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A About Karen An Elixir for Roses: Alfalfa Tea All America Selections: A useful Way of Identifying Outstanding Annuals and Vegetables Growing Amaryllis so that they Rebloom What is the Difference Between an Annual, Perennial, or Biennial? Annuals Cool Weather Annuals for the Cottage Garden Seven Good Reasons to Grow Annuals Five Easy Annuals from Seed for Late Season Color Five Pink Annuals for your Garden Repotting Tender Annuals to Avoid the Cold Eight Interesting Facts about Aphids and Suggestions for Control How to Grow Asparagus Common Asparagus Beetle ( Crioceris asparagi) A Visit to Athelhampton Garden, Puddletown (near Dorchester), England Auditory Garden Plant list for an Auditory Garden B A Visit to the Nassau Botanical Garden, Nassau, New Providence Island, Bahamas The Retreat, Nassau, Bahamas Versailles Garden and Cloister, Paradise Island, Bahamas Bahia Grass (Paspalum notatum) Bamboo in the Garden: Runners and Clump Formers How to Plant, Grow and Harvest Bush and Pole Beans How to Grow Beets (Beta vulgaris) Buying from Beijing Five Plants to Grow for Fall Berries BIENNIALS    What is the Difference Between an Annual, Perennial, or Biennial?    Queen Anne’s Lace (Daucus carota) Biennials and Garden Ornaments to Create the Look of an English Garden A Visit to Biltmore Gardens, Asheville, North Carolina A Fall Visit to Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina Mid-May Visit to Biltmore Estate Gardens, Ashville, North Carolina A Vist to the Yuen Po Street Bird Garden, Hong Kong China BIRDS IN THE GARDEN:    Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)    Plants that Attract the Chickadee and Titmouse Family    Plants That Attract Crow and Jay Family (Corvidae)    Bluebirds in the Garden    Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)    Plants That Attract Tyrant Flycatcher Family (Tyrannidae)    Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)    Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)    White Breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)    Plants That Attract the Woodpecker Family (Picidae) Black Swallowtail Butterflies (Papilio polyxenes) as Garden Guests Insects and their Control: Blister Beetles (Epicauta spp.) A Visit to the Boboli Gardens (Giardini Bobolo) Florence, Italy BOG GARDEN    Ten Steps to Making a Bog Garden BONSAI: (How to ccare for)    Satsuki Azalea    Bougainvillea glabra    Boxwood Fig (Ficus buxifolia)    Camellia (C. japonica, C. susanqua)    Chinese Elm (Ulmus parvifolia)    Desert Rose (Adenium obesum)    Fukien Tea (Carmona microphylla)    Fig Tree (Ficus carica)    Fuchsia    Gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides)    Miniature Holly (Malpighia coccigera)    Jaboticaba (Myrciaria cauliflora)    Olive (Olea europaea)    Orange Jasmine (Murraya paniculata)    Mastic Tree (Pistacia lentiscus)    Myrtle (Myrtus communis)    Powderpuff Tree (Calliandra haematocephala)    Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis)    Silver Dollar (Crassula arborescens minor)    Weeping Fig (Ficus benjamina)    Yellow Sage (Lantana camara) BOOK REVIEWS:    Bats    Beautiful American Rose Gardens    America’s Cottage Gardens: Imaginative Variations on the Classic Garden Style    Appetite for Reduction: 125 Fast and Filling Low-Fat Vegan Recipes    Apples    The Art of Simple Food    Big Book of Garden Designs    Birds    Bizarre Botanicals: How to Grow String-of-Hearts, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Pander Ginger, and other Weird and Wonderful Plants    Attracting Butterflies and Hummingbirds to Your Backyard    The Art of Botanical Drawing: An Introductory Guide    The Brother Gardeners: A Generation of Gentlemen Naturalists and the Birth of an Obsession    The World Encyclopedia of Cacti and Succulents    Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening    Chrysanthemum    Clara Caterpillar    Compost: the natural way to make food for your garden    Let it Rot! The Gardener’s Guide to Composting    The Vegetable Gardener’s Container Bible: A Bounty of Food in Pots, Tubs, and Other Containers    Small Space Container Gardens    Bountiful Container: Create Container Gardens of Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, and Edible Flowers    Corn    Covering Ground    Creative Concrete Ornaments for the Garden    The Curious Garden    Deer-Resistant Landscaping: Proven Advice and Strategies for Outwitting Deer and 20 Other Pesky Mammals    The Drunken Botanist    Your Eco-Friendly Yard    Eco-Yards: Simple Steps to Earth-Friendly Landscapes    A Fresh Twist on Fabric Folding    Fabulous Flowers: Mini-Quilts in Dimensional Applique    Fantastic Fabric Folding: Innovative Quilting Projects    Farming    Fifty Plants that Changed the Course of History    The Book of Floral Design    The Flower Gardener’s Bible    The Complete Flower Arranging Book    Flowers and Herbs of Early America    The Art of Simple Food II    Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation    Frogs    Garden Crafts: A Practical Guide to Creating Handcrafted Features for Your Garden    Garden Primer    The Golden Flower: A Taino Myth from Puerto Rico    Great Gardens for Kids    Green Gardener’s Guide: Simple, Significant Actions to Protect & Preserve Our Planet    Greenhouse Gardener’s Companion: Growing food & Flowers in Your Greenhouse or Sunspace    Green Thumbs: A Kid’s Activity Guide to Indoor and Outdoor Gardening    Groundhog Day!    Mr. Groundhog Wants the Day Off    Grow Fruit Naturally: A hands-On Guide to Luscious, Homegrown Fruit    Growing Vegetable Soup    Halloween Pumpkins and Parties    Handmade Garden Projects    Harvey the Gardener    Gardening with Heirloom Seed: Tried-and True-Flowers, Fruits, and Vegetables for a new Generation    A Kid’s Herb Book: for Children of All Ages    Herbaceous Perennial Plants: A Treatise on their Identification, Culture, and Garden Attributes    Culpeper’s Color Herbal    Mother Nature’s Herbal    Herbs in Bloom: A Guide to Growing Herbs as Ornamental Plants    Home Outside: Creating the Landscape You Love    The Honey Makers    About Hummingbirds    In the Garden: Who’s Been Here?    It’s Christmas David!    Jack’s Garden    Ladybugs    How to Start a Home-Based Landscape Business    Landscaping for Privacy    Language of Flowers: A Novel    Leaf Man    Lawn Gone!    The Essential Garden Maintenance Workbook    MiniFarming: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre    Mole’s Hill: A Woodland Tale    My Garden    Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants    The Nonstop Garden: A Step-by-Step Guide to Smart Plant Choices and Four-Season Designs.    Natural Gardening in Small Spaces    Bringing Nature Home    New Front Yard Idea Book    Nuts to You!    Oliver’s Fruit Salad    Oliver’s Vegetables    The Truth about Organic Gardening: Benefits, Drawbacks, and the Bottom Line    The Organic Lawn Care Manual: A Natural, Low-Maintenance System for a Beautiful, Safe Lawn    The Perennial Care Manual    Perennial Combinations    The Well-Tended Perennial Garden    Pete the Cat Saves Christmas    American Horticultural Society Plant Propagation    Planting a Rainbow    Encyclopedia of Planting Combinations    Planting the Dry Shade Garden    Pots in the Garden    The Private Life of Plants    Professional Design Guide to Green Roofs    American Horticultural Society Pruning and Training    The Rain Garden Planner    Rain Gardens: Managing Water Sustainably in the Garden and Designed Landscape    RawEssence    Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf    Rocks, Dirt, Worms, and Weeds    Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables    Roots, Shoots, Buckets, & Boots: Gardening Together with Children    Amercian Rose Society Encyclopedia of Roses    Salvage Style for the Garden    Seasons of Witchery: Celebrating the Sabbats with the Garden Witch    The Reasons for Seasons    The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree    Secrets to Great Soil    Seed to Seed    Seedheads in the Garden    Small Green Roofs: Low-Tech Options for Greener Living    Southeast Home Landscaping    Spiders    All New Square Foot Gardening    Designing with Succulents    Teaming with Microbes: The Organic Gardener’s Guide to the Soil Food Web    The Inward Garden: Creating a Place of Beauty and Meaning    Tops and Bottoms    Seeing Trees    Trees and Shrubs: Illustrated A-Z of Over 8500 Plants    Turkey Clause    Turkey Trouble    Tussie-Mussies: The Language of Flowers    Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook    Veggie Gardener’s Answer Book    Vertical Gardening: Grow Up, not Out, for More Vegetables and Flowers in Much Less Space    Waiting for Wings    Walls, Fences, Hedges & Boundaries    Waterwise Plants for Sustainable Gardens: 200 Drought-Tolerant Choices for All Climates    A Weed By Any Other Name: The Virtues of a Messy Lawn, or Learning to Love the Plants we Don’t Plant    Weeding Without Chemicals    Just Weeds: History, Myths, and Uses    The Well-Designed Mixed Garden    What to Drink with What you Eat    What’s Wrong with My Plant? (And How Do I Fix It?)    Whose Garden Is It?    