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| Unique Visitors: 35 |
| Total Unique Visitors: 890647 |
| Visitors Out: 1377 |
| Total Visitors Out: 5695 |
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| Tuberous Begonia |
| 2010-05-05 11:51:38 |
(Second part) Purchase only high quality, firm tubers. Tubers can be started early indoors one month before the frost-free date for your area in flats or pots filled with a 50:50 mixture of moist peat moss and perlite. The depressed side of the tuber should be facing up. The tubers should be sprouted in the [...]...
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| Tuberous Begonias |
| 2010-04-07 10:12:45 |
If you are looking for a colorful, attractive flower to grace your garden, try the tuberous begonia. It is easy to grow, does well in the shade, needs moderate care, and will reward you with a lovely display of blooms all summer long.
Tuberous begonias come in shades of white, pink, red, yellow, orange, and salmon, [...]...
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| Summer Garden |
| 2010-02-24 11:41:02 |
Now that it’s spring, it’s a good time to organize and plan your summer garden if you haven’t done so already. The winter recess from outdoor chores is ending, so take advantage of this “low maintenance” period by utilizing your renewed gardening enthusiasm to plan your garden.
Planning before you purchase is particularly important when flower [...]...
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| Language Of Love- Valentine Flowers |
| 2010-02-02 22:41:12 |
Ever since Cupid shot his first arrow into a love-shy suitor, men–and in more recent decades, women–have given flowers to their true loves on St. Valentine’s Day.
The holiday, which has its origins in the pagan festival of Lupercalia, is recognized in England, France, Austria, Germany, and the United States.
Although the custom of sending romantic cards [...]...
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| Cacti As Houseplants |
| 2010-01-19 11:16:09 |
Want to exercise your green thumb this winter? Try growing cacti as houseplants. True cacti, a type of succulent, are native to the Americas. Many types may be grown as houseplants, each different in size, color, shape, and flowering habit. Among the most popular types are the star cactus, golden barrel, old man, bishop’s [...]...
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| Grow Orchids ( part 2) |
| 2009-12-22 10:53:40 |
Watering frequency depends on the medium in which they are potted. Most orchids cannot survive prolonged drought and should be watered often. However, some require a “dry season” of six to eight weeks during which watering is reduced but not stopped.
This “dry season” must occur immediately after maturation of the current season’s growth and is [...]...
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| Grow Orchids |
| 2009-12-10 11:51:41 |
If you can’t get to Hawaii this winter, then why not bring Hawaii to you? Create a tropical paradise by growing orchids indoors.
Granted, care must be taken when growing orchids at home. However, they are no more difficult to grow than most other houseplants when their particular growth requirements are met. In fact, some orchids [...]...
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| Poinsettias For The Holidays |
| 2009-11-26 10:44:17 |
Poinsettias have become synonymous with the holiday season. In fact, December 12 has been proclaimed by an Act of Congress as National Poinsettia Day to commemorate the death of Joel Poinsetta who introduced this Mexican native plant to the U.S.
Many varieties have been developed over the last few decades, with currently well over 100 different [...]...
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| Overwintering Garden Mums |
| 2009-11-11 10:58:31 |
Nature doesn’t cut back garden mums when their blossoms fade in fall. Neither should you.
Gardeners who live in the South, where mums will continue to grow throughout the winter, need to cut their plants back to encourage continued bloom and prevent legginess. But not here in the North. Research by one of the world’s leading [...]...
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| Chrysanthemum Legend (part 2) |
| 2009-10-29 11:00:52 |
There is only one place in Japan, according to legend, where the chrysanthemum is not grown. Long ago in the city of Himeji, a nobleman lived in a large castle with many treasures.
Trusting no one, he allowed only his serving maid O-kiku, whose name means chrysanthemum, to handle and dust his possessions. One day she [...]...
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