The Looking-Glass Garden: A Book Review
At the end of the book there is a very handy table giving the hardiness zones for the plants. In this table, the plants are listed alphabetically by Latin name, so you can find what you want very easily. The hardiness is given in zones 1 to 11 ... [... more]
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Book Review On Rock Garden/Alpine Title
If you have a small garden, that’s no problem. In this title, Murfitt focuses specifically on how to build small rock gardens, and how to grow the plants in all sorts of suitable containers. He also explains how to grow them in walls. This ... [... more]
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Easy Succulents For Beginners
Let’s start with one that has been around for a long time—the snake plant. These are noted for their sword shaped foliage. Depending on what cultivar or species you buy, the leaves will have undulating patterns of different greens, golds, cream, ... [... more]
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Calandivas
As a matter of fact, people that normally can take or leave kalanchoes are actually excited about this group. The original plant was spotted at a greenhouse in Sweden. From that point on, a plant breeder from Fides began to breed the plants. ... [... more]
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Cacti And Succulents For Coastal Gardens
For coastal gardens, cacti and succulent lovers can mix and match their favorite plants with other species that tolerate salt. Some of these hardy, salt tolerant landscape species include shrubs like the Mugo pine, heaths and heathers, and ... [... more]
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Some Mamillarias
Native to Mexico, this grows to about six inches tall. This species produces offsets. It is cylindrical to columnar body has attractive tubercles. The stiff spines are crowded together, and come in various colors, ... [... more]
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The Euphorbias
Several of the succulent euphorbias actually resemble cacti. Euphorbia lactea is known as the hatrack cactus, the candelabra cactus, and dragon-bones. This many-stemmed succulent is very spiny. Though it reaches about fifteen feet in its native ... [... more]
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New Annual Succulents For 2007
Coral portulaca is a new addition to the Margarita series. Growing from about six to a little over a foot in height, this lovely plant spreads to about a foot across. With its cascading stems, this would be great for hanging baskets. The plants ... [... more]
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More Succulents For Stone Walls
Jovibara sobolifera reaches about seven to eight inches in height. This plant forms neat rosettes in clusters that resemble those of the houseleeks. Native to some parts of Europe, this has pups that are jumbled tightly together, which can make ... [... more]
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The Moonlight Garden
Bats play a crucial role in pollinating many of the large, cup-shaped night blooming flowers found in warmer climates. There are around 200 different groups of tropical plants that are dependent upon bats for pollination. These blossoms are often ... [... more]
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Succulents For Rock Gardens
Though many of the Echeverias are very tender and suitable for warm areas—zones only 9 and 10—there at least one species that grows as far north as zone 7. Typically, Echeveria harmsii is very common in southern California. This species is often ... [... more]
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The Latest Word On Succulent Roof Gardens
While one of the main reasons for planting roof gardens is to reduce cooling and heating cost, these also serve another valuable role that you can’t put a price tag on. They minimize the amount of storm run-off reaching paved areas, and in effect ... [... more]
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