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This Old House Peter V. Fossel |
Coming Up Roses Climbers and ramblers will cover a trellis, an arbor, even a shed roof, with a profusion of blooms. |
This Old House Lance Walheim |
Easy Care Roses Far from finicky, many shrub-type roses bloom all summer long with very little fuss. Here are some top choices for flower borders, hedges, and containers |
National Gardening Karen Dardick |
Shrub Roses Many kinds of shrub roses have been introduced in recent years, especially the ground covers, such as "Cliffs of Dover," "Flower Carpet" and "Jeepers Creepers." |
National Gardening |
Roses 101 Roses need special attention to produce quantities of beautiful, fragrant flowers. |
National Gardening Beth Marie Renaud |
Roses and Clematis Companions that trail and twine and clasp and kiss... |
This Old House Jerry Pavia |
Versatile Vines These fast-growing plants could be your best landscape investment this summer. |
National Gardening Nardozzi & Savio |
Fragrant Roses: Two Gardeners Weigh In Everyone can agree that fragrance is an important characteristic in a rose. Though sometimes this trait has been diminished in the pursuit of breeding larger or various colored roses, some gardeners prize this trait highly, and won't do without it. |
National Gardening Alain Charest |
Trumpet Vine Native American plant makes good, especially in the North. Many garden plants are described as blooming all summer long, but trumpet vine is one of the few to actually live up to this description. Its only requirements are a sunny exposure and a good pruning in winter. |
National Gardening John R. Dunmire |
Guide to June Gardening The month may present different images in various parts of the country, but to most gardeners, it conveys feelings of richness, abundance, and completion. |
National Gardening Andy & Sally Wasowski |
Spectacular Desert Plants Colorful native plants for Southwest gardens |
National Gardening April 2000 Barbara Pleasant |
Balloon Flower Easy to grow, reliable, looks great as a border -- and it's blue |
National Gardening |
Pruning Trees and Shrubs With a little instruction and some common sense, you'll be able to prune your trees, shrubs, and roses like a pro and have beautifully shaped, flowering plants to boot. |
National Gardening |
Growing Flowers 101 Old homes occupied by expert gardeners often feature gardens that are beautiful for decades after the gardener departed, almost as if they evolved naturally. Planning is the reason. |
National Gardening |
Pruning Brambles Pruning reduces the chance of pest invasion and infection, allows better air circulation and light exposure and, ultimately, more fruit. |
National Gardening |
Choosing Perennial Plants When choosing perennial plants you'll need to consider their hardiness rating, your planting location, and when they flower so you'll have season-long color. |
National Gardening Karen Dardick |
Miniature Roses For the Holidays No longer for hobbyists only, these roses are a colorful poinsettias alternative... |
National Gardening Karen Dardick |
The New Patio Trees After filling my garden with roses, delphiniums, irises, daylilies, buddleia, heliotrope, and a host of other plantings, I ran out of space, but not out of the desire to grow more plants. So I turned to plants called standards or patio trees. What are they? |
National Gardening |
Preventing Rose Diseases It's no surprise that roses are among the most popular ornamental garden plants: they're beautiful, fragrant, and easy to grow in most climates. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Winterizing Modern Roses If you grow grafted, modern bush roses such as hybrid teas, floribundas and grandifloras in USDA Hardiness Zone 6 and colder, you must provide winter protection to ensure their survival. Protect the graft union first. |
National Gardening Thomas Christopher |
The Rugged Roses Rugosas take cold, heat, and pests in stride |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
New Foliage Colors Light Up the Garden This spring brighten up landscape with new, bright-colored foliage versions of two popular spring-flowering perennials. |
National Gardening Kathy Bond Borie |
Make Room for These Award Winning Roses Let's face it, roses may not be the most carefree plants to grow, but once you welcome one to your garden, it's hard to stop. |
National Gardening |
Small Fruits & Berries 101 Compared with apples, peaches or any of the tree fruits, bush and bramble fruits are easy to grow. They rarely require spraying for pests and begin bearing some fruit the year after you plant them. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Tough Texas Roses Growing plants in eastern Texas can be tough. Roses in particular often suffer from heat, humidity, insect, and disease pressures. That's why Steve George from Texas A & M University in Dallas has been conducting research on the toughest roses for his climate. |
National Gardening Peter Schneider |
Roses: The Class of 2001 This year's graduates are strong on color and scent... |
National Gardening Jack Ruttle |
How to Prune Summer-Bearing Raspberries Late winter or early spring, just at the end of the dormant season, is the best time to prune summer-bearing red raspberries. Here's how. |
National Gardening |
Blackberry Essentials Tips for growing blackberries |
National Gardening Lee Reich |
Blackcap Brambles Despite the black raspberry's past popularity and the fact that it will grow well from zone 4 south through zone 8, today the blackcap is mostly a regional favorite. The middle Atlantic region and Ohio are traditional hotbeds of black raspberry enthusiasm. |
National Gardening Alain Charest |
Not Just a Pretty Fence More than a garden partition, this trellis creates an illusion of space |
Fast Company February 2009 Kate Rockwood |
Numerology: The Business of Roses Know what's a blooming big business? Roses! And while you may not love Valentine's Day, flower people do -- it's the busiest day of their year. Here's a numerological look at this fragrant industry. |
Job Journal November 16, 2003 Marty Nemko |
Seeds of Success What roses and a job search have in common. |
DailyCandy March 28, 2005 |
Crystal Ball Hungry for something different? Try these edible crystallized flowers -- pansies, daisies, roses, and more. Or, order the flower crystallization kit and make your own. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Deadheading Innovation John Gardiner, curator of the Royal Horticultural Society Rose Garden in England, says that reflowering will be stimulated as much, if not more, if you deadhead the spent rose just below the flower as opposed to the traditional spot just above a 5-leaflet leaf on the cane. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Sue Casey: Remember Me Rose Gardens To help the country heal after the September 11th terrorist attacks in 2001, this woman has made it her goal to plant rose gardens at each of the crash sites in remembrance of those who died. |
The Motley Fool February 14, 2005 David Gardner |
Will 1-800-Flowers.com Find Love Today? Recently, 1-800-Flowers.com's CEO, Jim McCann, talked about the company's products and prospects. This is the first of three parts. |