Wicked Plants    Growing and Propagating Wildflowers    The Secrets of Wildflowers: A Delightful Feast of Little-Known Facts, Folklore, and History    The Wine Curmudgeon’s Guide to Cheap Wine    Buy the Right Wine Every Time    Worldchanging: A User’s Guide for the 21st Century    Yard and Garden Makeovers BOTANY FOR GARDENERS (Index)    The Difference between Plant Variety and Cultivar    Plant Hybrids for the Home Garden    Identification of Some Common Conifers by Silhouettes    The Leaf - Autumn Coloration    The Leaf - General Characteristics    The Leaf - Modifications    The Leaf - Photosynthesis    The Leaf - Shape    The Leaf - Margins    The Leaf - Texture    The Root - Characteristics and Functions    The Root - Systems    The Root - Tissues and their Functions    The Root - Modifications    The Root - Factors that Influence Root Growth    The Stem - Functions and Types    The Stem - Tissues and Their Functions    The Stem - Modifications    Taxonomy - Divisions of the Plant Kingdom    Taxonomy - Classes of Flowering Plants, Monocots and Dicots    Taxonomy of Dicots-Identifying the Laurel Family (Lauraceae)    Taxonomy of Dicots - Identifying the Magnolia Family (Magnoliaceae)    Taxonomy of Dicots-Identifying the Mallow Family    Taxonomy of Dicots - Identification of the Mint Family    Taxonomy of Dicots - Identification of the Mustard Family    Taxonomy of Dicots - Identification of the Parsley Family    Taxonomy of Dicots - Identification of the Pea Family Pea Family    Taxonomy of Dicots - Identifying the Sunflower Family    Taxonomy of Dicots-Identifying the St. John’s Wort Family ( Hypericaceae)    Taxonomy of Dicots - Identifying the Water Lily Family (Nymphaeaceae)    Taxonomy of Monocots - Identifying the Iris Family    Taxonomy of Monocots - Identifying the Lily Family    Taxonomy of Gymnosperms: Identifying the Pine Family    Reproduction - Ten Interesting Facts about Conifer Cones BOTANICAL LATIN:    Botanical Latin: Dentata Botanical Latin: Species Names A Case for Using Botanical Names How to Make a Boxwood Tree Ten Tips for Growing Broccoli 2012 Perennial of the Year: Brunnera macrophylla ‘Jack Frost’ BULBS    What is a Bulb?    Five Bulbs for Damp Soil    How to Plant Spring Blooming Bulbs    How to Store Spring and Summer Blooming Bulbs    Selecting Spring Blooming Bulbs for Fall Planting: Overview    Spring Blooming Bulbs for the Cottage Garden    Top Twelve Summer Flowering Bulbs    Six Spring Bulbs for a Pink-Themed Garden    How to Select Autumn Blooming Bulbs    Best Spring Blooming Bulbs for Use as Cut Flowers    Five Best Spring Bulbs for Cut Flowers    Five Best Bulbs for Forcing    Five Spring Blooming Bulbs for the Rock Garden    Five Spring Bulbs for a Blue/Violet-Themed Garden    How to Select Canna Lilies    Six Heirloom Tazetta Narcissus for Warm Climates Why and How to Attract Bumble Bees to the Garden Christmas Butterfly (Papillon demodocus) How to Attract Butterflies to the Garden in Spring Six Purple-Flowered Plants that Attract Hummingbirds and Butterflies C How to Select Caladiums How to Lift and Store Caladiums How to Select Canna Lilies Be Kind to Carpender Bees A Visit to the Gardens at Castle Drogo, near Drewsteignton, Devon, England History of Christmas Greens: Cedar Characteristics of Old Garden Roses: Noisette Ten Terrific Plants with Chartreuse Flowers Six Special Plants with Chartreuse Foliage Ten Interesting Facts about Chestnuts CHILDRENS GARDEN    Tips for Having Fun in the Garden with Preschoolers Chinese Elm ( Ulmus parvifolia) CHINESE GARDENS:    Characteristics of Chinese Gardens    A Visit to Hong Kong Park, Hong Kong, China    A Visit to a Hutong Residence and Garden, Beijing, China    A Visit to the Live Market, Hong Kong, China    A Visit to a Tea Village, Longjing, China    A Visit to Master of the Nets Garden (Wang Shi Yuan) Suzhou, China    A Visit to Nan Lian Garden, Hong Kong, China    A Visit to Prince Gong’s Garden, Beijing, China    A Visit to the Summer Palace, Beijing, China    A Visit to Victoria Peak, Hong Kong, China    A Visit to West Lake, Hangzhou, China    A Vist to the Yuen Po Street Bird Garden, Hong Kong China    A Visit to Yuhuayuan, the Imperial Garden in the Forbidden City, Beijing, China    A Visit to Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai, China    A Visit to the Zhang House and Garden, Zhouzhuang, China A Visit to the Chinese Garden at the Huntington, San Marino, California How to Make a Pine Cone Tussie Mussie for A Christmas Decoration Wine for Christmas Dinner: Dry Riesling History of Christmas Greens: Cedar History of Christmas Greens: Holly (Ilex spp.) History of Christmas Greens: Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) History of Christmas Greens: White Pine (Pinus strobus) Saturnalia: Christmas in the Time of Julius Caesar and his Friends Christmas Ornament: Holly Leaf Elf How to Make a Christmas Star Ornament from Sticks How to Make your Christmas Tree Last Longer Top Six Live Christmas Trees How to Make an Easy Inexpensive Indoor Christmas Wreath CONTAINERS:    Annual Flowering Vines for Containers    Cascading Plants for Containers    Ferns for Containers    Flowering Shrubs for Containers    Grasses for Containers    Eight Edible Herbs for A Container Herb Garden    Five Miniature Roses for Containers: Pinks and Whites    Miniature Roses for Containers: Yellows and Oranges    Pine Trees for Containers    Basic Types of Potting Soil for Containers    Five Sedges for Containers    The Pros and Cons of Terra Cotta Pots    Creating a Tropical Look with Foliage Plants in Containers How to Choose Corn for the Home Garden How to Grow Sweet Corn How to Make A Cornhusk Doll COTTAGE GARDENS    Apricot-Colored English Roses for Cottage Gardens    Charateristics of the Traditional Cottage Garden    Cool Weather Annuals for the Cottage Garden    Five Fall Blooming Perennials for the Cottage Garden    True Lilies for the Cottage Garden    Medicinal Herbs for the Cottage Garden    Five Roses for the Cottage Garden    Rambling Roses for the Cottage Garden    Late Spring to Early summer Perennials for the Cottage Garden    Spring Blooming Bulbs for the Cottage Garden    Spring Blooming Plants for A Cottage Garden Wall    Five Spring Perennials for the Cottage Garden    Spring Perennials for the Cottage Garden    Plants with Summer Interest for a Cottage Garden Wall    Five Sweet Smelling Herbs for the Cottage Garden    Six Native Woody Vines For an American Cottage Garden Crafts Critters: Animals in the garden Coping with Crocus Foliage How to Select Cucumbers for the Vegetable Garden How to Grow Cucumbers Pollination of Cucumbers, Squash, and Melons How to Make Root Cuttings D How to Extend the Daffodil Season Six Easy Steps to Enjoying Daffodils Indoors Five Favorite Daffodils How to Cut and Condition Dahlias How to Over-Winter Dahlias How Much do you Have to Pay for A Beautiful Daylily? Ten Top Considerations for Choosing Daylilies How and What to Deadhead to Prolong Bloom A Visit to Descanso Gardens, Flintridge, CA Directory of United States Gardens You Can Visit Diseases (plant) (See Garden Pests and Diseases) Differences between Powdery Mildew and Downy Mildew Favorite Flowers for Drying and How to Dry Them Five Favorite Dwarf Blue Conifers E The Early Bird Gets the Worm eBOOKS    The Vegetable Garden: 2013 E-Book Edition A Visit to Edzell Castle, Scotland How to Grow Eggplant How to Select Eggplants for the Home Vegetable Garden ENGLISH GARDENS    A Visit to Athelhampton Garden, Puddletown (near Dorchester), England    A Visit to the Gardens at Castle Drogo, near Drewsteignton, Devon, England    A Visit to Ham House, Richmond, Surrey, England    A Visit to Hever Castle, Kent, England    A Visit to Packwood Garden, Lapworth, Solihull, Warwickshire, England    A Visit to Scotney Castle and Gardens, Lamberhurst, Kent, England    Tintinhull House Garden, near Yeovil, England Enkutatash: Ethiopian New Year Evergreens F Karen’s Garden Tips is now on Facebook Five Plants to Grow for Fall Berries Source for Good Plants: A Visit to the Farmers’ Market Father’s Day Gifts for the Gardening Dad 2010 Six Guidelines for Fertilizing Vegetables Five Favorite Ferns for the Shade Garden Ten Interesting Facts about Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invictato) FLORSTRY:    Growing Amaryllis so that they Rebloom    Best Buy Flowers for December Arrangements    How to Care for a Bouquet of Flowers    History of Christmas Greens: Cedar    Best Spring Blooming Bulbs for Use as Cut Flowers    Five Best Spring Bulbs for Cut Flowers    Six Easy Steps to Enjoying Daffodils Indoors    Giving Thanks the German Way: Erntedankfest    Favorite Flowers for Drying and How to Dry Them    FLOWERS FOR ARRANGEMENTS:       Bells of Ireland (Moluccella laevis)       Boronia heterophylla       Heather/Heath (Erica spp.)       Leptospermum rotundifolium       Nerine (Nerine bowdenii, sarniensis)       Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus cultivars)    How to Make a Flower Arrangement in a Pumpkin for Halloween or Thanksgiving    How to Make a Flower Arrangement in a Cornucopia    How to Make a Flower from a Lemon, Lime, and Strawberry    Flowers for Holiday Arrangements: Scarlet Plume (Euphorbia fulgens)"    Three Cornicopias for a Fall or Thanksgiving Arrangement    How to Force Spring Flowering Shrubs and Trees    Gorgeous Greens for Holiday Arrangements    How to Make a Basket Arrangement of Roses    Inexpensive Floral Wedding Party Favors using Six Packs and the Language of Flowers    The Story of the Olympic Bouquet, Vancouver, 2010    Olympic Bouquets of the Past    Ten Tips for Ordering Flowers Top 10 page    Varieties of Poinsettias for Christmas    How to Make a Fall Pumpkin Arrangement    How to Extend the Vase Life of Roses    William and Catherine’s Royal Wedding Flowers    Decorations at Westminster Abbey for the Royal Wedding    Royal Wedding Bouquets    How to make a Thanksgiving Table Arrangement    How to Force Tulips How to Force Spring Flowering Shrubs and Trees How to make Forsythia Bloom Fox Urine, Anyone? The Fragrant Garden Fragrant Spring Bulbs: Daffodils FRENCH GARDENS    A Visit to Villandry Garden, Loire Valley, France Frost Free Days FRUITS:    How to Select a Site for Growing Strawberries G GAMES AND PUZZLES    Crossword Puzzle 1: Common names of trees    Crossword Puzzle 2: Names of Spring Bulbs    Memory Game: Flowers Level 1    Memory Game: Flowers Level 2    Memory Game: Flowers Level 3    NAME THIS PLANT GAME:       Annual Vines 1       Culinary Herbs 1       Culinary Herbs 2       Culinary Herbs 3       Culinary Herbs 4       Early Blooming Plants 1       Early Blooming Plants 2       Early Blooming Plants 3       Fall Ornamental Grasses       Foliage Shrubs 1       Foliage Shrubs 2       Foliage Shrubs 3       Foliage Shrubs 4       Foliage Shrubs 5       Foliage Shrubs 6       Foliage Shrubs 7       Gymnosperms 1       Gymnosperms 2       Gymnosperms 3       Gymnosperms 4       Gymnosperms 5       House Plants 1       House Plants 