epub |eng | 2020-01-13 | Author:Crystal Stevens

INSECT RESISTANCE Insect pests are one of the most difficult problems in the realm of gardening. One effective strategy to this pressure is to choose varieties that are naturally resistant ...

epub |eng | 2019-03-20 | Author:Sally Cunningham

What bones go where? Earlier, when we talked about basic design principles, we mentioned important elements such as balance, proportion, rhythm and emphasis. These are all key to figuring out ...

epub |eng | | Author:Maureen Gilmer

MECHANICAL EROSION CONTROLS There are many different kinds of mechanical controls for immediate, if temporary, reduction of erosion on newly disturbed sites, such as newly burned watersheds, construction sites, large ...

epub |eng | | Author:Barbara Ellis

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) male at Prairie Fire Penstemon (Penstemon barbatus) Shelby, Illinois, USA. Hummingbirds will visit flowers such as these petunias. Planting them in window boxes will give you ...

epub |eng | 2013-12-31 | Author:Marianne Svärd Häggvik

STEP BY STEP Tin tables are lightweight and have a flat surface that makes an ideal base for a mosaic. My tin table is 60 cm in diameter, and I ...

epub |eng | | Author:Sally S. Weeks

Leaves are thick and leathery and have a single bristle tip at the end. The margins are entire, which is unusual for a northern oak. They are dark green, shiny, ...

epub |eng | | Author:John Dixon Hunt

149 A corridor along the side of the Humble (or Artless) Administrator’s Garden, Suzhou. Other cultures, too, have drawn upon a variety of arts – literary and painterly – for ...

epub, pdf |eng | 2013-03-31 | Author:Howard Garrett

TULIP TREE Deciduous—Sun Tulip Poplar, Yellow Poplar, Whitewood Ht. 70’ Spread 40’ Liriodendron tulipifera Spacing 30’–40’ (lir-ee-oh-DEN-dron too-li-PIF-err-uh) HABIT: Straight trunk, smooth bark, leaves shaped like tulips, yellow fall color. ...

epub |eng | 2012-03-12 | Author:David L. Culp

The spring color of flowering trees (top) and the fall foliage (bottom) colors (shown here in Cercis ‘Forest Pansy’) are the signatures of woodland gardens in the region. But flowers ...

epub |eng | 2011-12-27 | Author:Sandy Baker

Improving Soil Quality As with any plant, the condition of the soil greatly affects the resulting health of the grass. Soil often needs amending, and once that is complete, the ...

epub |eng | 2011-03-04 | Author:Neil Lucas

Ampelodesmos mauritanicus. Photograph courtesy of Dianna Jazwinski. Andropogon gerardii. Photograph courtesy of Dianna Jazwinski. ‘New Wave’. A striking selection from seed, with strong reddish stems that are distinctly upright, holding ...

epub |eng | 2011-02-26 | Author:Graham Bell

Raised beds offer greater growing area, more choice of micro-climate, and are more interesting to look at than growing on the flat. A favourite amongst no-dig gardeners is the straight ...

epub |eng | 2015-03-06 | Author:Ken Druse

SMALL NORTH AMERICAN TREES (UNDER 30 FEET/9 M) FOR LIGHT SHADE AND FILTERED LIGHT Acer pensylvanicum—snake-bark maple, moosewood Aesculus pavia—red buckeye Alnus incana subsp. rugosa—speckled alder Amelanchier spp. and hybrids—shadblow, ...

epub |eng | 2013-04-24 | Author:Donald Culross Peattie [Peattie, Donald Culross]

And now, as the hungry and exhausted men toiled through the gigantic jackstraw timbers of Idaho’s primeval forests, the captains sighted, on September 20, “an Arbor-vitae” — one they noted ...

epub |eng | 2016-04-06 | Author:Deborah G. Keever

Knock- Out- Roses Knock- Out- Roses was the result of William Radler’s dream. He wanted to breed a rose that was elegant, disease resistant, and a specimen that need very ...