epub |eng | 2019-02-26 | Author:Piet Oudolf

Silphium, Asteraceae, cup plant, prairie dock Giant plants from the tall grass prairie. This is an almost extinct plant community in the American Midwest that consisted of grasses and perennials ...

epub |eng | 2003-07-15 | Author:Arthur T. Vanderbilt II

But not everything that happens at night can be blamed on raccoons. There are still enough inexplicable events so that the wise gardener confines gardening expeditions to the safe hours ...

epub |eng | 2016-02-14 | Author:Michelle Slatalla

04 Gutter Talk Instead of mounted gutters on the facade, a Cape Cod house has a French drain wide enough to capture rainwater from the roof’s drip line. 05 Living ...

epub |eng | 2019-02-04 | Author:Douglas Kent

OUTBUILDINGS Garden and tool sheds, well houses, woodsheds, and storage shacks are structures on a landscape that increase its amount of fuel. Like a house, an outbuilding can be designed ...

epub, pdf |eng | 2014-02-03 | Author:Roy Diblik

Carex montana is a plant of continuity, one that creates repetition and harmony in a garden. Carex montana (mountain sedge) FLOWER Yellow to brown with maturity, ¾- to 1½-inch spikes, ...

epub |eng | 2020-01-30 | Author:Kim Eierman

Bee-Pollinated Flower Characteristics Flowering plants that are pollinated by bees tend to fall into two distinct categories: • simple, open, or bowl-shaped flowers that are relatively unspecialized (example: native roses, ...

epub |eng | 2014-07-09 | Author:Nigel Colborn

Uncinia unciniata New Zealand Hook Sedge Grass-like perennial An understated but gently attractive sedge which forms slow-growing, tightly packed clumps of rhizomes from which narrow, leathery, rust-coloured leaves and stems ...

epub |eng | | Author:Akiva Silver

Chestnuts in bloom. They smell pretty weird, but they are beautiful and beneficial to many pollinators. Cultivation Cultivating chestnuts isn’t difficult if a few things are tended to. The trees ...

epub |eng | 2013-09-02 | Author:Bill Terry

The distance from the gate to the front door is only about fifty metres. But the journey crosses continents and spans cultures. Robert opened the gate and a veil was ...

epub |eng | 2013-12-16 | Author:Marty Wingate [Wingate, Marty]

Dianthus ‘Bath’s Pink’ Dianthus (carnation, cheddar pink, pink) Caryophyllaceae Small, hardy, often fragrant; cushiony growth and needlelike evergreen foliage. Flowers often fringed, sometimes double. Easy to hybridize—sometimes does it on ...

epub |eng | | Author:Robert Hart

Chapter Eleven AGROFORESTRY AGAINST WORLD WANT THE BEST ANSWERS to Third World problems can generally be found in the Third World itself. Its people have vast reserves of skill, resourcefulness, ...

epub |eng | 2018-05-15 | Author:Andy McIndoe

The climbing Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris produces its lacy white blooms in midsummer. Narrow beds and borders Narrow beds and borders are common features in gardens of all sizes and ...

epub |eng | 2018-12-11 | Author:Mike Lizotte

Rough up the existing soil with a rake or cultivator before sowing fresh seed in the spring. Your Meadow in Year Two and Beyond As spring arrives, it’s time to ...

epub |eng | | Author:James Alexander-Sinclair

Morning glory Ipomoea tricolor ‘Grandpa Otts’ * * * A fast growing, annual climber * * * Flowering time: August–October A perfect plant for quickly covering a trellis or fence, ...

epub |eng | 2017-04-29 | Author:James R. Cothran,Erica Danylchak

120. Iron Fencing. From Green-Wood Illustrated, 1847, Danylchak collection. 121. Family plot encompassed by stone curbing, Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. Photograph by Erica Danylchak, 2013. Family (or group) plots ...