Winter Garden Interest V - Berries and Broadleaf Evergreens
There are plenty of plants with bright berries that summon the birds to your winter garden. And there are shrubs and trees that keep their leaves in the cold, adding more color and fullness to the scene. If you can see most of your garden easily ... [... more]
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Remarkable Trees of the World
 Beyond amazing!: I've had the personal fortune of growing up in the tropical island of Sri Lanka and of having a mother who studied Botany. Every foray into the outdoors, every trip out of town was a lesson on plants, shrubs and trees. Oh, and the real- [... more]
CDN$25.00
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The Landscape Makeover Book: How to Bring New Life to an ...
From Amazon.com: Is your garden reminiscent of a classic grande dame in need of some extra TLC? For the yard version of cosmetic surgery, turn to The Landscape Makeover Book, a helpful manual full of step-by-step photos, planning guides, and practical [... more]
CDN$29.95
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Plant This!: Best Bets for Year-Round Gorgeous Gardens
From Amazon.com: Ketzel Levine is known nation-wide as the Doyenne of Dirt, thanks to her regular gardening chats with the horticulturally challenged Scott Simon on NPR's Weekend Edition. Plant This! is a collection of Levine's 100 best recommendations, [... more]
CDN$23.50
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The Complete Illustrated Guide to Everything Sold in ...
didn't like it: I bought this as a gift for my husband but he didn't like it Two books in 1 cover: The _"Complete Illustrated Guide to Everything Sold in Hardware Stores and Garden Centers"_ (published by Running Press/Courage Books imprint, 20 [... more]
CDN$30.00
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Ready-to-Use Illustrations of Plants, Shrubs and Trees: ...
Not as useful as others in the series: The illustrations in this book are not the same woodcut type illustrations typical in other books in this series. If you are looking for a good picture of a tree, I suggest you look elsewhere. The book does contain [... more]
CDN$6.75
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Wonders of the Winter Landscape: Shrubs and Trees to ...
Author: Vincent A. Simeone Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 635.976 EAN: 9781883052454 Edition: 1 ISBN: 1883052459 Number Of Pages: 154 Publication Date: 2005-10-28 [... more]
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New and unusual small trees and shrubs
Looking for outstanding shrubs and trees for a small garden? At her lecture at the Civic Garden Centre in Toronto, Marion Jarvie gave us the scoop on some of the best! As the owner of a typical city garden - small, long and narrow - I'm always on ... [... more]
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Gifts for the gardenia lover:
Gardenia is a genus of evergreen flowering shrubs and trees native to tropical and sub-tropical Australia, Asia and Africa. They are prized for their strong sweet aroma and large flowers. Gardenia prefer sheltered humid locations, and acidic ... [... more]
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Spring: New Life for Butterflies and Gardens!
Spring is a time of renewal and new life for both butterfly gardens and butterflies. Perennial flowers, bulbs, shrubs and trees of every variety that rested during the cold days of winter are again springing to life. New generations of many ... [... more]
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Seed Verses Sod
Spring is in full swing now with just about everyone out buying plants and flowers, shrubs and trees, and all the other lawn and garden products available. Among those products is sod. There is no better way to get an instant lawn, but before you ... [... more]
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Winter Interest IV - Colorful Twigs and Bark
Believe it or not, you can get plenty of bright, hot color in your winter garden - just choose shrubs and trees with brightly colored or patterned bark. One area of the winter garden where it's possible to get real color is in the use of trees ... [... more]
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