2       House Plants 3       House Plants 4       House Plants 5       House Plants 6       Medicinal Herbs 1       Medicinal Herbs 2       Medicinal Herbs 3       Medicinal Herbs 4       Medicinal Herbs 5       Medicinal Herbs 6       Medicinal Herbs 7       Medicinal Herbs 8       Medicinal Herbs 9       Medicinal Herbs 10       Medicinal Herbs 11       Native Plants 1       Native Plants 2       Perennials Grown For Foliage 1       Perennials Grown For Foliage 2       Perennial Vines 1       Perennial Vines 2       British Royal Wedding Bouquet Game       Shrubs With Fall Interest 1       Shrubs With Winter Interest 1       Spring Blooming Annuals 1       Spring Blooming Perennials 1       Spring Blooming Perennials 2       Spring Blooming Perennials 3       Spring Blooming Perennials 4       Spring Blooming Perennials 5       Spring Blooming Perennials 6       Spring Blooming Shrubs 1       Spring Blooming Shrubs 2       Spring Blooming Trees 1       Spring Bulbs 1       Spring Bulbs 2       Spring Bulbs 3       Spring Ephemerals 1       Summer Blooming Annuals 1       Summer Blooming Annuals 2       Summer Blooming Annuals 3       Summer Blooming Annuals 4       Summer Blooming Annuals 5       Summer Blooming Annuals 6       Summer Blooming Perennials 1       Summer Blooming Perennials 2       Summer Blooming Perennials 3       Summer Blooming Perennials 4       Summer Blooming Perennials 5       Summer Blooming Perennials 6       Summer Blooming Perennials 7       Summer Blooming Perennials 8       Summer Blooming Perennials 9       Summer Blooming Perennials 10       Summer Blooming Perennials 11       Summer Blooming Perennials 12       Summer Blooming Perennials 13       Summer Blooming Perennials 14       Summer Blooming Perennials 15       Summer Blooming Shrubs 1       Summer Blooming Shrubs 2       Summer Blooming Shrubs 3       Summer Blooming Shrubs 4       Summer Bulbs 1       Summer Bulbs 2       Trees 1       Trees 2       Trees 3       Trees 4       Trees 5       Trees 6       Trees 7       Trees 8       Vegetables 1       Vegetables 2       Vegetables 3       Vegetables 4       Vegetables 5    The Numbers Game: Just How Big is a Million?    What is Your Spring Bulb IQ?    Determine Your Spring Flower IQ GARDEN BASICS:    What is the Difference Between an Annual, Perennial, or Biennial?    A Case for Using Botanical Names    American Horticultural Society Heat Zones    Frost Free Days    Light    Nomenclature    USDA Plant Hardiness Zones    How to Evaluate Shade    Soil    Tempature    Soil Fertility and Texture: How and Why to Test Your Soil GARDEN DESIGN:    Color-The Many Shades of Green    Characteristics of Formal Gardens    Characteristics of Informal Gardens    Formal or Informal? GARDEN GIFTS:    Father’s Day Gifts for the Gardening Dad 2010    Ten Terrific Father’s Day Gifts for Gardening Dads    Gifts for the Gardening Mom on Mother’s Day    Great Gift Ideas for Spring Birthdays Garden History Garden Journal, Karen's Biennials and Garden Ornaments to Create the Look of an English Garden GARDEN ORNAMENTS:    Garden Gnomes and Priapus GARDEN PESTS AND DISEASES:    Fall Army Worm (Spodoptera frugiperda)    Eight Interesting Facts about Aphids and Suggestions for Control    Chipmunks and Their Control    Fox Urine, Anyone?    How to identify and Control Iris Leaf Spot    Ten Interesting Facts About Japanese Beetles to Help You Control Them    Interesting Facts to Aid in the Control of Leaf Miners    Root-Knot Nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) and How to Control Them    Differences between Powdery Mildew and Downy Mildew    Common Pests of Roses    Major Diseases of Roses    Interesting Facts about Rusts Affecting Garden Plants as an Aid to Control    How to Tell the Difference between Voles and Moles    Interesting Facts about Whiteflies to Aid in Control       INSECTS AND THEIR CONTROL:          Asiatic Garden Beetle (Autoserica castanea) GARDEN SHOPPER:    Ten Terrific Father’s Day Gifts for Gardening Dads.    Gifts for the Gardening Mom on Mother’s Day    Great Gift Ideas for Spring Birthdays Garden Travel Garden Types, Styles and Designs GARDENS IN ART:    Introduction    Parterres Gardens of Pompeii: Animals in the Garden How to Make a Garnish Basket from a Butternut Squash A Visit to the Generalife in Granada, Spain The Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA A March Visit to the Getty Center Garden, Los Angeles, California A Visit to the Getty Center Gardens, March, 2010 Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, CA Gewurztraminer Wine for Thanksgiving Dinner The Goddess Flora and her Garden Pocket Gophers and How to Control Them GRASS (LAWN): (See Lawn Care) GRASSES:    Best Blue Ornamental Grasses for the Garden    Ornamental Grasses as Valuable Garden Plants Green Roses Ten Interesting Facts about Groundhogs Growing Garden Plants Guinea Hen Flower (Fritillaria meleagris) H A Visit to Ham House, Richmond, Surrey, England Hanukkah or Thanksgiving? Hardscape and Garden Ornaments A Visit to Hardwick Hall and Gardens, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England American Horticultural Society Heat Zones HEDGES:    Broadleaf Evergreen Shrubs 1    Broadleaf Evergreens 2    Coniferous Evergreens 1    Evergreen Conifers 2    Five Floribunda Roses for a Beautiful Hedge    Flowering Shrubs 1    Flowering Shrubs 2    Roses as a Living Screen Five Favorite Heirloom Narcissi What is an Heirloom Plant? Five Favorite Heirloom Species Tulips What is an Heirloom Vegetable? Five Favorite Heirloom Tomatoes HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS    Ten Top Considerations for Choosing Daylilies HERBS (Culinary): How to grow, plant profiles    Aloe (Aloe vera)    Arugula (Eruca vesicaria)    Catnip (Nepeta cataria)    German Chamomile (Matricaria recutita)    Chives (Allium schoenoprasum)    Garlic Chives (Allium tuberosum)    Cilantro (Coriandrum sativum)    Cilantro ‘Delfino’ (‘Cilantro sativum Delfino’) also called Chinese parsley    Dill (Anethum graveolens)    Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)    Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana, syn. Cochlearia armoraci)    Lemon Verbena (Aloysia triphylla syn. A. citrodora)    Sweet Marjoram (Oreganum majorana)    Mint (Mentha spp.)    Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus)    Oregano (Oreganum vulgare var. hirtum)    Parsley (Petroselinum crispum [curly]; Petroselinum neapolitanum [Italian])    Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis)    Saffron Crocus (Crocus sativus)    Common Sage (Salvia officinalis)    Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)    Sweet Basil (Ocimum basilicum)    Sweet Bay (Laurus nobilis)    Sweet Violet (Viola odorata)    Sweet Woodruff (Galium odoratum)    Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)    Tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus and A. dracunculoides)    English Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) Herb Garden    Five Herbs to Grow for a Soothing Bath    Five Beautiful Shrubs for the Dye Garden    Eight Edible Herbs for A Container Herb Garden    Four Herbs for Hair Care    Five Easy-to-Grow Herbs for Making Tasty Herbal Tea    Five Herbs for Red Dyes    Five Herbs to Grow for a Soothing Bath    Five Herbs Used as Sweetness Enhancers    Five Herbs to Ward off Evil Spirits and Witches A Visit to Hever Castle, Kent, England History of Christmas Greens: Cedar History of Christmas Greens: Holly (Ilex spp.) History of Christmas Greens: White Pine (Pinus strobus) History of Gardens: Garden of Eden Flowers for Holiday Arrangements: Scarlet Plume (Euphorbia fulgens)" A Visit to Hong Kong Park, Hong Kong, China Hops and a Visit to a Microbrewery How to Prepare Horseradish Garden Hose Holder How to Select Hosta A Visit to Houmas House and Garden, New Orleans Plantation How to Bring House Plants Indoors Five Annual Vines that Attract Hummingbirds Six Purple-Flowered Plants that Attract Hummingbirds and Butterflies The Huntington Garden, San Marino,CA A Visit to a Hutong Residence and Garden, Beijing, China The Story of the Common Hyacinth Points to Ponder when Selecting Hyacinths Plant Hybrids for the Home Garden How to Choose Hydrangeas I Identification of Some Common Conifers by Silhouettes INSECTS (BENEFICIAL)    Trichogramma Wasps    Yellow Jackets INSECT PESTS (See Garden Pests and Diseases) How to Grow Reblooming Iris How to identify and Control Iris Leaf Spot The Story of Iris ITALIAN GARDENS    A Visit to the Boboli Gardens (Giardini Bobolo) Florence, Italy    A Visit to Parco dei Mostri, Bomarzo, Italy    A Visit to Villa D’Este, Tivoli, Italy    Italian Gardens: Villa Lante, Bagnaia, Italy J Ten Interesting Facts About Japanese Beetles to Help You Control Them Top 10 page Japanese Rice Art Three Jasmines for the Garden Journal, Karens Garden K Kalenchoe (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana) KARENS GARDEN JOURNAL: 2011    March 27, 2011    April, 2011    May, 2011    June, 2011    July, 2011    August, 2011 2010    The Wedding of September 23, 2008    September 12, 2010    September 5, 2010    August 29, 2010    August 22, 2010    August 15, 2010    August 8, 2010    August 1, 2010    July 25, 2010    July 18, 2010    July 11, 2010    July 4, 2010    June 27, 2010    June 20, 2010    June 13, 2010    June 6, 2010    May 30, 2010    May 23, 2010    May 16, 2010    May 9, 2010    May 2, 2010    April 27, 2010    April 18, 2010    April 11, 2010    April 4, 2010    March 28, 2010 2009    September 20, 2009    September 13, 2009    September 6, 2009    August 30, 2009    August 23, 2009    August 16, 2009    August 9, 2009    August 2, 2009    July 26, 2009    July 19, 2009    July 12, 2009    July 5, 2009    June 28, 2009    June 21, 2009    June 14, 2009    June 7, 2009    May 31, 2009    May 24, 2009    May 17, 2009    Tips on Keeping a Garden Journal Katydids: Ten Interesting Facts L Ten Interesting Facts About Ladybugs LAWN CARE:    Common Bermuda Grass (Cynodon dactylon)    Centipede Grass (Eremochloa ophiuroides)    Considerations for Choosing Grass for a