Latin for Gardeners-how to read & Remember Plant Names
Botanicus Can’t Rememberus Why You Want To Learn Botanical Latin Why should we bother? The truth is that most people who love plants don’t bother.
Botanicus Can’t Rememberus Why You Want To Learn Botanical Latin Why should we bother? The truth is that most people who love plants don’t bother.
Climbing Fig Will Cover What You Want Climbing Fig- Ficus pumila (FYE-kus-PU-mi-la) What Is It? Ficus is a lovely vine, with small dark leathery leaves.
“Spring is the time of plans and projects” -Leo Tolstoy The spring garden is our excuse for change and renovation. What happens now? We look
Large Heart Shaped Leaves? How Can I Use Them? Add bold tropical style to your garden with stately Elephant Ears. Lush, large, heart or arrow-shaped
Its Valuable Features Trachelospermum asiaticum-(track-ul-oh-SPUR-mum-ay-zee-AT-ih-kum) Asiatic Jasmine is a beautiful shiny green ground cover. Evergreen and vine-like, it is a woody plant that provides a
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There are over 1000 varieties of Begonias. The tuberous varieties are among the most spectacular of them all. We value these, especially the large flowers.
“Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless: peackocks and lilies for instance” -John Ruskin, “The Stones of Venice” “Hemerocallis”
Calla Lily-What Is It-Can I Grow It? Well, it is extraordinary! Elegant creamy white, trumpet-shaped spathes rise above smooth green stalks and arrow-shaped leaves. We
This Month in the Garden It’s January in the South Florida garden. I remember when January was the time to look for seed catalogs to
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