Growing South Atlantic Azaleas: Notorious For Extravagant Colors
The azalea gardens of the South Atlantic and Gulf Coast area are notorious for their extravagant colors, and visitors from the North plan extensive tours to see them each spring.
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Growing Mid-Atlantic Azaleas Rich In Individual Character
Azaleas are stagging a comeback from New York City to Washington. D. C. Their popularity will increase as the word spreads that these distinctive shrubs can be reliable and permanent
Stone Garden Walls: How To Garden On A Wall
Dry stone walls have an appeal all their own. We associate them with charming English gardens and the rocky, picturesque New England countryside. Some of the best of these walls
Hardy Heath: Excellent Rock Garden Plants Give A Splendid Change of Pace
Hardy heaths, of which Erica carnea and its horticultural forms (named varieties) are good examples, are excellent rock garden plants, are attractive massed in front of evergreen or flowering shrubs,
Plant Fancy Leaved Caladium For Summer Garden Color
Planting fancy-leaved caladiums is an inexpensive and straightforward way of having abundant color in your summer garden. No foliage plants outrank them in brilliance or ease of cultivation, and many
Growing Halesia Carolina: How To Care For The Carolina Silver Bell
When you see the Carolina silver bell ( Halesia carolina) this spring, look upward through the loose branches at the little white bell-shaped flowers peeping from among the pale green
Rhododendrons Species For Every Purpose And Every Gardener
“The purple petals, fallen in the pool,Make the black water, with their beauty gay,Here might the red-bird come, his plumes to cool,And court the flower that cheapens his array,Rhodora, if
Growing Bush Anemone: How To Care For Carpenteria Californica
Like franklinia and shortia, Carpenteria californica is one of the so-called “lost” plants—discovered, then unsuccessfully searched for, and at last rediscovered. In California it has been in cultivation for thirty-five
What You Yourself Can Do To Care For Your Trees
If the tree expert is the doctor, you are the nurse. This is your busy season because your shade trees need the most help between now and mid-July. This is
Vines in the Landscape Provide Character With Bold, Brilliant Individuality
From a postage-stamp-sized city backyard to the rolling hills of a magnificent country estate, there is hardly a garden or landscape where vines can’t be used to give the scene