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Rose History (cont). European Breeders Draw A Line Between Garden and Cut Flower Roses
We learned in our last pots the line between roses bred for the garden and for the cut flower industry in the US began to blur. But meanwhile in Europe....
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READER PHOTO! Jan Johnsen in upstate New York
13 commentsToday's photo is from Jan Johnsen, a garden designer in Mt. Kisco, New York. She says, "This photo shows part of a double cascade that I created for a client. Japanese junipers...
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READER PHOTOS! Bulking up for a long winter
5 commentsToday's photos, like yesterday's, are from Eamonn Hughes in Wilsonville, Oregon. The first is a shot of the baby koi in his pond, getting one last feeding before settling in for the winter, while the...
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READER PHOTOS! Eamonn's garden in Oregon
16 commentsToday's photos are from Eamonn Hughes in Wilsonville, Oregon. He says, "Fall has certainly arrived in the Pacific Northwest with some hard frosts already under our belts. I thought I would share with...
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Fall Flowers of Japan at NYBG
3 commentsForget the October storm and anachronistic snow banks with the help of these mums.
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READER PHOTOS! The aftermath of the northeastern October snowstorm
5 commentsA huge snowstorm blew throught the northeast on October 29th, so early in the season that many of our trees were still leafed out. All that extra surface area meant the trees collected way more snow...
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Let's start a new trend!
9 commentsYou know how, when you visit a lot of cities in the past few yeras, many of them seem to have those painted cows? Well, a few weeks ago I stopped in at the Jenkins Arboretum in Devon...
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"Help Me Find Roses" The single greatest rose resource we have - and need to support.
There is a website that in my opinion is the greatest rose resource we have. And I bet many of you have never heard of it. Well, now you will!
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READER PHOTOS! Nora's garden in Australia
10 commentsToday's photos are from Nora Fernandes in Melbourne, Australia. She says, "I had to remove my lawn due to water restrictions last year in Melbourne. I tried to create a place to inspire peacefulness...
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A busy bench demands a busy plant
9 commentsAnother couple of shots from the Enid A. Haupt garden--this garden is a TREASURE! These benches certainly don't fade into the background, even though their color usually would. Instead, theyre...
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Mystery Plant!
17 commentsWhile wandering the Enid A. Haupt Garden a few weeks ago (it's part of the Smithsonian Institute on the National Mall in Washington D.C.), I stumbled across this awesome plant rimming the edge...
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Happy Halloween!!
5 commentsA few weeks ago, on my final visit of the season to Longwood Gardens, I happened to catch this awesome pumpkin/gourd/squash display, and I thought it'd be the perfect Halloween post. After all...
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South African Coral Tree is the Star of the Show
This magnificent Erythrina caffra was well established when I was asked to redesign this west facing garden off the master bedroom. It became the centerpiece for a composition using grasses, succulents and snow-in-summer ground cover.
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All Dead vs. Slightly Alive
As gardeners, we have all experienced plants coming back from mostly dead-- Then there are plants that are all dead that can be brought back, unnaturally.
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A mesmerizing hedge on Long Island
8 commentsI spotted this hedge along a side street in Northport, New york, while visiting family a few weeks ago. I was struck first by its size, and then by how great it looks with several different...
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The middle ground between own-root container grown roses and field-grown budded roses
Last week we talked about why it seems own-root roses take longer to get established than budded ones. This week we talk about a method of growing that may be the best of both worlds.
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READER PHOTOS! Marilyn's golden garden backdrop
7 commentsToday's photos are from Marilyn Regnier in Minnetonka Beach, Minnesota. She says, "The woods around our house here in Minnesota are full of sugar maples. Fall is one of my favorite seasons when...
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Holey Crocs, Batman!
3 commentsRegular size people recognize me by my hat. But really teeny tiny people know me for my distinctive, perforated footwear. I'm a Crocs kinda guy. But rather than throw out the old ones, I keep them in service as micro vertical gardens.
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Episode 1: A Garden to Remember
Welcome to the very first episode of Fine Gardening's first podcast, Garden Confidential: Stories at the intersection of people and plants. This month's theme is "A Garden to Remember." Andrew Keys talks with guests about why we turn to gardens as memorials.
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READER PHOTOS! A clean slate transformed
11 commentsToday's photos are from Cherry Ong in Richmond, British Columbia. She says, "We have a very small back yard-- about 500 square feet--and when we moved in many years ago, our it was a mere patch of...
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