Using rock for a hard place
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Rocks are a multi-purpose low maintenance option for enhancing gardens and yards. When landscaping with rock, choices of size, shape, texture and color depend on the intended purpose as well as personal preference. Careful consideration of the area surrounding the yard or garden is helpful. Sales people can offer knowledgeable landscaping advice and often allow samples to be taken home for trial use.
Publication Name: The American Gardener
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1087-9978
Year: 1996
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Just green
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Green flowers present a number of landscaping options, used either as a spacer between more colorful plants or as the central focus of a garden or landscape. A wide variety of green flowering plants exist, and the various hues of green they produce can be used to create a garden of subtle variety. Green flowering bulbs, trees, shrubs, perennials, and annuals are described.
Publication Name: The American Gardener
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1087-9978
Year: 1996
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Tradescantias unbound: these humble house plants tale on new dimensions in the summer border
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The plant genus Tradescantia includes a number of purple plants ideal for providing contrasting colors in landscapes and beautiful in their own right. One such plant is the Purple Heart, which maintains its violet color throughout the summer and fall. The wandering Jew, the oyster plant and other easily grown and managed purple members of the genus are discussed.
Publication Name: The American Gardener
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1087-9978
Year: 1996
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