Forsythia
Forsythia, with its vibrant yellow blooms that emerge before the foliage, heralds the arrival of spring, brightening gardens even before
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Plants
10 Neat Things About Healing Plants
Discover the power of plants that science says can heal! From calming anxiety with lavender to easing headache with peppermint,
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Top 10 Easy-Care Perennials
These easy-care perennials are the old reliables of the garden. It’s not that they live forever, their lifespan can be
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How Do Plants Breathe?
Understanding how plants breathe and preventing winter burn Plants breathe through their leaves. It is estimated that the total water
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Garden Fresh Recipe: Pasta with tomato sauce and meatballs
By Ian Leatt I remember visiting Italy, the island of Capri to be exact. It was just a short vacation
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Coreopsis: A bright and cheery flower
Coreopsis pleases everyone! People love it for its sunny, long-lasting blooms. Birds love it for its seeds and butterflies, and
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10 Neat Things About Rhubarb
1. The bitter truth, and neat thing, about rhubarb. Rhubarb lovers may lament it and disagree, but the truth is
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6 Soft and Fuzzy Plants
Story & photos by Dorothy Dobbie When we think plants along with soft and fuzzy or velvety leaves, Lamb’s ear
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Stinky Flowers
There aren’t many things that smell better than walking through a beautiful garden and inhaling the intoxicating aroma of flowers
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Beauty in a Bulb: 6 summer magicians for glowing colour
By Dorothy Dobbie If there is one thing that bulbs, especially summer bulbs, have in common it’s incandescent colour. The
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