Houseplants: Real or Fake?
Houseplants: Real or Fake? New-age houseplants are a far cry from the artificial rubber plants that Grandma used to have! Choose from ficus trees to floral arrangements. Remember when artificial houseplants used to consist of philodendrons or ... [... more]
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Hummingbird Nest: A Journal of Poems
 For hummingbird lovers of all ages: As a reading specialist I regularly review new children's books. As soon as I saw this one, I thought of my mom. She's a sharp-minded 87-year-old who loves poetry, art and hummingbirds. She gives the artistry, both [... more]
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The Exotic Garden: Designing with Tropical Plants in ...
From Amazon.com: There's nothing new about the temperate gardener's love of hot tropicals: the not-so-secretly sensual Victorians planted lavish, whimsically shaped beds full of palms, giant reeds, and angels' trumpets, many of which still survive. (Of [... more]
CDN$39.95
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Tropical Foliage Plants
Best Houseplant Book Available: Books on houseplants normally give a nice picture a short description of the plant with some cultural hints. I've always been disappointed with the limited information available on these common plants. In my opinion, lack [... more]
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A Peter Gzowski Reader
Purely Canadian: For most Canadians, Peter Gzowski needs no introduction, especially after the publicity surrounding his recent passing. As the former host of CBC Radio's "Morningside," and as a journalist, he has in many ways been the [... 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]
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Moore, Michael: Awful Truth: Comp 2nd Season
Provocateur Marvellous--Getting in Your Face MM's specialty: Most of the world may have just seen Michael Moore for the first time on the 2003 Oscar show where he got in everyone's face about our war with Iraq. What they may not realize is that getting [... more]
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Garden Question and Answer Time Again!
Q. I left my Ficus benjamina (weeping fig houseplant) outside covered with plastic during the cold spell, so now it is droopy. It is an old friend. Will it survive? How can I tell if it is dead? Should I let the leaves fall naturally? Any advice ... [... more]
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A Pair of Books for Indoor Gardeners
Ficus trees and Palms are commonly grown indoor trees. These books will help you grow them well. Weeping Fig trees ( Ficus Benjamina ) are popular indoor plants. Unfortunately, there is seldom more than a paragraph or two about these plants in ... [... 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$50.00
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