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The word "xeriscape" holds all the friendly charm of a medical term for an embarrassing skin condition. As a gardening activity in the Southwest, however, xeriscaping is where it's at. It's the new black, the hippest thing in gardening since sliced soaker hoses. It's the buzzword for low-water landscaping, from the ancient Greek xeros, meaning "extremely dry.
Santa Fe and environs host less aggressive and more cutesy, smaller cacti as well. From the rare and extremely well camouflaged Toumeya papyracantha to the far more common Escobaria vivipara (so common that it has a ton of common names, including "beehive cactus" and "spiny star"), there are many choices of native cacti for gardening. Other popular varieties include members of the genus Echinocereus, including E. triglochidiatus (...
... more native plants, especially native shrubs," he says. "Planting more lavender varieties and o...
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...(iii) Landscaping and grounds. The housing project must be landscapeed attractively. Lawns, plants and shrubs must be maintained and must allow air to windows, ...The housing project, including common areas, must be free of trash, litter, and debris. ...
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...Green and vibrant lawns, plants and shrubs signal that the building as a whole is a well-main...That's a common misconception. However, the variety of low-water u...
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Quick, name three blue flowers.All you came up with was hydrangeas?Maybe its tough because youre thinking about cut flowers, and blue roses and tulips dont make it into floppy bouquets. But blue is one of the most soothing colors for the landscape and can make you feel more relaxed as you stretch out by the grill.At the annual Home, Lawn & Garden Day on March 11, David Robson will present "Jazz Hot Blues," offering dozens of suggestions for the landscape, from morning glorys to blue spruce. He is a horticulture educator for the University of Illinois Extension in Springfield.Known as a cool, receding color, blue has some psychological benefit when it comes time to slog through hot, humid weather."If its 90 degrees out there, why would you want to look at hot colors, reds and yellows, wh...
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On a recent summer day, two motorists traveling U.S. 119 near the entrance to Sherwood Forest collided with deer that had crossed the safety fencing and entered the busy highway. By evening, the bloated and stiff carcasses lay in pools of blood mixed with glass and auto parts. Blood oozing from the dead animals was slowly tracked hundreds of feet along the road, the red stain presenting a gruesome picture of the dangers of an overpopulation of deer.
In Charleston and most of West Virginia, the scene is all too common. In 2003, there were 21,500 deer-and-vehicle-related claims made to the state's top five insurance companies. The average claim for property damage was $1,600 and this accounted for 30 percent of comprehensive automobile losses in West Virginia! These statistics do not incl...
... of children coming into contact with shrubs and grass containing the saliva of an infected dee... the destruction of home gardens and landscaping. Further, supporters made it clear that in many pa...
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July is a good time to reflect on the changes you want to make in the garden for the fall and winter months.
Make a list of the beds, shrubs and trees and other landscaping that you would like to change to make the garden look better and to make the work easier on you. There may be some structural or paving changes. Do you need to make more shade for your garden plants or for you and your family?
... blades at the proper cutting height: common Bermuda, 1 inch; hybrid Bermuda, 1/2 inch; blue gr...
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DEAR SUN SPOTS: I would like to thank you for all of the information you give. I enjoy your column very much.
I would like to know how to get rid of maple trees that are growing in my shrubs. My shrubs are many years old and very thick. By the time I notice the maple trees growing in the shrubs, the trees are too large to just pull out, and I can't dig the trees out without destroying the shrubs.
... that you might want to visit Gammon's Landscaping on Route 4 between Auburn and Turner. She said the...Robinson is a rather common name. There are advantages to sticking with an unu...
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... and formations but are stabilized by shrubs, scattered low annuals, and perennial grasses. Sta...Astragalus lentiginosus var. coachellae commonly occurs in association with Desert Dunes or Creosot... to structures, infrastructure, landscaping, or other non-natural ground cover that does not s...
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Rock gardens usually spring from necessity. The rock-bound coast of Maine is a statement of reality. Ledge pokes up through the soil, and unless you want to involve dynamite, your landscaping is going to have to work with it.
You're dealing with a little bit of soil and a lot of rock," Jeff O'Donal told a class earlier this month at O'Donal's Nursery in Gorham. "You often have about an inch of soil, so you often don't have much choice in plants.
... most of the time on during his class were shrubs and trees - dwarf shrubs and trees. When planting ...Blue rug juniper is a common plant, first found on North Haven. But some blue r...
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Medical researchers are extracting the cancer-fighting drug taxol from the needles of English yew trees. Gardeners can contribute their clippings from yew trees to researchers.
... concentrations in English yews, which are common ornamental shrubs grown throughout western Europe.... Yew bushes are one of the most common landscaping shrubs used in the United States. The dark green y...