Lawn    How to Use Grass Clippings    Characteristics of Cool-Season Grasses for Lawns    Coring your Lawn: What, Why, When and How    Fun Facts about Lawns    Herbicides Used For Weed Control in Lawns    Considerations For Locating a Lawn    Lawn Make-Over: Getting Rid of the Old Turf    The Control of Moss in Lawns    How to Choose Sod for Your Lawn    Soil for Growing the Best Lawn    The Causes of Thatch Build Up in Lawns    Characteristics of Warm-Season Grasses for Lawns    Factors Affecting the Water Needs of Lawns    How to Identify A Lawn that Needs Water    Identification and Control of Five Common Grass and Grass-like Weeds in Lawns    Why Have a Lawns? The Pros and Cons of Lawns How to Grow Lettuce True Lilies for the Cottage Garden Heirloom True Lilies (Lilium spp.) Why Lime and How Limestones Differ A Visit to the Live Market, Hong Kong, China Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, Arcadia, CA A Visit to the Los Angeles Flower Market (January 13, 2010) M History of Christmas Greens: Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) A Visit to Master of the Nets Garden (Wang Shi Yuan) Suzhou, China Characteristics of a Meadow Garden Pollination of Cucumbers, Squash, and Melons Memory Game: Flowers (level 1) Memory Game: Flowers (level 2) Memory Game: Flowers (level 3) Interesting Facts about Spider Mites as an Aid in Control Mistletoe Myths and Legends Five Small Deciduous Trees for the Mixed Border Moles: Does Anyone Like Moles? How to Tell the Difference between Voles and Moles Top 10 page Gifts for the Gardening Mom on Mother’s Day How to Select the Right Mulch Mushroom Fairy Rings N A Visit to Nan Lian Garden, Hong Kong, China Five Favorite Heirloom Narcissi How to Choose Narcissi for Fall Planting NATIVE PLANTS:    Native Plants with Bold Foliage for Moist to Wet Places    Drought Tolerant Native Plants: Herbaceous Perennials    Native Plants for Full Shade: Herbaceous Perennials    Native Plants as Groundcovers for Shade    Native Plants for Moist Places: Herbaceous Perennials    Characteristics of a Meadow Garden    Five Native Orchids for A Woodland Garden A Visit to the New Orleans Botanical Garden Twelve Grapes for New Year’s Eve Nomenclature A Visit to the North Carolina Arboretum, Asheville, North Carolina The Numbers Game: Just How Big is a Million? O The Story of the Olympic Bouquet, Vancouver, 2010 Roses of 2012 Olympic Bouquets Olympic Bouquets of the Past How to Select Onions for the Home Vegetable Garden Five Native Orchids for A Woodland Garden How to Cut Down Ornamental Grasses for the Spring Clean Five Fabulous Ornamental Onions (Allium spp.) ORNAMENTS, GARDEN    Buying from Beijing    Ornaments for the Garden    St. Fiacre, Patron Saint of Gardens P A Visit to Packwood Garden, Lapworth, Solihull, Warwickshire, England Facts about the “Partridge in a Pear Tree” Points to Ponder when Selecting Peonies Five Favorite Pink Heirloom Peonies over 100 Years Old Five Favorite White Heirloom Peonies over One hundred Years Old How to Grow Sweet Peppers How to Select Sweet Bell Peppers for the Home Vegetable Garden What is the Difference Between an Annual, Perennial, or Biennial? Perennial Plant of the Year for 2011 2012 Perennial of the Year: Brunnera macrophylla ‘Jack Frost’ Understanding Tender Perennials Selecting Low Maintenance Perennials Five Fall Blooming Perennials for the Cottage Garden Five Bold Perennials for Specimen Planting Five Fabulous Perennials to Get Rid of the Summer Blahs Five Favorite Perennials for the Back of the Border Five Favorite Perennials for the White Border Quick Tip for Transplanting Perennials in Fall Five Favorite Perennials for Wet Soils Ten Easy Care Perennials that Tolerant Air Pollution PEST CONTROL    Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), Beneficial Bacterium How to Pick the Perfect Petunia for your Gardening Needs Pests (See Garden Pests and Diseases) Pine Trees for Containers How to Make a Pinecone Turkey for Thanksgiving PLANING A GARDEN:    Step One    Identifying Problem Areas PLANT COMBINATIONS:    Asiatic Lily (Lilium) ‘Chianti’ and Barberry (Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea) ‘Rose Glow’    Aster ‘Purple Dome’ and Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’    Bishop’s Weed (Aegopodium podagraria ‘Variegatum’) and Viola cornuta ‘Penny Primrose’    Blanket Flower(Gallardia x grandiflora ‘Goblin’) and Golden Barberry (Berberis thunbergii ‘Bonanza Gold’)    Plumed Celosia (Celosia argentea var. plumosa) and Crimson Barberry (Berberis thunbergii ‘Crimson Pygmy’)    Clematis ‘Niobe’ and Rose ‘Gruss an Aachen’    Common Bleeding Heart (Dicentra spectabilis) and Siberian Bugloss (Brunnera macrophylla)    Cool Trio for the Mid-Summer Garden    Coreopsis verticillata ‘Moonbeam’ and Missouri Evening Primrose (Oenothera missouriensis)    Upright Goldenrod (Solidago rigida) and Japanese Anemone (Anemone hypehensis) ‘Hadspen Abundance’    White Garden Phlox and Artemesia ‘Powis Castle’    Spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana) and Rue (Ruta graveolens)    Yarrow (Achillea) ‘Fireland’ and Daylily (Hemerocallis) Hyperion    White Autumn Crocus (Colchicum speciosum ‘Album’ ) and Spotted Nettle (Lamium maculatum ‘White Nancy’) Plant Hardiness Zones, USDA PLANT PROFILES: (Listed by common name). See also: THE BOTANICAL NAME INDEX    Adam’s Needle (Yucca filimentosa ‘Color Guard’)    Parry’s Agave (Agave parryi)    Agave Center Strip (Agave lophantha) ‘Splendida’    Agrimony (Agrimonia eupatoria)    Aloe (Aloe vera)    Alpine Currant (Ribes alpinum)    American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)    American Bittersweet (Celastrus scandens)    American Hop-Hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana aka Carpinus virginiana)    Amur Cork Tree (Phellodendron amurense)    Amur Maple (Acer ginnala)    Angelica (Angelica archangelica)    Anise (Pimpinella anisum)    Arend’s Saxifrage (Saxifraga x arendsii)    Arkansas Bluestar (Amsonia hubrichtii)    Artemesia ‘Powis Castle’    Arugula (Eruca vesicaria)    Aromatic Aster (Aster oblongifolius)    New England Aster ‘Purple Dome’ (Aster novae-angliae)    New York Aster ‘Alma Potschke’ (Aster novae-angliae ‘Alma Potschke’)    ‘Vibrant Dome Aster (Aster novae-angliae ‘Vibrant Dome’)    Dwarf Chinese Astilbe (Astilbe chinensis var. pumila)    Athel Tree (Tamarix aphylla)    Autumn Pineapple Lily (Eucomis autumnalis)    Baby’s Breath (Gypsophilia paniculata)    Bahia Grass (Paspalum notatum)    Balloon Flower (Platycodon grandiflorus ‘Sentimental blue’)    Silver Streak Bamboo (Bashania fargesii)    Umbrella Bamboo (Fargesia murielae)    Barren Strawberry (Waldsteinia fragarioides)    Basket-of-Gold (Aurinia saxatilis)    Northern Bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica)    Bush Bean ‘Derby’ (Phaseolus vulgaris ‘Derby’)    Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)    Bearberry Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster dammeri)    Beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica)    Beautybush (Kolkwitzia amabilis)    Beebalm ‘Petite Wonder’ (Monarda didyma ‘Petite wonder’)    European Weeping Beech (Fagus sylvatica ‘Pendula’)    Beet ‘Ruby Queen’ (Beta vulgaris ‘Ruby Queen’)    Bell Pepper ‘California Wonder’ (Capsicum annum)    Large Flowered Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)    Common Bermuda Grass (Cynodon dactylon)    Bishop’s hat (Epimedium grandiflorum)    Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii ‘Goldsturm’)    Black-Eyed Susan Vine (Thunbergia alata)    Black gum (Nyssa sylvatica)    Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)    Black Mondo Grass (Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Nigrescens’)    Blanket Flower (Gaillardia x grandiflora ‘Goblin’)    Bleeding Heart (Dicentra pectabilis)    Fringed Bleeding Heart (Dicentra eximia)    ‘Burning Hearts’ Bleeding Heart (Dicentra exima ‘Burning Hearts’)    Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)    Blue Atlas Cedar (Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca’)    Bluebeard (Caryopteris x clandonensis)    Blue Fescue (Festuca cinerea ‘Elijah Blue’)    Bodnant Viburnum (Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn’)    Boston Ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata)    Bottle Gentian (Gentiana andrewsii)    Bottlebrush Buckeye (Aesculus parviflora)    Bougainvillea (Bougainvillea hybrids)    Box-leaf Azara (Azara microphylla)    Bradford Pear (Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’)    Brazilian Vervain (Verbena bonariensis)    Bridal Wreath (Spirea vanhouttei)    Broadleaf Paintbrush (Castilleja integra)    Broadleaved Bears Breech (Acanthus mollis ‘Latifolius’)    Bugleweed (Ajuga pyramidalis ‘Metallica Crispa’ )    ‘Toffee Chip’ Bugleweed (Ajuga reptans)    Burning Bush/Winged Euonymus Euonymus alatus ‘Compacta’    Bush Violet (Browallia speciosa)    Butterfly Bush (Buddleja davidii)    Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)    Cabbage ‘Savoy Express’ hybrid (Brassica oleracea var. capitata ‘Savoy Express’ hybrid)    Caladium (Caladium bicolor)    Calamondin (Citrofortunella microcarpa)    California Lilac (Ceanothus tomentosus)    California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)    Calla Lily (Zantedeschia hybrids)    Canadian Anemone (Anemone canadensis)    Candlestick Tulip (Tulipa clusiana ‘Lady Jane’)    Candytuft (Iberis sempervirens)    Cape Daisy/South African Daisy (Osteospermum hybrids)    Cardinal Vine (Ipomoea multifida)    Carolina Allspice (Calycanthus floridus)    Carolina Silverbell (Halesia tetraptera)    Carpathian Harebell (Campanula carpatica)    Northern Catalpa (Catalpa speciosa)    Catmint (Nepeta x fassenii ‘Walkers Low’)    Catnip (Nepeta cataria)    ‘Snowflake’ Catmint (Nepeta mussinii)    Leaf Celery (Apium graveolens var. secalinum )    German Chamomile (Matricaria recutita)    Cherry Tomato ‘Lizzano’ (Solanum lycopersicum ‘Lizzano’)    Chinese Elm ( Ulmus parvifolia)    Chinese Ground Orchid (Bletilla striata)    Chinese Holly (Ilex cornuta)    Chives (Allium schoenoprasum)    