Flowering Cherries

Flowering cherries While the briefness of their glory has to be acknowledged, cherries really are the hardy spring-flowering trees for temperate climate gardens. I can think of no others, apart from their close Prunus relatives and some of the magnolias that even come close to rivalling flowering... Read More

A Guide for Servicing Your Chainsaw

Chainsaws provide many years of service for very little upkeep. Taking the time to service your chainsaw will help ensure that your equipment will not let you down. For safety reasons, make sure you only service your chainsaw when it is fully cooled, with the spark plug disconnected. If you... Read More

Catch a Leprechaun in Your Garden

There is no mention to be found of female leprechauns in traditional Irish legend, so as to how they came to be .. your guess is as good as mine. These apparently aged, diminutive men are hard-working cobblers, turning out exquisite shoes for other sprites. If you happen across... Read More

Lifes a Beach--A Shore Theme in your Outdoor Space

Twentieth century American architect Phillip Johnson once said, "I hate vacations. If you can build buildings, why sit on the beach?" Mr. Johnson evidently didn't how to relax, but as another summer is slipping away, you can. Did you visit the beach this year? Do you wish you had? Either... Read More

Camellias

Camellias Named by Linnaeus in 1735 in honour of the Jesuit priest and naturalist Georg Josef Kamel, Camellia is a genus originating mainly from China but with a range covering a large area of South East Asia. The exact number of species is not clear but it is somewhere... Read More

Kirengeshoma palmata

Kirengeshoma palmata Sometimes known as yellow waxbells, Kirengeshoma palmata is a late-flowering rhizomatous perennial up to 1.2m high with arching stems and is native to the woods and mountain lowlands of Korea and the Japanese islands of Shikoku and Kyushu. The unusual name? No, it doesn't come from an... Read More

Fuchsia procumbens

Fuchsia (named after Leonhard Fuchs, a 16th century German botanist) is a genus of over 100 species of shrubs and small trees. Although there are four New Zealand native species (colensoi, excorticata, perscandens and procumbens) and one from Tahiti, the vast bulk of the genus occurs in Central and South... Read More

Gallica Roses

Very soon stocks of new season's roses will be arriving in the garden centres, if they're not already there. Indeed, to be sure of getting the most sought after varieties it may have been necessary to put an order in some time ago. However, in their rush for... Read More

Tuberous Begonias

If you appreciate plants that have no hesitation in boldly stating their presence with huge, almost artificially perfect flowers, then tuberous begonias are for you. While some may find them rather too overstated, downright brazen even, if you like colour, and plenty of it, with subtlety an option rather than... Read More

Growing Palms

Palms Everybody recognises palm trees, they are the universal symbol for the tropics but many are hardy enough for our temperate climate gardens. Until recently New Zealand gardeners have had only a very limited range of palms to choose from. In the last five years the range has... Read More

In The News:


Small nursery in Cassel is big part of community
Record-Searchlight, CA - 19 hours ago
By Laura Christman (Contact) Bob and Adele Boster own and run Boster's Nursery & Landscaping in Cassel. The nursery is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary ...

Dallas Morning News

6 Fort Worth garden shops built their way up on a dream
Dallas Morning News, TX - Nov 19, 2008
These days he is designing tropical landscapes on golf courses, planting pots for Neiman Marcus and stocking an eclectic nursery with plants and garden ...

Greater Palm Beach Rose Society hosts tour of three island gardenss
Palm Beach Daily News, FL - 11 hours ago
Coolidge, who with her husband, Jeff, own and operate Cool Roses gardening in West Palm Beach and maintain the 200-plus roses at the Jungle Road home, ...

Local gardening projects sprout
Enterprise-Record, CA - Nov 22, 2008
Last month, during the Love Chico event by local churches, the garden was among many cleanup and landscaping projects, Martin explained. who lives next door ...

Garden Calendar
Bryan College Station Eagle,  United States - Nov 21, 2008
Offers a selection of home-grown vegetables, ornamental and landscaping plants, baked goods, jams, jellies and pickles. navasotafarmersmarket@gmail.com or ...

Landscape company lands coveted Bog Oak accolade
Belfast Telegraph, United Kingdom - Nov 10, 2008
By Margaret Canning A Belfast landscape gardening business has won a coveted award for its work on a private garden. Cameron Landscapes won the Bog Oak ...

Garden Fair set
Haleakala Times, HI - Oct 29, 2008
Experts will be available to answer landscaping, gardening and tree questions. There will be booths representing the landscape industry, tree-friendly ...

The Weekend Gardener: Sometimes, it's better to take the path of ...
Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX - Nov 16, 2008
... them (gardening being a relatively healthy addiction, I’d rationalize) and plop them in the new plot haphazardly, with no regard to any landscaping ...

David Robson: Give thanks for gardens
The State Journal-Register, IL - Nov 21, 2008
Thanksgiving gives us a time to think about what we are thankful for from the gardening perspective. First and foremost this year, most of us can be ...

Eagle Scouts, Girl Scouts, gardening scouts
DavidsonNews.net, NC - Nov 20, 2008
They noticed that the landscaping around the new buildings appeared a bit sparse and knew the view from their third floor balcony could be improved. ...
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