Gardening: Flowers
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Harvest Your Own Rose Hips And Benefit From Their Amazing Qualities!
I have large white rose standards (a rose bush grafted onto a trunk to give a certain formal look that roses don’t generally have) planted in a large built in container at the entrance to our home, and since I am generally very diligent about trimming off spent blooms, I almost never see rose hips…
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Try A Potted Cyclamen Rather Than Cut Flowers!
Yes indeed my friends, here in Israel is it officially cyclamen season! And truthfully we especially love this stunning winter flowering plant because it is also a beloved native plant to Israel, and a part of childhood songs that teach about the seasons. I have to admit it was quite a surprise the first time…
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Kangaroo Paws, Anigozanthus, Blooms In August In Oakland, CA
Whenever I go back to Northern California, my childhood stomping grounds, I’m always so very inspired by the gardens almost always with a focus on drought resistant species. Our stay in the historic neighborhood of Hadden Hill in Oakland was especially inspiring, and I had a chance to get to know some plants that I…
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Agapanthus Blooms In August In Oakland, CA
Growing up in Berkeley, California, we had a few clusters of Agapanthus on the side of the house that just bloomed year after year with seemingly very little care. Today, as a garden and flower lover I appreciate agapanthus even more, and was so thrilled to see it in bloom at the beginning of August…
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The Stunning Glory Bush, Pleroma Heteromallum, Blooms In Northern California
Glory Bush also called silver leaved princess flower with the botanical name of Pleroma Heteromallum (though it has a few botanical names as well, strangely enough!) is a stunning purple flower with velvety leaves that is quite unique and happends to grow very well in Northern California, specifically, the historic Haddon HIll neighborhood in Oakland,…
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Stunning Amaryllis Belladonna Blooms In Oakland, California
One of the many treats of visiting my mother for a few weeks, this August, in Oakland California, as all the amazing gardens I enjoyed in the neighborhood where we stayed, historic Haddon Hill, just above Lake Merrit. Northern Californians love drought resistant and dramatic front yards these days, that front lawn is long gone,…