Garlic Chives (Allium tuberosum)    New South Wales Christmas Bush (Ceratopetalum gummiferum)    Christmas Cactus (Schlumbergera bridgesii)    Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)    Cilantro (Coriandrum sativum)    Cilantro ‘Delfino’ (‘Cilantro sativum Delfino’) also called Chinese parsley    Cinnamon Fern (Osmunda cinnamomea)    ‘Rebecca’ Clematis (Clematis ‘Evipo016)    Clematis ‘Rooguchi’    Sweet Autumn Clematis (Clematis terniflora)    Climbing Hydrangea (Hydrangea anomala)     Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpureum)    Cock’s Comb (Celosia argentea var. plumosa)     ‘Coconut Punch’ Dianthus    Colorado Columbine (Aquilegia coerulea)    Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)    Common Juniper (Juniperus communis)    Compass Plant (Silphium laciniatum)    Yellow Coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)    Festival Grass Cordyline (Cordyline ‘Jurred’)    Lance-leaved Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)    Annual Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)    Cornelian Cherry (Cornus mas)    Corn Plant ( Dracaena fragrans)    Tall Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus)    Cowslip (Primula veris)    Coyote Brush (Baccharis pilularis)    Crabapple (Malus hybrids)    Crainsbill (Geranium sanguineum var.striata ‘Lancastriense’ or rostratum’)    ‘Rozanne’ Crainsbill (Geranium ‘Rozanne’)    Crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)    Creeping Baby’s Breath (Gypsophila repens)    Creeping Fig (Ficus pumila)    Creeping Jenny (Lysamachia nummularia ‘aurea’)    Creeping Juniper (Juniperus horizontalis)    Creeping Zinnia (Sanvitalia procumbens)    Crocosmia (Crocosmia x Curtonus ‘Lucifer’)    Cross Vine (Bignonia capreolata)    Crown Imperial (Fritillaria imperialis)    Cucumber ‘Fanfare’ (Cucumis sativus ‘Fanfare’)    Cucumber Magnolia (Magnolia acuminata)    Cucumber ‘Salad Bush Hybrid” (Cucumis sativus ‘Salad Bush’ Hybrid [F1])    Cushion Spruge (Euphorbia epithymoides/polychroma)    Florist’s Cyclamen (Cyclamen x persicum cv. )    Daffodil ‘Thalia’ (Narcissus triandrus ‘Thalia’)    Blackfoot Daisy (Melampodium leucanthum)    Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)    Variegated Winter Daphne (’Daphne odora Aureo-marginata’)    David Viburnum (Viburnum davidi)    Dawn Redwood (Metasquoia glyptroboides)    Dead Nettle ‘White Nancy’ (Lamium maculatum ‘White Nancy’)    ‘Pink Chablis’ Spotted Deadnettle (Lamium maculatum ‘Pink Chablis')    Dead Nettle ‘White Nancy’ (Lamium maculatum ‘White Nancy’)    Devil’s Walking Stick (Aralia spinosa)    Diamond Frost Euphorbia (Euphorbia graminea ‘Inneuphe’ Diamond Frost)    Dichondra ‘Silver Falls’ (Dichondra argentea ‘Silver Falls’)    Dill (Anethum graveolens)    Broad-Leaved Dock (Rumex obtusifolius)    Double White Cone Flower ‘Coconut Lime’ (Echinacea purpurea ‘Coconut Lime’)    Dove Tree (Davidia involucrata)    Dusty Miller (Senecio cineraria)    Dutchman’s Pipe (Aristolochia macrophylla syn. A. durior)    Dwarf Black Fountain Grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Moudry’)    ‘Ogon’ Dwarf Sweet Flag (Acorus gramineus ‘Ogon’)    Edmee Gold Boxleaf Honeysuckle (Lonicera nitida ‘Briloni’)    Eggplant ‘Gretel’ (Solanum melongena ‘Gretel’)    English Boxwood (Buxus sempervirens Suffruticosa’)    English Hawthorn (Crataegus laevigata)    English Walnut (Juglans regia)    Escallonia (Escallonia rubra)    Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus gunnii)    European Hornbeam (Carnipus betulus)    European Silver Fir (Abies alba)    European White Birch (Betula pendula)    False Aster (Boltonia asteroids ‘Snowbank’)    False Spirea (Astilbe x arendsii)    Fan Columbine (Aquilegia flabellata)    ‘Fanfare’ Blanket Flower (Gaillardia aristata ‘Fanfare’)    Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)    Flannel Bush (Fremontodendron californicum)    Fern-Leaf Yarrow (Achillea filipendulina ‘Cornation old’)    Firethorn (Pyracantha coccinea)    Five-Leaf Akebia (Akebia quinata)    Floribunda Rose ‘Fabulous!’    Florist’s Cineraria (Pericallis hybrid)    ‘Susquehana’ Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia ‘Susquehana’)    Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia)    Forsythia (Forsythia x intermedia)    Fothergill (Fothergilla gardenii)    Fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Hameln’)    ‘Read Head’ Fountain Grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Red Head’)    Fremont’s Leather Flower (Clematis fremontii)    White Fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus)    Granny’s Bonnet / Garden Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris)    Gas Plant (Dictamnus albus)    Gayfeather (Liatris spicata ‘Kobold’)    Giant Dogwood (Cornus controversa)    Giant Reed(Arundo donax)    Goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea ‘Peter Pan’)    ‘Fireworks’ Goldenrod (Solidago rugosa ‘Fireworks’)    Globe Amaranth (Gomphrena globosa ‘Strawberry Fields’)    Globe Thistle (Echinops ritro ‘Taplow Blue’)    Glory-of-the-Snow (Chionodoxa forbesii)    Godetia/Farewell to Spring (Clarkia amoena)    Golden Chain Tree (Laburnum x watereri)    Golden hinoke cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Crippsii’)    Goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea ‘Peter Pan’)    Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis)    ‘Goodness Grows’ Speedwell (Veronica ‘Goodness    Gooseneck Loosestrife (Lysimachia clethroides)    Granny’s Bonnet/ Garden Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris)    Grape Hyacinth (Muscari armeniacum)    Green Hawthorne (Crataegus viridis)    Tree Groundsel (Baccharis halimiifolia)    Guinea Hen Flower (Fritillaria meleagris)    Common Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)    Hardy Ageratum (Eupatorium coelestinum)    Hardy Hibiscus (Hibicus moscheutos)    Hardy Verbena (Verbena x hybrida)    Harlequin Glorybower (Clerodendrum trichotomum)    Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick (Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’)    Heart-Leaf Alexander (Zizia aptera)    Hedge Maple (Acer campestre)    False Hellebore (Veratrum viride)    Hepatica (Hepatica nobilis)    Nellie Stevens Holly (Ilex x ‘Nellie R. Stevens’)    Hollyhock (Alcea rosea)    Hollyhock ‘Queeny Purple’ (Alcea rosea ‘Queeny Purple’)    Trumpet Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens)    Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana, syn. Cochlearia armoraci)    Horsetail Restio (Elegia capensis)    Hosta ‘First Frost’    Hosta ‘Patriot’    Hardy Iceplant ( Delospera cooperi)    Hyacinth Bean (Lablab purpureus/Dolichos lablab)    ‘Annabelle’ Hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’)    Inkberry (Ilex glabra)    Incense Cedar (Calocedrus decurrens)    Blue Wild Indigo (Baptisia australis)    Netted Iris (Iris reticulata)    Jack-in-the Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)    Jacobinia (Justicia carnea)    Jacob’s Ladder (Polemomium reptans)    ‘Heaven Scent’ Jacob’s Ladder (Polemonium reptans x Polemonium yezoense)    Japanese Andromeda (Pieris japonica)    Japanese Anemone (’Anemone x hybrida ‘Honorine Jobert’)    Japanese Blood Grass (Imperata cylindrical ‘Red Baron’ or var. rubra)    Japanese Cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)    Japanese Forest Grass (Hakonechloa macra Aureola’)    Japanese Garden Juniper (Juniperus procumbens)    ‘Dwarf Pagoda’ Japanese Holly (Ilex crenata ‘Dwarf Pagoda’)    Japanese Kerria (Kerria japonica)    Japanese Larch (Larix kaempferi)    Japanese Maple Osakazuki (Acer palmatum ‘Osakazuki’)    Japanese Pagoda Tree (Styphnolobium/Sophoras japonica)    Japanese Painted Fern (Athyrium niponicum var. pictum)    Japanese Roof Iris (Iris tectorum)    Japanese Stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)    Japanese Umbrella Pine (Sciadopitys verticillata)    Japanese Weeping Cutleaf Maple (Acer palmatum dissectum ‘Viridis’)    Joe-Pie Weed ‘Little Joe’ (Eupatorium dubium ‘Little Joe’)    Joseph’s Coat (Amaranthus tricolor)    Juneberry/Snowy Serviceberry (Amelanchier lamarkii)    Kalenchoe (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana)    Katsura Tree (Cercidiphyllum japonicum    Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus diocia)    Lacebark Pine (Pinus bungeana)    Ladybells (Adenaphora lilifolia)    Lady’s Mantle (Alchemilla mollis)    Lamb’s Ear (Stachys byzantina )    Lavender Twist Redbud (Cercis canadensis Covey’)    Leadplant (Amorpha canescens)    Leadwort (Ceratostigma plumbaginoides)    Leatherleaf Mahonia (Mahonia bealei)    Lily Leek (Allium moly)    Lemon Verbena (Aloysia triphylla syn. A. citrodora)    Lenten Rose (Helleborus orientalis)    Lettuce ‘Red Sails’ (Lactuca sativa ‘Red Sails’)    Weeping Leucothoe (Leucothoe fontanesiana)    Common Lilac (Syringa vulgaris)    ‘Black Beauty’ Lily    Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis)    Little Rascal Holly (Ilex x ‘Mondo’) male    Lobelia (Lobelia erinus)    Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica)    Love-lies-bleeding (Amaranthus caudatus)    Lupine Russell Hybrids (Lupinus Russell hybrid)    Macedonian Pine (Pinus peuce)    Creeping Mahonia (Mahonia reptans)    Maidenhair tree (Ginkgo bibloba)    Sweet Marjoram (Oreganum majorana)    Great Masterwort (Astrantia major)    Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)    Mediterranean Heather (Erica darleyensis x ‘Mediterranean White’)    Mediterranean Spurge (Euphorbia characias)    Mexican Feather Grass (Stipa tenuissima or Nasellela tenuissima)    Mexican Orange (Choisya ternate)    Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia rotundiolia)    Mexican Sunflower ‘Fiesta Del Sol’ (Tithonia rotundifolia ‘Fiesta del Sol’)    Mint (Mentha spp.)    