first introduction to fringe trees was through the writings of Helen Van Pelt Wilson. Descriptions of their fragrance and delicate...
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Redbud Tree, the Understory
The redbud grows to about 20-30 feet, although most I've seen are much smaller even with time. It probably depends on its growing conditions. It tends to vase to dome shaped, and most have bright pink, pea shaped flowers and persistent pods fluttering from the branches. The flowers start as tiniest little pink slippers of bud, then expand into deeper rose...just the color many old fashioned roses. They stand out brightly in the spring landscape, and look especially lovely with companions of dark evergreens and white blooming viburnums.
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Pruning Lavender and Other Lavender Videos
One thing I didn’t realize when first growing lavender was how important it is to thin out and lightly trim back the shrubs. The...
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