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Roses - The Flowers For The Ages
Roses have been around for a very long time. Rose gardening has not been around for so long. Fossil evidence shows the rose to be 35 million years old. Up until about 5000 years ago roses grew wild. Cultivation probably began,...
Container Gardening With The Beautiful Lily Plant - Flowers Add Life
The lily belongs to the Liliaceae family of which there are 250 genuses and 4-6000 known species. The Lily is so called after the Greek, Lerion, which means White Lily (Lilium Candidum), the llily comes from the northern...
How to Make an Organic Garden
Every spring, whether northern or southern hemisphere, many people start to think about gardening. Some have been gardening every year since they were old enough to help in the family garden back of the house. Others have begun...
Selecting The Perfect Trimmer Or Edger For Your Lawn Care
Apart from the lawn mower, the edger and trimmer is likely to be the tool used almost as much. Not many lawn mowers will be capable of reaching everywhere, since most garden lawns will butt up against a patio, wall, or have...
Rose Garden Can Be An Owners Pride
The beauty of the rose garden can never be underestimated. Belonging to the genus Rosa, roses have dominated literature and history by being associated with beauty, love, war and politics. Botanically the genus Rosa has 150...
How To Make An Organic Garden
Every spring, whether northern or southern hemisphere, many people start to think about gardening. Some have been gardening every year since they were old enough to help in the family garden back of the house. Others have begun...
Beginner Organic Gardeners -- How to Avoid Common Mistakes
1. Water Over watering and under watering are both bad for your plants. Over watering creates plants with shallow root systems. Without deep root systems your plants will suffer (or die) if they arent watered daily....
A Quick Guide To Pruning
Winter, or fall as they say in America, is traditionally the best time to prune back your plants, shrubs and trees. This is best done while they are dormant and by thinning and clearing old dead sections, the plant is at it's...
A History Of The Romantic Rose
It was roses, roses all the way. - Robert BrowningWhat's in a name? That which we call a rose; by any other name would smell as sweet.- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 2 scene 2-
Roses have a long and...
Design Your Own Rose Garden
Rose GardenThe texture and the fullness of the rose is unlike any other flower, and they come in a wide variety of scents and colors that range from a very bright yellow to a dark deep red. It is curious that such a beautiful...
Patio Furniture Options For Summer Leisure
For millions of people in the northern hemisphere, spring is just around the corner, Easter not far away, and the time for summer leisure looming. Those warm summer days can be so precious, an essential for re-energizing you to...
The Okinawa Holly Makes An Excellent Tree For Bonsai Based On It's Popularity With Bonsai Lovers
With its green, serrated leaves, the Okinawa Holly is a beautiful tree and also a good candidate for bonsai. The Okinawa Holly is native to the northern hemisphere. It produces attractive pink flowers in the spring and...
Design Your Own Rose Garden
The texture and the fullness of the rose is unlike any other flower, and they come in a wide variety of scents and colors that range from a very bright yellow to a dark deep red. It is curious that such a beautiful flower is...
Growing Orchids Successfully In The Northern Hemisphere
Look in any gardening section of a book store or do a quick search on the Internet and this will give you an idea of just how much people love the Orchid. All around the world enthusiasts are trying to grow these beautiful...
Garden Decor - Naturalizing with Clematis
Clematis are flowering vines that come in a variety of color and shapes. They are in the same family as anemones, buttercups and peonies. They are naturalized for cooler climates such as in the northern hemispheres. Some...
How To Set Up Your Sundial So It Will Work
The set up:
Make certain that the gnomon is facing true north and is at the same angle as your latitude.
Make certain that the flat part or dial of the sundial is level. Use a builders level if need.
Find out your...
The Great History of Roses
It was roses, roses all the way.- Robert Browning What's in a name? That which we call a rose; By any other name would smell as sweet. - William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 2 scene 2
Aspen Trees
Aspen trees are considered to be one of the largest organisms in the world and yet maintain the identity of being slender and delicate. Appreciating the splendor of aspen can happen almost anywhere due to its ability to share...
Aspen Trees
Aspen trees are considered to be one of the largest organisms in the world and yet maintain the identity of being slender and delicate. Appreciating the splendor of aspen can happen almost anywhere due to its ability to share...
The Care of Orchids
As we live in Australia (Melbourne in fact) the molybdenum orchid is a native species . My wife was given some pots by a friend some 20 years ago. She has been caring for them all these years and now has at least 40 pots of...