Wax-Leaf Begonia Begonias are native to moist tropical subtropical climates and belong to a genus of more than 1300 different species. Begonia semperfloren-cultorum or Wax-Leaf Begonia is an herbaceous perennial. Herbaceous meaning the fleshy stems are green, not woody but soft. The leaves have a waxy look, thus the name Wax begonia. Wax Begonias […]
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Dipladenia Dipladenia is a member of the mandevilla family. Others name Rocktrumpet. Dipladenia is a tropical vine which grows bushier with smaller leaves and blooms than mandevilla The colorful trumpet like flowers come in bright colors of red, pink, white and rarely yellow or with yellow throat. It provides bright color throughout the summer.
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(Image above: Tomatoes in a large garden pot) Garden Therapy I need not say more about the trying times we are experiencing in the world and more importantly in our own communities. In these stressful times, many of us including myself need turn to other ways to relieve anxiety, boredom and to cope. Cabin fever
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Vertical Gardening Vertical gardening is becoming the new craze in gardening but we have been doing vertical gardening all along. Last month we talked about climbing roses which is one of the most popular ways we garden vertically. Many plants naturally grow vertically or show their best form vertically like roses, wisteria, honeysuckle and other
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Climbing Roses A climbing rose can be a climber or rambler. A climber is any rose that grows 12 inches to 15 inches or more. Climbers come in a variety of sizes including miniature flower blooms from 6 feet to 30 feet. Ramblers, more currently known as hybrid wichuriana or hybrid multiflora, only bloom once
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