Ornamental Millet ‘Purple Majesty’ (Pennisetum glaucum ‘Purple Majesty’)    Mirror Plant (Coprosma repens)    Missouri Primrose (Oenothera missouriensis syn O. macrocarpa)    Mock Orange Miniature Snowflake (Philadelphus x virginalis ‘Miniature Snowflake’)    Monkshood (Aconitum carmichaelii ‘Arendsii’)    Moon Vine (Ipomoea alba)    Morning Glory (Ipomoea tricolor)    Moss Rose ( Portulaca grandiflora)    Mountain Bluet (Centaurea montana)    Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia)    Myrtle (Myrtus communis)    Narcissus triandrus ‘Hawera’    Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus)    Natal Plum (Carissa macrocarpa)    New York Fern (Thelypteris noveboracensis)    New Zealand Tea Tree (Leptospermum scoparium)    Noble Fir (Abies procera)    Nordmann Fir (Abies nordmanniana)    Variegated Bulbous Oat Grass (Arrhenatherum elatius bulbosum ‘Variegatum’)    Ohio Buckeye (Aesculus glabra)    Okra ‘Cajun Delight’ Hybrid (Abelmoschus esculentus ‘Cajun Delight’ Hybrid)    Olympic St. John’s Wort (Hypericum olympicum)    Nodding Wild Onion (Allium cernuum)    Poor Man’s Orchid (Schizanthus pinnatus)    Oregano (Oreganum vulgare var. hirtum)    Oregon Grapeholly (Mahonia aquifolium)    Ornamental Cabbage and Kale (Brassica oleracea)    Ornamental Oregano ‘Rotkugel’ (Origanum x ‘Rotkugel’)    Ornamental Rhubarb (Rheum palmatum ‘Atrosanguineum’)    Otto Luyken Laurel (Prunus lauroceraus ‘Otto Luyken’)    ‘Loraine Sunshine’ Oxeye (Heliopsis ‘Loraine Sunshine’)    Ozark Sundrops (Oenothera missouriensis)    Pampas Grass (Cortaderia selloana)    Paperbark Maple (Acer griseum)    Paperbark Cherry (Prunus serrula)    Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera)    Parsley (Petroselinum crispum [curly]; Petroselinum neapolitanum [Italian])    Peacock Lily (Acidanthera bicolor or Gladiolus callianthus)    Seckle Pear (Pyrus communis)    Weeping Willow Leafed Pear (Pyrus salicifolia ‘Pendula’)    Pearlbush (Exochorda racemosa)    Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis cinnamomea)    Pecan (Carya illinoinensis)    ‘Bell Boy’ Hybrid Sweet Pepper (Capsicum annuum ‘Bell Boy’ hybrid)    Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne)    ‘Gage’s Shadow’ Perilla (Solenostemon x perilla)    Persian Buttercup (Ranunculus asiaticus)    Persian Silk Tree (Albizia julibrissin)    Persimmon (Diospyros kaki)    Perwinkle (Vinca minor)    Moss phlox (Phlox subulata)    ‘Ruby’ Volcano Phlox (Phlox paniculata)    Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata)    Pigsqueak (Bergenia cordifolia)    Pineapple Guava (Feijoa sellowiana aka Acca sellowiana)    Pink ‘Firewitch’ (Dianthus gratianopolitanus ‘Firewitch’)    Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea)    Pittosporum (Pittosporum tobira)    Pomegranate (Punica granatum)    Matilija Poppy aka California Poppy Tree (Romneya coulteri)    Pride of Madeira (Echium candicans)    Japanese Primrose (Primula japonica)    Polyanthus Primrose (Primula hybrid)    Cinderella Pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima)    Pumpkin Galeuse D’Eysines (Cucurbita maxima)    ‘Knucklehead’ Hybrid Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo ‘Knucklehead)    Purple heart (Setcreasea pallida/Tradescantia pallida)    Purple Muhly Grass (Muhlenbergia filipes)    Pussy Willow (Salix discolor)    Queen Anne’s Lace (Daucus carota)    Flowering Quince (Chaenomeles speciosus)    Flowering Quince (Chaenomeles x superba)    Radish ‘Cherry Belle’ (Raphanus sativus)    Radish ‘French Breakfast’ (Raphanus sativus ‘French Breakfast’)    Rain Lily (Zephyranthes atamasca)    Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium)    Red Chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia)    Red Horsechestnut (Aesculus x carnea)    Red maple ‘Schlesingeri’ (Acer rubrum ‘Schlesingeri’)    ‘Red Racer’ (Helleborus ‘Red Racer’)    Redtwig/Tartarian Dogwood (Cornus alba ‘Sibirica)    Redvein Enkianthus (Enkianthus campanulatus)    Red Valerian/Jupiter’s Beard (Centranthus ruber)    River Birch (Betula nigra)    Rock Cress (Aubrieta deltoids)    Rock Rose (Cistus x purpureus)    Rock Soapwort (Saponaria ocymoides)    Rocky Mountain Juniper (Juniperous scopulorum)    Rollison Fetterbush (Leucothoe fontanesiana ‘Rollisonii’)    Rosa ‘Betty Boop’    Rosa ‘Black Magic’    Rosa ‘Gemini’    Rosa ‘Hannah Gordon’    Rosa ‘Hot Princess’    Rosa ‘Iceberg’ (aka ‘Schneewittchen’)    Rosa ‘Julia Child’    Rosa ‘Lavaglut’    Rosa ‘Moonstone’    Rosa ‘New Year’    Rosa ‘Playboy’    Rosa ‘Sexy Rexy’    Rosa ‘Veteran’s Honor’    Rose Balsam (Impatiens balsamina)    Rose Daphne (Daphne cneorum)    Rose ‘Easy Does It’    Rose Mallow (Lavatera trimestris)    Rosa ‘Reve D’Or’    Rose ‘Therese Bugnet’ (Rosa x rugosa‘Therese Bugnet’)    Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis)    Rue Anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides)    Russian Cypress (Microbiota decussata)    Saffron Crocus (Crocus sativus)    Common Sage (Salvia officinalis)    Salal (Gaultheria shallon)    Sand Myrtle (Leiophyllum buxifolium)    Sapphire Tower (Puya alpestris)    Saucer Magnolia (Magnolia soulangiana)    Scotch Broom (Cytissus scoparius)    Scotch Heather (Calluna vulgaris)    Sea Buckthorn ( Hippophae rhamnoides)    ‘Bowles Golden Sedge (Carex elata ‘Bowles Golden’)    ‘Silk Tassel’ Sedge (Carex morrowii temnolepis ‘Silk Tassel’)    Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ (Sedum x telephium ‘Autumn Joy’)    ‘Thundercloud’ Sedum (Sedum 'Thundercloud')    Seven-Son Flower (Heptacodium miconiodes)    Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata)    Broad leaved Shooting Star (Dodecatheon hendersonii)    Shrub Lantana (Lantana camara)    Siberian Bugloss (Brunnera macrophylla)    Siberian Graybeard (Spodiopogon sibiricus)    Siberian Iris (Iris sibirica)    Siberian Peashrub (Caragana arborescens)    Siberian Squill (Scilla sibirica)    Silverberry (Elaeagnus x ebbingei ‘Gilt Edge’)    Silver Linden (Tilia tomentosa)    Singleseed Juniper (Juniperus squamata)    Slender Deutzia (Deutzia gracilis)    Smoke bush ‘Flame’ (Cotinus coggygria ‘Flame’)    Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus)    Snapdragon ‘Twinny Peach’ Hybrid (Antirrhinum majus ‘Twinny Peach’ hybrid)    Snowbell (Styrax japonicus)    Snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis)    Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)    Summer Snowflake (Leucojum aestivum)    Snow N Summer Asiatic Jasmine (Trachelospermum asiaticum ‘Snow N Summer’)    Variegated Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum odoratum Variegatum’)    Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum)    Southern Live Oak (Quercus virginiana)    Spanish Bluebell (Hyacinthoides hispanica)    Spanish Chestnut (Castanea sativa)    Spanish Lavender (Lavandula stoechas)    Sparkleberry Holly (Ilex serrata x verticillata ‘Sparkleberry    Spider Flower (Cleome hassleriana)    Spiderwort (Tradescantia x andersoniana)    Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica)    ‘Blackbird’ Spurge (Euphorbia ‘Nothowlee)    Siberian Squill (Scilla sibirica)    Acorn Bush Squash ‘Table King’ (Cucurbita pepo ‘Table King’)    St. Dabeoc’s Heath (Daboecia cantabrica)    Shrubby St. Johnswort (Hypericum prolificum)    Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina)    Stargazer Lily (Lilium hybrid)    Star Flower (Pentas lanceolata)    Star Magnolia (Magnolia stellata)    Star of Persia (Allium albopilosum syn. A. christophii)    Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)    Stock (Matthiola incana)    Stokes Aster (Stokesia laevis ‘Blue Danube’)    Two-Row Stonecrop (Sedum spurium ‘Fuldaglut’)    Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo)    Winged Sumac (Rhus copallinum)    Sundrops (Oenothera fructicosa)    ‘Low Down’ Willow-Leaved Sunflower (Helianthus salicifolius ‘Low Down’)    Sunflower ‘Ring of Fire’ (Helianthus annus ‘Ring of Fire’)    Susanqua camillia (Camellia sasanqua)    Sweet Acacia (Acacia farnesiana)    Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritime)    Sweet Basil (Ocimum basilicum)    Sweet Bay (Laurus nobilis)    Sweet Gum ‘Lane Roberts’ (Liquidambar styraciflua)    Sweet Olive (Osmanthus fragrans)    Sweet Potato Vine ‘Margarita’ (Ipomoea batatas ‘Margarita’)    Sweet Violet (Viola odorata)    Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus)    Sweet Woodruff (Galium odoratum)    Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)    Tarayo Holly (Ilex latifolia)    Tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus and A. dracunculoides)    English Thyme (Thymus vulgaris)    Ti Plant (Cordyline fruticosa)    Tomato ‘Big Beef’ F1 (Lycopersicon esculentum ‘Big Beef’)    Tomato ‘ Celebrity’ (Solanum lycopersicum ‘Celebrity’)    Tomato ‘Cherokee Purple’ (Solanum lycopersicum ‘Cherokee Purple’)    Torch Lily (Kniphofia uvaria)    Trailing Lantana (Lantana montevidensis)    Tree Peony (Paeonia suffrcticosa)    Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum)    Chinese Trumpetvine (Campsis grandiflora)    Fire Flame Tulip (Tulipa acuminata)    Tulip ‘Red Gem’ (Tulipa batalinii ‘Red Gem’)    Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)    Turf Lily (Lirope muscari)    Turtlehead (Chelone lyonii)    Twinflower (Linnacea borealis)    Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)    Viola (Viola x wittrockiana)    Sweet Violet (Viola odorata)    Chinese Snowball Viburnum (Virburnum macrocephalum)    Koreanspice Viburnum (Viburnum carlesii)    Maple-Leaf Viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium)    Virginia Bluebell (Mertensia virginica)    Warminster Broom (Cytisus x praecox)    Washington Hawthorn (Crataegus phaenopyrum)    Water Arum (Calla palustris)    Watermelon ‘Sweet Beauty’ (Citrullus lanatus ‘Sweet Beauty’ Hybrid)    Wax Myrtle (Myrica cerifera)    Sargent’s Weeping Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis ‘Sargentii’)    Weigela (Weigela florida ‘Variegata’)    ‘My Monet’ Weigela (Weigela florida ‘Verweig’)    White Alder (Alnus rhombifolia)    White Ash (Fraxinus Americana)    White Gaura (Gaura lindheimeri ‘Whirling butterflies’)    Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus)    Wild Quinine (Parthenium integrifolium)    Kilmarnock Willow (Salix caprea ‘Kilmarnock’)    Windflower (Anemone blanda)    Winecup (Callirhoe involucrata)    Winter Aconite (Eranthis hyemalis)    Winter Creeper (Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald ‘n’ Gold’)    Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)    Spike Winterhazel (Corylopsis spicata)    Winter Heather (Erica carnea)    Winter Honeysuckle (Lonicera fragrantissima)    Winter Jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum)    Wintersweet (Chimonanthus praecox)    Wishbone Flower (Torenia fournier)    Wisteria spp.    