Archive for January, 2008
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Garden potting benches and tables are garden benches that have plant-potting facilities and tables. Garden potting benches function as both benches for sitting and also as pot holders. Gardeners who want to make most of their garden and have a proper utilization of space, they use garden potting benches and tables. Garden potting benches and tables are made of different materials but wood and cedar are the most popular. Wood and Cedar look very natural to your garden. These potting benches are available as fully assembled pieces in the market but can also be custom-made, depending on the choice of the buyer.
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Garden gazebo adds natural beauty to your garden or backyard. Garden gazebo creates a perfect natural setting to your garden getaway. A gazebo is meant to be a place of rest and enjoyment. An escape that harkens back to a slower time. Your nook to enjoy nature, reflect and read. A gazebo is among the prettiest additions you’ll ever make to your landscape.
A garden gazebo is a wonderful way to spend quality time outdoors. Choosing one must be thought out carefully, not only for the cost involved but also because of the lasting benefit it will have for family and friends. How you want it to look, what you will do with it, and how much effort you want to put into assembling it are all factors in purchasing your garden gazebo. There are lots of garden gazebo out there and choosing the right one will be a tough one.
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
CHINA ASTER
The China or summer aster has had a long cultural history. The originally Chinese annual has been improved in China and Japan for centuries. The single flowers became semi-double and then fully double, while the original color spectrum of white to violet was extended to include all manner of bright colors. Even the petals (ray florets) underwent all kinds of changes from ray-shaped to curled and sometimes became as thin as threads.
The natural species grows to about 32 in tall, about the same height as the cultivated varieties currently grown for cutting - the principal reason for cultivating asters. Dwarf forms are also marketed nowadays: plants that grow to a maximum height of 8 in and are used mainly in colored flower-beds and tubs. The small varieties in particular are marketed on a vast scale as bedding plants in spring.
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Monday, January 28th, 2008
SWAN RIVER DAISY
This newcomer rapidly conquered the world of containers and hanging baskets. No wonder, because it has everything going for it: beautifully divided leaves and, above them, white, yellow, or lavender-pink to blue flowers which are borne non-stop throughout the summer. The foliage tumbles over the rims of pots, containers, and hanging baskets. Because of its dense growth, it is advisable to combine this brachycome with other species in the same container. It grows trouble-free in sunlight and better still in partial shade, either in a border or in a pot. If you are growing it in a pot, make sure the soil never dries out completely, as the leaves will turn yellow otherwise.
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Sunday, January 27th, 2008
Garden and patio umbrellas are very functional and adds decor to any backyard. Garden and patio umbrellas gives you shades and keeps you away from the heat of the sun while enjoying outdoors. Garden and patio umbrellas comes in a variety of shades colors, materials, and styles. Patio umbrellas are a classic centerpiece of good patio sets. Garden and patio umbrellas are very popular today because of its many uses. They not only add value to your home but provide you with outdoor shading for years to come. Patio umbrellas feature pulley, button, crank, or collar tilting mechanisms that are perfect for shading your outdoor patio furniture.
Garden and patio umbrellas are an ideal way to keep the sun away when enjoying the outdoors. They are typically much cheaper than patio awnings, and provide an affordable alternative when you are looking for a stylish way to add some shade protection to your patio. You can enjoy them even when the sun is blazing down, which is vital given the dangers of sun overexposure.
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Saturday, January 26th, 2008
LOVE-LIES-BLEEDING, TASSEL FLOWER
All of the many cultivars oiamaranthus caudatus have trailing panicles of flowers which may grow about 18 in long. They flower from June until well into October and the individual panicles remain beautiful for a remarkably long time. Those of the species itself are a shade of crimson that is difficult to combine with other border plants and is too pronounced for most bouquets. The cultivar Amaranthus caudatus ‘Viridis’ has soft-green, pendulous panicles that go particularly well with all kinds of other plants. They are very popular with flower arrangers and are also cultivated for the commercial cut-flower market. The cultivar Amaranthus caudatus ‘Griinschwanz’ has yellowish-green pendulous panicles, and those oi Amaranthus cau-datus ‘Rotschwanz’ are bright red. Don’t plant them too close together, so that they can develop freely.
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
Showcase your plants in the right garden planter to bring out the natural beauty of your plant in your garden. There are lots of planters out there to choose from in different design, style and materials. Add a sophisticated beauty to your yard or garden by using planters. Garden stores provides many different types of planters in different materials for you garden such as ceramic, copper, metal, resin, wicker and wood. Let your flowers bloom and plants thrive with the best design and stylish planter.
Hand Painted Lavender Planter: The Lavender Planter by Burley Clay Products Company comes in a choice of size. This clay planter features Pam Ballard-designed lavender carvings with a lavender finish. Lavender, in the Victorian times, symbolized devotion and loyalty. Today, lavender is valued for its household, cosmetic, and medicinal uses. Made of southeastern Ohio clay. Made in America. Lavender carvings with lavender finish. Designed by Pam Ballard. Comes in a choice of size.
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
DAHLIA
Many people will remember dahlias as long tubers that were kept in the cellar in a bed of peat dust waiting for spring. They were then planted out to provide colorful flowers in late summer. Fortunately, there are still devotees of this romantic way of enjoying dahlias, but there is no need for anyone to do without them if they no longer have a cellar or anywhere else in the house where it is cool enough to prevent the tubers from drying out. The plants may also be grown from seeds or cuttings and commercial growers produce huge quantities of plants for flower-beds and containers by these methods. Dahlia plants grown from seed will have developed some tubers by the end of the season, and this also applies to some dahlias grown from cuttings. Some of the specialist firms, however, strike the cuttings in such a way that the plants will produce hardly any viable tubers, thus ensuring that you will be obliged to buy more dahlias next year.
Low-growing dahlias for pots and flowerbeds are the principal kinds grown from seed or cuttings. Their ancestors include Dahlia merckii from the warm regions of Mexico. It never freezes there, so the plants - and this applies to all dahlias - do not tolerate a single degree of frost. The very first autumn night frost causes the leaves and stems to turn black and die off immediately. It will then be time to remove the tubers of all tuberous plants from the soil. They will be protected briefly by the cushioning warmth of the soil, but will not tolerate any further frost.
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
Create a little paradise to your backyard by building a waterfall fountain. Landscape garden waterfall fountains are outdoor framed decorations with beautiful natural designs that makes you relax hearing the sound of water. Creating a landscape waterfall garden is delicate but satisfying and makes your outdoor elegant. Landscape garden waterfall fountains gives attraction to your outdoors. The seemingly real scenery and atmosphere because of its fantastic views and beautiful water sounds.
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
MARGUERITE
This marguerite will adorn summer patios, but it does not tolerate frost. The species grows naturally in the Canary Islands where it is warm, but never burning hot, and where there is always a cool sea breeze. This should be remembered when caring for these plants. Marguerites like warmth, but not heat, and under glass they often suffer from hot sunlight. You should therefore definitely put them out-of-doors after the last night frost and make sure that the potting compost does not dry out. They flower with such over-1 whelming exuberance that the plants may I easily exhaust their reserves. Re-pot them in nutritive soil immediately after purchase and give them liquid fertilizer several times during the summer.
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
HELIOTROPE
Heliotropes were among the familiar bedding plants in large-scale displays in the gardens of palaces and country houses. The deep colors of foliage and flowers contrasted strongly with the lighter shades of other plants, and complex patterns were created with them. It is still possible to see that kind of summery flower-bed here and there, but they are long past their heyday. Heliotrope is now used for a new craze - that of patio gardening. The plant is, in fact, highly satisfactory as a container plant.
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