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Plant Life at Hueco Tanks, Texas
Some of the plants at the park include the following.Hueco Tanks is justly famous for its rock paintings but it is also a good place to go to view Chihuahuan Desert plant life. A hueco is a hollow in rock that holds water.
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Silverweed
I buried most of mine at one time or other, and if I ever had the opportunity to dig them up again, I could find them by their scent alone.So I had to go to Alaska to visit one of my childhood plants again.
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Native Plants for Wildlife
The insects, birds, and small mammals that depended on it will move out of the area in search of plants that offer the insects they prefer. Selecting plants to support wildlife is something we must think about if we wish to continue to see the insects...
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Indian Pink: A Wildflower for Your Garden
The seeds should be collected just before the dark brown seedpods are ready to burst. You can sow them directly into garden beds or in pots so that you can keep track of them. No diseases or insects are troublesome.Cuttings are very difficult to root,...
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Ten Texas Native and Wild Plants
Ten of these plants are listed here but there are thousands more in the hills and valleys of Texas just waiting to be rediscovered. Texas is an interesting state filled with beautiful plants.
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Fiery Firebush
The Florida Nursery Growers Association named it a "Florida Plant of the Year" in 1998. It is present in the garden from about April through October or November-or later if the frost holds off.
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California Bay or Oregon Myrtle: Umbellularia californica
Cold stratification is usually recommended. In windy areas it may be merely a shrub.The leaves are glossy above and dull underneath. Is a broadleaf evergreen that grows up to 80 feet tall and 100 feet wide in the northern part of its range but stays smaller...
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A Trip to Greenland - Part 2: the Gardens of Greenland
It may be the land of snow and ice for 9 months of the year, but Greenland gardeners take advantage of 24 hour daylight summers to grow some amazing gardens during the other 3 months!
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The Plants and Trees of the Southern Prairie
They bloom in the years we have a lot of rain and, due to deep tap roots, they bloom in the years we have little rain, too. There is a large movement in the southern half of the United States to move back towards native plants that at one time covered...
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Schisandra: Bay Star Vine
Also known as Bay Star-Vine or Climbing Magnolia is one of the twenty five plants in the Schisandra genus of the family known asNorth Carolina and Tennessee, it is listed as threatened.Japanese honeysuckle choking the vine out of its natural habitat.
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Indian Tobacco - Verbesina virginica
The simple blooming flowers that supported this wonderful plant slowly caught my attention. This plant is best left alone in the garden. Sometime in the late 1800s, this plant fell from the place it held and was largely forgotten.Now this plant is making...
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Calochortus, the Mariposa Lilies
If this is a reference to an exact species, the meaning has been lost. They cannot be the biblical lilies of the field, for mariposa lilies are not native to the Holy Land, but surely even King Solomon's jeweled, embroidered, and fur-trimmed robes were...
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Plant Climbing Aster Now for Incredible Fall Color
A bit of extra watering during times of extended drought may be beneficial. Plants cut repeatedly back to the ground will eventually form a self-supporting sub-shrub that can be attractive as a free-standing specimen or as part of a perennial or shrub...
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My New Obsession: Alaskan Lupines
There is another variety called sweet lupins; newly bred varients of sweet lupins are grown in Germany. Thank you for an unforgettable week.Photos are from my own collection and also from this website:http://www.alaskastock.com//resultsframe.asp?akfacts=18xtextkeys1=lupineThere...
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You Can\'t Grow That Here! Part II - Finding an Alternative
I bought a lot of. I can thank plants like the red bird of paradise,for bringing me out of the "I can't grow anything here" rut. Pushing discouragement and melancholy aside, I made an honest effort to find alternative plants that would fulfill the sentimentality...
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Focus on the Florida Native Lupine
This is to say that conditions should be the same for the new seedlings as they are for the mother plant.Lupine seed pods hang like pea pods on the plant after flowers have faded. When dry, the pods explode and send seeds flying into the dirt around the...
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Vernonia baldwinii - The Underused Ironweed
Even with pinching back the stem will not make more little stem readily. The weed part of the name should not strike fear in the heart of the gardener. This plant is not made of iron or colored black but it does have a tenacity to grow in places other...
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A Visit to Greenland - Part 1: the Native Flora
The last wave of native peoples were the Thule (ancestors to today's Inuit), who moved into Greenland from Alaska and Canada around 1200 AD. I was fortunate to be invited along as a naturalist on an Expedition Cruise from Greenland to Newfoundland during...
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Bluestars - Easy-to Grow Perennials
As a matter of fact, the gardener would do well to plant it where it will stay, for the woody root mass is hard to dig up once established. In spring for about two weeks, the end of each stem is covered with clusters of blue to white star-shaped flowers.
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Lewisia: Alpines Gems of North America
If growing in the open garden, nestle them between rocks facing north or northwest They are one of the most choice alpines that rock gardening enthusiasts can grow, but many are a bit of a challenge.
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Mountain-ash - A multifaceted Tree
Mountain-ash or rowans are popular garden trees. They can provide both flowers, decorative fruit and an attraction to wildlife. However, already I can see some great potential in these more unusual specimens.
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Wild Clematis, an Unexpected Treasure
I had mourned the passing of one of the clematis I most wanted to live, little blue bell-shaped, which had failed to thrive when I tried to send it twining through my scarlet rose.
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Southwest Adventures: The Desert Comes to Life
They have an intimate tea room and demonstration gardens with native plants. The colors go out but the show is certainly not over. The movie is still in black and white but takes on a sort of sepia tone and then, when she opens the door, everything is...
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Blue-eyed Grass
Shearing back immediately after bloom will prevent the formation of unwanted seedlings and neaten up the planting. Bees visit the flowers for pollen or nectar and seeds are attractive to prairie chickens, wild turkeys, and songbirds.Blue-eyed grass is...
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Planting a Garden in the Midnight Sun
Another small blooming tree was her Siberian pea, a lovely plant. I have no adequate words for the beauty of the setting.I had studied the soil conditions and the climate before beginning my journey, I also had gathered some information regarding the...
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Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve
Not all years are equally good. Even years with more abundant rain may not be all that good for flowers. It is a reminder that no matter how remote or unlikely a place may sound, I just might have the chance of visiting it some day.
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Dodecatheon: Shooting Stars
Plants from the mountain West need water in late spring and summer and they bloom in the summer and are dormant in the winter. Both types should be given a dry period after blooming.
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