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hedge shrubs for birds

A hedge that’s a haven for birds

Trees and shrubs
Basket with banana legs tomatoes in it

Banana Legs tomato, long and yellow, like a banana!

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Large, straight beech tree

Beech, a tall, smooth-skinned gigantic shade tree

Trees
Seaside view through leaves and seed pods of blue lyme grass

Blue lyme grass, the sand grass that looks like rye

Ornamental grasses
Araucaria araucana, the monkey puzzle tree

The monkey puzzle tree, Araucaria araucana

Trees and shrubs
Kniphofia red hot poker

Red hot poker, huge fiery flowers!

Perennials
Heath pearlwort

Heath pearlwort, sagina subulata: a white-blooming grass substitute for lawns

Perennials
Platycodon

Platycodon, a flower that balloons as it blooms!

Perennials
Ice Cream tulip looks like an ice-cream cone with two scoops

Ice cream tulip, the tulip that makes your mouth water… Double cone, anyone?

Bulb flowers
Grafting plant

Grafting, purpose and best techniques

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Honey locust planting and care

Honey locust, a sweet giant – with massive thorns!

Trees
Lacinato kale leaves growing lush and tall

Lacinato kale, a swarthy, dark vegetable posing as an ornamental

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Beefsteak tomato

The beefsteak tomato, a massive tomato ideal for baking

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Attracting birds to the garden means making them want to stay

Grow a garden birds will love!

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Garden shed with climbing vines decorating it

Which vine is best to decorate your garden shed or pergola?

Climbing plants
Marram grass against the sunset

Marram beach grass, holding the sand in place

Ornamental grasses
Plants that trigger allergy and those that don't

Allergic to pollen? Types of plants to avoid, and what to replace them with

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Chufa roots with groundnuts forming

Chufa, a root vegetable that produces groundnuts

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Saint Pierre tomato

Saint Pierre Tomato, one of the tastiest tomatoes ever

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Create an exotic garden with endless lush growth

Oasis of moisture: create an exotic garden at home

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Flowers, palms and ferns create an exotic garden even when not in the tropics

Create an exotic garden… bring the tropics to your back yard

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Close-up of grand vert basil young leaves

Grand Vert, the basil with large, even tastier leaves

Herbs and spices
Rhapis excelsa - bamboo palm

Rhapis excelsa, the bamboo palm that fits right in your home

Indoor plants
Inula is a plant that is beautiful for landscaping

Inula, a family of surprising sun-like flowers

Perennials
Marmande tomatoes

Marmande tomato, it harks back to the first industrial tomatoes

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Winter-blooming rose under the snow

Five fabulous winter-blooming flowers

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beautiful winter garden

5 keys for a beautiful winter garden

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Winter flowers

10 Winter flowers from ground to sky: bulbs, shrubs, trees…

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Indigo rose tomato

Indigo rose, a tomato variety for small, black cocktail tomatoes

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Large, green slightly striped primora tomato

Primora tomato, a large, dark, striped variety that looks stunning in salad

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Row of agapetes flowers seen from the front view (Himalayan lantern)

Agapetes, branches arching over to display cute red bells

Shrubs
Topiary in the form of low spiraling hedges, properly refreshed

Refresh your topiary shrubs at the end of summer

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Lonicera standishii - winter honeysuckle

Lonicera standishii, the winter honeysuckle shrub

Shrubs
Andine cornue tomato growing on a stake

Andine cornue tomato, a horn-like tomato that’s delicious and productive

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Plants that resist freezing

9 outdoor plants that resist cold winter weather

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Four roma tomatoes on the vine

Roma tomato, disease-resistant and nearly seedless

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Varieties of tomato in a crate, with each type used differently

Best tomato types for each cooking use, 5 types

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Annapurna rose, a beautiful rose

Annapurna rose tree, irresistible

Roses
Andromeda is a type of shrub. As a plant, it is magnificent in all seasons

Andromeda, a 4-seasons shrub

Shrubs

Devil’s beard, the garden valerian

Perennials
Centaury, centaurea

Centaurea, a cluster of color for hard-to-flower areas

Perennials
Three honey moon tomato

Honey Moon tomato, round and firm, and tasty, too!

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Seedless tomato variety

Seedless tomato varieties to grow in the vegetable patch

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Air-layering lavender, a how-to with pictures

Air-layering lavender: root your lavender stems in pouches of soil on the plant

Perennials
Brandywine tomato on the plant

The brandywine tomato, a large beefsteak tomato with smooth flesh

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Large bollworm on a cabbage leaf with excrements

Bollworms, dreaded caterpillars defoliating vegetables

Treating diseases and pests
enrich soil naturally

6 tips to make soil richer – completely naturally

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Black zebra tomato

Black zebra, the darker striped tomato

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hyssop

Hyssop, a flowery plant that does lots for health

Herbs and spices
Easy perennials to decorate flower beds

Flowers to grow for an easy flower bed

Garden Flowers
Black krim tomato growing on the plant

Black krim tomato, a dark-skinned tomato with a rich, meaty flesh

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