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Marigolds (Tagetes): Flavorous, Floriferous, and Fragrant to Skipper, Sulphur, and White Butterflies

Marigolds (genus Tagetes) are New World natives with Old World charm.

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Barbra Streisand's Rose Garden: "Won't you come into my garden? I would like my roses to see you"

Word-famous entertainer Barbra Streisand adores roses and discusses her rose garden in her first book, My Passion for Design. Three roses from her garden are presented.

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'Rose à Parfum de l'Hay' and 'Roseraie de l'Hay': Sumptuous Tributes to Incomparable Rose Garden

Two sumptuous, exquisitely fragranced roses, namesakes of Jules Gravereaux's outstanding rose garden, were bred after 1901 French mission to glean Bulgaria's rose expertise.

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Yves Piaget Rose: From Luxury Watches to Exquisite Roses

The luxuriousness perfection of Piaget jewellery watches is exemplified in Yves Piaget rose, namesake rose of the current, well-known representative of the Piaget dynasty.

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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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Daucus carota: From Wild Dark Carrot to Cultivated Orange Carrot

Orange has not always held the monopoly on carrot coloring. The history of the wild carrot, Daucus carota, including its color change to the now familiar orange, is explored.

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Blue Wood Aster or Heartleaf Aster

The blue wood aster, Symphyotrichum cordifolium, a wildflower native to eastern North America: growing info and uses for this plant in gardening and landscaping.

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Tenerife Dragon Tree: A Woody Plant of Ancient Lineage Becomes the Canary Islands' Icon

Tenerife, an idyllic Atlantic Ocean island, is home to a world-famous woody plant known as the Tenerife Dragon Tree.

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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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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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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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Socotran Fig Tree (Dorstenia gigas): Extraordinary Forms of a Near Threatened Bottle Tree

Socotran Fig Trees, common fig's distant, wild relatives, grow wild only on Socotra in the Indian Ocean. This near-threatened bottle tree responds to precise growing conditions.

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Socotra Frankincense Tree (Boswellia socotrana): Island of the Phoenix and Its Vulnerable Incense

Socotran Frankincense Trees growing wild only on Socotra are vulnerable to climate and land use patterns but respond to cultivation under proper growing conditions.

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Australia's Flaming Red Spires: Gymea Lily (Doryanthes excelsa)

Native only in the area of Sydney, wild Gymea lilies reach heights of 16 feet (5 meters). Standing tall with fiery flowers, these colorful Aussie icons resemble flaming spires.

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Jan Moninckx and Ivy-Leafed Geranium: Capturing South African Beauty in c1701 Dutch Botanical Art

South Africa's ivy-leafed geranium (Pelargonium peltatum): illustrated by Dutch botanical artist Jan Moninckx (c1656-1714), attractive to butterflies, ethnobotanical uses.

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Aquaponics

Chemical free fish and vegies, in your back yard. One of the best organic systems around.

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Lawn Care

Finally, the perfect garden hose nozzle

Found it, the perfect garden hose nozzle, all brass construction, cleans, rinses, mists, has a lifetime guarantee and best of all it doesn’t leak

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Best Plants for a Shady Border

A patch of garden permanently in shade can be home to a variety of plants. With careful planning and forethought, a shady border can be created for a year-long display.

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