Witch Hazel Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Diane’ (red), ‘Arnold Promise’ (golden yellow)    Wood Poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum)    Wood Vamp (Decumaria Barbara)    Wooly Yarrow (Achillea tomentosa )    Yellow Flag Iris (Iris pseudocornus)    Yellow Foxglove (Digitalis grandiflora)    Yellow Fumitory (Corydalis lutea)    Yellow Gentian (Gentiana lutea)    Yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea )    Yellowwood (Cladrastis lutea)    Yew Pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)    Yoshino Flowering Cherry (Prunus x yedoensis)    Zebra Grass (Miscanthus sinensis ‘Zebrinus’)    Zahara ‘Starlight Rose’ Zinnia (Zinnia marylandica Zahara ‘Starlight Rose’)    Zucchini ‘ Cocozelle (Cucurbita pepo ‘Cocozelle’) Plant Propagation Varieties of Poinsettias for Christmas Gardens in Ancient POMPEII:    Garden Ornaments    The Peristyle    The Water Features Differences between Powdery Mildew and Downy Mildew A Visit to Prince Gong’s Garden, Beijing, China PRODUCT REVIEW:    Ethel Gloves    Sloggers Garden Boots How to Prune a Deciduous Tree or Shrub How NOT to prune a mature tree (Tree Topping) Tools for Pruning How to Make a Flower Arrangement in a Pumpkin for Halloween or Thanksgiving How to Make a Fall Pumpkin Arrangement How to Buy Pumpkins for Halloween and Thanksgiving The Best Pumpkins for Pumkin Pie Five Favorite Plants with Purple Foliage Pussy Willows at Easter Q R How to Grow Spring Radishes A Visit to Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, California, March 2010 RECIPES:    Apple Cake    Baked Acorn Squash    Baked Potatoes Stuffed with Ham Cheddar Cheese and Broccoli    Cabbage Salad    Caponata    Carrot Salad    Couscous and Vegetables    Crab-Squash Soup    Simple Cucumber Salad    Holiday Feast: Five Great Side Dishes for Duck    Eggplant Caviar    Gazpacho    Green Peppers Stuffed with Meat and Rice    Pumpkin Bread    Pumpkin Pie with Rum and Brandy    Ratatouille    Roasted Summer Squash    Rose Hip Jam    Sweet Potatoes for Thanksgiving: Try Something New    Tabbouli    Tomato Salad    Easy Ways to Serve Tomatoes    Vegetable-Cheese Pizza    Vegetable Kabobs    Cold Cream of Zucchini Soup Repotting Tender Annuals to Avoid the Cold ROCK GARDENS:    Blue flowered Perennials for the Rock Garden    Five Late Spring to Early Summer Pink Blooming Perennials for the Rock Garden    Red Flowered Perennials for the Rock Garden    Five Spring Blooming Perennials with Yellow Flowers for the Rock Garden    Five Spring Perennials with Pink Flowers for the Rock Garden    Summer Blooming Plants with Pink Flowers for the Rock Garden    Five Summer Blooming Perennials with White Flowers for the Rock Garden    Five Summer Blooming Perennials with Yellow Flowers for the Rock Garden    Five White Flowered Spring Blooming Perennials for the Rock Garden How to Make Root Cuttings ROSES:    An Elixir for Roses: Alfalfa Tea    How to Make a Basket Arrangement of Roses    Blue Roses    Three Steps to Buying Roses    Carefree Roses    Five Roses for the Cottage Garden    Four Roses Join the Earth-Kind Roses List    Rose ‘Easy Does It’    Five Roses to Use in the Garden as Edgings    How to Extend the Vase Life of Roses    Characteristics of Floribunda Roses    How to Maximize the Fragrance of the Roses in Your Rose Garden    Rose Garden    Characteristics of Grandiflora Roses    Holiday Roses: ‘Christmas’    Holiday Roses: Thanksgiving    Characteristics of Hybrid Tea Roses    The Meaning of Roses    Five Red Miniature Roses for Containers    Characteristics of Old Garden Roses: Alba Rose    Characteristics of Old Garden Roses: Bourbon Roses    Characteristics of Old Garden Roses: China Roses    Characteristics of Old Garden Roses: Damask Rose    Herb Companions for Old Garden Roses    Characteristics of Old Garden Roses: Hybrid Perpetuals    Characteristics of Old Garden Roses: Moss Roses    Characteristic of Old Garden Roses: Portland    The Flowers in the Rose Parade    Five Fabulous Pink Single Roses    Characteristics of Polyantha Roses     How to Plant Potted Roses    How to Prepare the Rose Garden for Winter    Silvered Leaved Companions for Roses    Rose ‘Therese Bugnet’ (Rosa x rugosa‘Therese Bugnet’)    Facts about Thrips that Eat Roses    RoseWinners 2009 AARS ROSE GARDEN THEMES:    Beverages - Liqueurs    Beverages-Wine    Mythology-Greek Olympians    Mythology-Roman Olympians    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs William and Catherine’s Royal Wedding Flowers Decorations at Westminster Abbey for the Royal Wedding Interesting Facts about Rusts Affecting Garden Plants as an Aid to Control S A Visit to Scotney Castle and Gardens, Lamberhurst, Kent, England SCOTTISH GARDENS:    A Visit to Edzell Castle, Scotland    A Visit to Glamis Castle, Glamis, Angus, Scotland Sea Buckthorn ( Hippophae rhamnoides) SECRET GARDEN:    Tips for Creating a Secret Garden Successful Seedlings Ten Steps to Starting Seeds How to Scarify Annual and Perennial Seeds SHADE:    How to Evaluate Shade    Shade Garden    Seven Secrets to a Successful Shade Garden    Summer Blooming Plants for Gardens in Afternoon Shade    The Beauty of Spring Ephemerals Shakespeare’s Flowers: Columbine The Shamrock: What is it? Shearing Plants for Rebloom How To Plant a Tree or Shrub How To Plant a How to Plant Trees or Shrubs in Wet or Clay Soils Slugs and How to Control Them Seven Tips for Making a Small Garden Appear Larger Beneficial Garden Animals: Decollate Snails Soil Basic Types of Potting Soil for Containers How to Prepare the Soil for a Vegetable Garden Soil Fertility and Texture: How and Why to Test Your Soil Six Special Plants with Chartreuse Foliage Soil pH: Understanding, Testing, Changing and Plant Requirements Source for Good Plants: A Visit to the Farmers’ Market Spanish Gardens Beneficial Spiders: Wolf Spiders What is Your Spring Bulb IQ? A Bulb Word Search Five Spring Bulbs for a White Themed Garden The Beauty of Spring Ephemerals Determine Your Spring Flower IQ How to Grow Squash Six Superb Squash for your Vegetable Garden Pollination of Cucumbers, Squash, and Melons How to make Garden Stakes that will last forever State Flowers, Trees, Birds, and Insects including Butterflies to Embroider St. Fiacre, Patron Saint of Gardens How to Select a Site for Growing Strawberries Seven Interesting Facts about Sugar Plums Summer Blooming Plants for Gardens in Afternoon Shade A Visit to the Summer Palace, Beijing, China How To Build and Install A Sundial In Your Garden Factors to Consider when Selecting Annual Sunflowers for the Garden T The Tactile Garden: Texture and Form Tempature Ten Best Flowers To Say Love The Food of the First Thanksgiving How to Make a Pinecone Turkey for Thanksgiving How to make a Thanksgiving Table Arrangement Theme Garden Facts about Thrips that Eat Roses Five Favorite Thugs in the Garden Top Plant Picks for the Garden Five Favorite Heirloom Tomatoes How To Build Tomato Cages Ten Tips for Successful Tomatoes Quick Tip for Transplanting Perennials in Fall Ten Steps For Transplanting Plants from Pot to Garden TRAVEL, GARDEN:    A Visit to Athelhampton Garden, Puddletown (near Dorchester), England    Atlanta Botanical Garden - March 10th, 2009    What's Happening at the Atlanta Botantical Garden, Week of April 19, 2009    A Visit to the Nassau Botanical Garden, Nassau, New Providence Island, Bahamas    The Retreat, Nassau, Bahamas    Versailles Garden and Cloister, Paradise Island, Bahamas    A Visit to Biltmore Gardens, Asheville, North Carolina    A Fall Visit to Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina    Mid-May Visit to Biltmore Estate Gardens, Ashville, North Carolina    A Visit to the Boboli Gardens (Giardini Bobolo) Florence, Italy    A Visit to the Chinese Garden at the Huntington, San Marino, California    A Visit to Descanso Gardens, Flintridge, CA    A Visit to the Gardens at Castle Drogo, near Drewsteignton, Devon, England    A Visit to Edzell Castle, Scotland    A Visit to the Generalife in Granada, Spain    The Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA    A March Visit to the Getty Center Garden, Los Angeles, California    A Visit to the Getty Center Gardens, March, 2010    Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, CA    A Visit to Glamis Castle, Glamis, Angus, Scotland    A Visit to Ham House, Richmond, Surrey, England    A Visit to Hever Castle, Kent, England    A Visit to Hong Kong Park, Hong Kong, China    A Visit to Houmas House and Garden, New Orleans Plantation    The Huntington Garden, San Marino,CA    A Visit to a Hutong Residence and Garden, Beijing, China    A Visit to the Live Market, Hong Kong, China    Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, Arcadia, CA    A Visit to the Los Angeles Flower Market (January 13, 2010)    A Visit to Magnolia Gardens, Charleston, South Carolina    A Visit to Master of the Nets Garden (Wang Shi Yuan) Suzhou, China    A Visit to Middleton Place, Charleston, South Carolina    A Visit to Nan Lian Garden, Hong Kong, China    A Visit to the New Orleans Botanical Garden    A Visit to Packwood Garden, Lapworth, Solihull, Warwickshire, England    A Visit to Parco dei Mostri, Bomarzo, Italy    A Visit to Prince Gong’s Garden, Beijing, China    A Visit to Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, California, March 2010    A Visit to Scotney Castle and Gardens, Lamberhurst, Kent, England    A Visit to the Summer Palace, Beijing, China    Tintinhull House Garden, near Yeovil, England    A Visit to Victoria Peak, Hong Kong, China    A Visit to Villa D’Este, Tivoli, Italy    Italian Gardens: Villa Lante, Bagnaia, Italy    