Clearing Woods - Shrubs - Part 3 - Honeysuckle
Lonicera maackii, the tallest and largest of the shrubby honeysuckles appears here and there in my USDA zone 7 woodland. The tallest and largest of the bush honeysuckles appears here and there in my USDA zone 7 woodland. I have one quite handsome ... [... more]
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Hankering for Honeysuckle?
Why growing ordinary fragrant honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) in the cottage garden isn't all it's hyped up to be. In fact, it's an escaped invasive exotic weed. in some areas. That's no surprise. It grows freely almost any where, either wild or ... [... more]
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Honey Dont
 From Amazon.com: When reading Tim Sandlin's Honey Don't, one is tempted to make comparisons to other writers of very funny books: Carl Hiaasen, Tom Robbins, Kinky Friedman, and Robert Ferrigno, for starters. But after consideration, the conclusion is [... more]
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Dirr's Hardy Trees and Shrubs: An Illustrated Encyclopedia
Take Dirr's with you when you go to buy trees: This book is the standard for hardy trees and shrubs. It is a pictoral encyclopedia of trees that are hardy and should thrive in the northern half of the USA. This book is well-designed and organized--the [... more]
CDN$79.95
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Passionate Gardening
nice photos, limited use: Although this book has beautiful photos and snappy dialogue, realize that it is a collection of essays. This book does not have chapters, per se, and not exhaustive discussions, but the essays are by two very experienced [... more]
CDN$38.50
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Favorite Flowering Shrubs (The Canadian Garden Collection)
Book contains invasive weeds which should not be planted: I have not read this undoubtedly excellent book, but at least one of the shrubs in it is a serious invasive weed in the Northeast and Upper Midwest of the US. This plant is Lonicera tatarica. [... more]
CDN$7.99
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A Contemplation Upon Flowers: Garden Plants in Myth and ...
From Amazon.com: "The snowdrop, in purest white arraie, First rears her hedde on Candlemas daie;" From an early church calendar of English flowers, ca. 1500 As you pick up spade and shovel and head out into the garden, you might want to offer [... more]
CDN$19.95
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