Softscape: Soil, Grass And Plantings
We all want a home that makes people admire it as they go by. A large part of a home's curb appeal is the ground around the home. Softscape landscaping includes soil, grass, trees, shrubs and other plantings. While softscape helps to give your ... [... more]
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If you want to create towers of lavish color with almost no work at all, gladiolus bulbs are the way to go. You can use them to create instant clumps of color between other plants. Want a garden with a lot of interest, how about planting some ... [... more]
Do It Yourself |
Fundamentals Of Foundation Plantings
Another principle I use in designing with foundation plantings is to preserve clear views of key architectural features, such as windows, doors, and corners. Many homes have a focal point, such as a two-story arched window. Since the eye is ... [... more]
Fine Gardening |
Designing Perennial Plantings
Plant height is a major consideration. In border plantings, the tallest plants are usually placed towards the rear to serve as a backdrop with a few moved forward to prevent monotony in the design. In island ... [... more]
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Screen Plantings
Finally, gardeners desperate to hide an eyesore can play a little visual trick of their own. A few feet in front of the offensive chain-link fence, erect tall sturdy sections of wooden or metal lattice. Grow pretty ... [... more]
Home and Garden Television |
Ground Plantings
Variegated maiden grass (Miscanthus Sinensis Variegatus) (figure A) and mother fern (Asplenium Bulbiferum) (figure B) are planted to soften corners and cover the base of the porch. Maiden grass produces huge flowers at the end of the season and ... [... more]
DIYnet |
How to Make Hanging Flower Baskets & Natural Plantings
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Making an Herb Garden: Beautiful Designs, Plantings and ...
One of my favorite gardening books. The pictures are gorgeous and inspiring, I especially love all the saturated color. Emerald green, Ocean green, every green imaginable, punctuated by richly colored flowers. The text has some good common sense advice, ... [... more]
$24.95
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Small Gardens: Inspired Plantings for Diminutive Spaces
It's not unusual for a gardener's dreams to be much bigger than one's yard: Bringing yourself back to earth can become a problem. This volume puts everything into sharp focus, a camera lens zooming in on the tiniest detail. Each plant becomes a portrait, ... [... more]
$25.00
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Basic Projects and Plantings for the Garden
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$12.95
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Gardeners' Lore: Plantings, Potions, and Practical Wisdom
A nice little book Although it's compact, this is a sweet little book and well worth having. Full of wisdom, advice, and lore, it can fill out your herbal or magical library nicely. Charming! [... more]
$15.00
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California's grape plantings were up slightly in '89. ...
This digital document is an article from Wines & Vines, published by Hiaring Company on July 1, 1990. The length of the article is 1324 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format ... [... more]
$5.95
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