Planting Tips On Making Your Home More Distinctive
Why do we see so few tastefully planted houses when so much desirable plant material is available? All too often, foundation plantings leave something to be desired or detract from
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The Art Of Garden Design
The open season for “Garden Days” returns to delight hundreds of people and, incidentally, to secure financial aid for all sorts of worthy causes. Of those who take advantage of
The Basic Principles For Successful Window Boxes
Growing of flowers in boxes for display on window sills, porches, balconies, or terraces has been practiced for several thousand years, but it’’s not conventionalized as most people seem to
A Garden Flowing From Inside To Outside
Opaque walls have given way to transparency in most of today’s houses. Outdoors, banks, if any, have given way to walls of brick or stone or ledges, broken by flights
What Are Azaleas For Connoisseurs?
A full four months of azalea bloom may sound like a gardener’s tall tale. But it becomes a fact when there is a discriminating choice of native azalea species to
How To Grow Winning Roses
How do you grow roses good enough to win the Nicholson Bowl?” This question is frequently put to Edward Sima of Seattle, Washington, who won the most coveted prize of
Growing The Delightful Sweet Boronia
Sweet Boronia (Boronia megastigma) is one of the most elusive plants I have ever grown. It took more than ten years to find seeds and the correct culture. But now
Try These Shrubs with Late Season Appeal
The high color and interest of natural roadside plantings which is well worth driving for miles to enjoy, may be repeated in one’s garden for permanent pleasure by giving proper
Alabama Fothergilla The Usual Witch Hazel Relative
The interesting Witch-hazel family has many distinctive and unusual shrubs on its comparatively short roster. One of the best of these, but still a plant rarely seen in gardens, is
How To Invite Swallows Not Sparrows
Would you like to have tree swallows in your garden? These friendly birds often visit in spring, but few bird lovers have succeeded in getting them to nest. Unfortunately, sparrows