A Visit to Villandry Garden, Loire Valley, France    A Visit to West Lake, Hangzhou, China    A Vist to the Yuen Po Street Bird Garden, Hong Kong China    A Visit to Yuhuayuan, the Imperial Garden in the Forbidden City, Beijing, China    A Visit to Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai, China    A Visit to the Zhang House and Garden, Zhouzhuang, China How To Plant a Tree or Shrub How To Plant a How to Plant Trees or Shrubs in Wet or Clay Soils Trees with Decorative Bark Five Small Deciduous Trees for the Mixed Border TULIP:    10 Points to Ponder when Choosing Tulips    Fire Flame Tulip (Tulipa acuminata)    How to Force Tulips    Five Favorite Heirloom Species Tulips U UNITED STATES GARDENS:    Directory of United States Gardens You Can Visit    Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia - March 10th, 2009    What's Happening at the Atlanta Botantical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia - Week of April 19, 2009    A Visit to Biltmore Gardens, Asheville, North Carolina    A Fall Visit to Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina    Mid-May Visit to Biltmore Estate Gardens, Ashville, North Carolina    A Visit to the Chinese Garden at the Huntington, San Marino, California    A Visit to Descanso Gardens, Flintridge, California    Directory of United States Gardens You Can Visit    A Visit to a Fair (The Dixie Classic Fair in Winston-Salem, North Carolina)    The Getty Center, Los Angeles, California    A March Visit to the Getty Center Garden, Los Angeles, California    Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, California    A Visit to Houmas House and Garden, New Orleans Plantation    The Huntington Garden, San Marino,California    Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, Arcadia, California    A Visit to the Los Angeles Flower Market (January 13, 2010), Los Angeles, Calif.    A Visit to Magnolia Gardens, Charleston, South Carolina    A Visit to Middleton Place, Charleston, South Carolina    A Visit to the New Orleans Botanical Garden    A Visit to the North Carolina Arboretum, Asheville, North Carolina    A Visit to Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, California, March 2010    A Fall Visit to Zion National Park: Part I Wildflowers Springdale, Utah    A Fall Visit to Zion National Park: Part II Shrubs and Trees Springdale, Utah Fox Urine, Anyone? Garden Urn: Selecting V How to Buy Flowers for Valentines Day Plants with Special Meanings for Valentine’s Day: Gift Suggestions Why Roses for Valentine’s Day? History of Valentine’s Day Flowers Valentine’s Day Flowers and Cards What is an Heirloom Vegetable? VEGETGABLE GARDEN:    How to Grow Asparagus    Ten Tips for Growing Broccoli    Top Picks for Cool Weather Vegetables    How to Choose Snap Beans for the Vegetable Garden    How to Grow Beets (Beta vulgaris)    How to Grow the Best Vegetable Garden Ever (See The Vegetable Garden 2013 e-book Edition)    How to Plant, Grow and Harvest Bush and Pole Beans    How to Choose Corn for the Home Garden    How to Grow Sweet Corn    How to Select Cucumbers for the Vegetable Garden    How to Grow Cucumbers    How to Select Eggplants for the Home Vegetable Garden    How to Grow Eggplant    Six Guidelines for Fertilizing Vegetables    How to Grow Lettuce    How to Select Onions for the Home Vegetable Garden    How to Grow Sweet Peppers    How to Select Sweet Bell Peppers for the Home Vegetable Garden    How to make a Plan for your Vegetable Garden    Pollination of Cucumbers, Squash, and Melons    How to Select Seed for Spring Radishes    How to Grow Spring Radishes    How to Rotate Crops in the Home Vegetable Garden    Eight Factors to Consider when Selecting Vegetables for the Home Garden    Incredible Vegetables from Self-Watering Pots    How to Prepare the Soil for a Vegetable Garden    How to Grow Squash    Six Superb Squash for your Vegetable Garden    How to Select a Site for Growing Strawberries    Sweet Potatoes and Yams: What is the Difference?    Five Favorite Heirloom Tomatoes    What is an Heirloom Vegetable?    How to Select a Site for a Vegetable Garden    Seven Points to Ponder When Selecting Tomato Plants    Ten Tips for Successful Tomatoes    How To Build Tomato Cages    Six Tips for Growing Vegetables in Containers    Five Vegetables for Vertical Gardening    How to Water the Vegetable Garden VEGETABLES: (How to grow, plant profiles)    Arugula (Eruca vesicaria)    Beet ‘Ruby Queen’ (Beta vulgaris ‘Ruby Queen’)    Bush Bean ‘Derby’ (Phaseolus vulgaris ‘Derby’)    Cabbage ‘Savoy Express’ hybrid (Brassica oleracea var. capitata ‘Savoy Express’ hybrid)    Leaf Celery (Apium graveolens var. secalinum )    Cucumber ‘Fanfare’ (Cucumis sativus ‘Fanfare’)    Cucumber 'Salad Bush Hybrid' (Cucumis sativus ‘Salad Bush’ Hybrid F1)    Eggplant ‘Gretel’ (Solanum melongena ‘Gretel’)    Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana, syn. Cochlearia armoraci)    Lettuce ‘Red Sails’ (Lactuca sativa ‘Red Sails’)    Okra ‘Cajun Delight’ Hybrid (Abelmoschus esculentus ‘Cajun Delight’ Hybrid)    Bell Pepper ‘California Wonder’ (Capsicum annum)    ‘Bell Boy’ Hybrid Sweet Pepper (Capsicum annuum ‘Bell Boy’ hybrid)    Acorn Bush Squash ‘Table King’ (Cucurbita pepo ‘Table King’)    Radish (Raphanus sativus) ‘Cherry Belle’    Radish ‘French Breakfast’ (Raphanus sativus ‘French Breakfast’)    Tomato ‘Big Beef’ F1 (Solanum lycopersicum ‘Big Beef’)    Tomato ‘ Celebrity’ (Solanum lycopersicum ‘Celebrity’)    Tomato ‘Cherokee Purple’ (Solanum lycopersicum ‘Cherokee Purple’)    Cherry Tomato ‘Lizzano’ (Solanum lycopersicum ‘Lizzano’)    Watermelon ‘Sweet Beauty’ (Citrullus lanatus ‘Sweet Beauty’ Hybrid)    Zucchini ‘ Cocozelle (Cucurbita pepo ‘Cocozelle’) A Visit to Victoria Peak, Hong Kong, China A Visit to Villa D’Este, Tivoli, Italy Italian Gardens: Villa Lante, Bagnaia A Visit to Villandry Garden VINES:    Flowering Vines for Ground Covers    Five Annual Vines that Attract Hummingbirds    Five Fragrant Jasmine Vines for the Garden    Three Jasmines for the Garden    Five Perennial Vines to Attract Butterflies Virginia Bluebell (Mertensia virginica) A Garden to Share with the Visually ImpairedHow to Tell the Difference between Voles and Moles W Garden Watering Systems Inexpensive Floral Wedding Party Favors using Six Packs and the Language of Flowers WEEDS AND THEIR CONTROL:    Barnyard grass (Echinochloa crus-galli)    Bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon)    Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)    Black Nightshade (Solanum nigrum)    Broadleaf Dock (Rumex obtusifolius)    Buckhorn Plantain (Plantago lanceolata)    Wild Buckwheat (Polygonum convolvulus)    Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)    Poorjoe/Common Buttonwood (Diodia teres)    Canadian Thistle (Cirsium arvense)    Carolina Geranium (Geranium carolinianum)    Carpetweed (Mollugo verticillata)    Common Chickweed (Stellaria media)    Clammy Groundcherry (Physalis heterophylla)    Common Cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex)    Curly Dock (Rumex crispus)    Dodder (Cuscuta spp.)    Giant Foxtail Grass (Setaria faberi)    Hairy Galinsoga (Galinsoga ciliata)    Horseweed (Conyza canadensis)    Crabgrass (Smooth, Digitaria ischaemum; large, Digitaria sanguinalis)    Creeping Bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides)    Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens)    Fuller’s Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)    Common Greenbrier (Smilax rotundifolia)    Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea)    Henbit (Lamium amplexicaule)    Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense)    Ivyleaf Morning Glory (Ipomoea hederacea)    Johnson Grass (Sorghum halepense)    Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium)    Common Mallow (Malva neglecta)    Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)    Pepperweed (Lepidium virginicum)    Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)    Pokeweed (Phytolacca Americana)    Prickly Lettuce (Lactuca serriola)    Prickly Sida (Sida spinosa)    Prostrate Spurge (Euphorbia supina)    Prostrate Vervain (Verbena bracteata)    Purslane (Portulaca oleracea)    Quackgrass (Agropyron repens)    Common Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)    Redroot Pigweed (Amaranthus retrofluxus)    Rough Cinquefoil (Potentilla norvegica)    Shepherd’s Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)    Common Sorrel (Rumex acetosella)    Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata)    Spiny Sowthistle (Sonchus asper)    Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)    Tall Morning Glory (Ipomoea purpurea)    Velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti)    Common Vetch (Vicia sativa)    Virginia Buttonweed (Diodia virginiana)    Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculate)    Wild Garlic (Allium vineale)    Wild Mustard (Brassica kaber)    Wild Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)    Yellow Nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus)    Yellow Woodsorrel (Oxalis stricta) Five Favorite Weeping Deciduous Trees Five Favorite Weeping Evergreen Trees A Visit to West Lake, Hangzhou, China Five FavoritePerennials for the White Border Interesting Facts about Whiteflies to Aid in Control WINTER GARDEN:    How to Make a Winter Garden Beautiful    Ten Top Flowering Plants for the Winter Garden Winterizing Plants: Using Anti-Transpirants To Prevent Water Loss Winter Solstice for Gardeners The Early Bird Gets the Worm How to Make and Inexpensive and Easy Outdoor Wreath X Y A Vist to the Yuen Po Street Bird Garden, Hong Kong China A Visit to Yuhuayuan, the Imperial Garden in the Forbidden City, Beijing, China A Visit to Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai, China Z A Visit to the Zhang House and Garden, Zhouzhuang, China A Fall Visit to Zion National Park: Part I Wildflowers A Fall Visit to Zion National Park: Part II Shrubs and Trees Zucchini ‘ Cocozelle (Cucurbita pepo ‘Cocozelle’)
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