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Does Your Garden Have Style?

August 27th, 2007

Does Your Home Garden Have a Style? You may be asking me “Style? For a garden? I just plant flowers.” But, if you think about it, you can see that there really can be different styles for gardens.
A garden style can help you decide what kind of look you want for your garden as well […]

Fall Blooming Flowers

August 26th, 2007

To many people, fall is the time of year when the gardening season is drawing to a close, and it is time to close the flower bed and prepare for winter. Even though most gardeners are ready to hang up their garden tools and get ready for the next season, gardeners can […]

Bog Plants

August 24th, 2007

Plants are very important to water garden. There are several types of plants, each adding unique feature to water garden. There is a group of plant that accent a water garden with seasonal flower colour and/or all season foliage accents. They also vary in leaf size, height and texture. Bog plant is […]

Choosing Roses

August 23rd, 2007

Roses have long been a favorite among all types of gardeners, and roses continue to enjoy great popularity today. In addition to their beauty as cut flowers and in bouquets, roses are among the most useful and attractive flowers to grace the landscape of any home.
As a matter of fact, the exterior […]

Daffodils and Tulips

August 22nd, 2007

Bulbs are among the most popular of all flowering plants for the garden. Bulbs have long been renowned for their beauty, their hardiness and their variety. This article provides a small sampling of the many types of bulb plants available to the average gardener.
Muscari Armeniacum
The muscari, or grape hyacinth, is one of […]

Herbal History and Myths

August 14th, 2007

Certain herbs and other plants have been known to have useful properties - as seasonings or preservatives for food, medicines or simply a pleasurable odor - for thousands of years. Along with that ancient knowledge sometimes comes ancient myths.
Tombs uncovered in Mesopotamia (now Iraq) as old as 60,000 years held remains […]