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Tovah Martin’s The Indestructible Houseplant: 200 Everyone Can Grow

Tovah Martin’s The Indestructible Houseplant gives illustrative, informative profiles of 200 beautiful plants that everyone can grow.

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A Visit to the Botanical Gardens in Bucharest in May

Article with many photos from the Dimitrie Brandza Botanical Gardens in Bucharest, Romania, taken on May 2, 2015. Includes info on opening hours and short history.

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Book Review: Growing Healthy Houseplants, by Ellen Zachos, in Storey Basics Self-Reliance Series

Growing Healthy Houseplants by Ellen Zachos helps readers to choose the right plant, control pests, and water wisely as part of Storey Basics Series of Books for Self-Reliance.

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Kinds of Garden Structures

Garden Structures can be used to turn a garden into an outdoor living space and so much more. There are many options available for both big and small gardens.

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The Gardens of Venice and the Veneto by Jenny Condie and Alex Ramsay

The Gardens of Venice and the Veneto by Jenny Condie and Alex Ramsay describes 22 gardens in Padua, Rovigo, Stra, Treviso, Venice, Verona, and Vicenza.

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The July allotment

An allotment on an English summer day is a delight, gardeners reap their crops, socialize and watch wildlife.

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The Power of Blue: Three Blue Flowered Plants Alluring to Hummingbirds

Blue is a color that attracts nectar-loving hummingbirds to flowers.

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Eastern Redbud: Spring's Early Pleasing Pastel of Magenta Pink

New World native Eastern redbud is one of the first trees to flower in spring.

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Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida): Spring's Early Pink, Red, Salmon, or White Pastels

Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida), a New World native flowering tree, gloriously proclaims the arrival of spring with its pastel flowers.

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Peter Lambert and the Rosy Language of Love: Rosa 'Leonie Lamesch' and Rosa 'Trier'

Two roses introduced by German rose breeder Peter Lambert honored his dearest loves: his wife, Leonie Lamesch, and his birthplace, Trier.

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About roses, their colors, symbolism and secret meanings

It's hard to find more popular flowers. Did you know June is the month of roses? Rose is also a given name with strong symbolic meaning.

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Is Your African Violet not Flowering? 5 Easy Steps to Keep Your African Violet in Bloom

Are your African violets not flowering? These 5 steps ensure that your plant stays in bloom longer and blooms more frequently all year long.

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Socotra Pomegranate Tree (Punica protopunica): The Vulnerable Predicament of the "Other Pomegranate"

Lesser known precursors of modern pomegranates, environmentally vulnerable Socotran Pomegranate Trees, grow wild only on Socotra and may be propagated by cuttings, grafts or seeds.

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How to Grow Watermelons, Cantaloupes and Cucumbers in crowded spaces using a simple trellis

Growing vining fruits and vegetables in small spaces using a trellis that is easy to build, maintain, and improves your harvest is easier than you may believe.

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Socotra Dragon's Blood Tree (Dracaena cinnabari): Vulnerability of Intricately Branched Giving Tree

Dragon Blood Trees growing wild only on Yemeni island of Socotra offer ornamental or practical uses of their parts. This vulnerable species responds to precise growing conditions.

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Grapefruits: Forbidden Fruits or Monstrous Oranges?

Grapefruit's origins are shrouded in mystery. The juicy fruit previously was known as "forbidden fruit" and thought to be an orange. A grapefruit by any name is alluring.

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Apples and Their Trees

Apple trees may be cultivated in back yards, greenhouses, and orchards.

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Socotra Cucumber Tree (Dendrosicyos socotrana): Isolated Isle's Weird Fantastic Vulnerable Tree

Socotra's Indian Ocean remoteness auspiciously preserves unusual plants, such as its threatened cucumber trees, and promotes eco-tourism but inauspiciously lures pirates.

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