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Growing Tropical Plants in Phoenix
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With only a few days left to cogitate on your 2009 resolutions, here are a few suggestions that could help our local economy, improve the health of your plants and clean up some of your storage areas. Resolve to grow some of your own food. Plant a ...

Resolution ideas for earth-friendly folk - West Hawaii Today

I didn't find the redeeming value in my graduate taxonomy course at the time, but now I am fascinated with plant families. So I've decided to go where no garden writer I know of has gone before and give a "Family of the Year" award for 2008. Time ...

Acanthus: 2008 plant family of the year - Houston Chronicle

Posted: Today at 11:41 a.m. Optimism always pays off—and for us optimistic gardeners, Mother Nature was certainly on our side in 2008. What a blessing normal rainfall can be ... As we embark on 2009, I thought it was the perfect time to share ...

Gardening Plans for 2009 - WRAL

If there was ever a plant plus holiday combination that screamed “How the heck did that happen?” the poinsettia as a holiday plant is it. This ridiculously tropical, though admittedly lovely, plant has now become a staple in the American holiday ...

A tropical plant, a winter joy - McAlester News-Capital & Democrat

A year after the major drought of 2007 robbed gardens of healthy blooms, I captured eight great looking, interesting plants that seemed no worse for wear in 2008. Here are some suggestions for a Happy New Year in the 2009 garden. • Peppermint Stick ...

Lovely plants to consider in 2009 - Atlanta Journal Constitution

When I caught a plane bound for southwest Florida over the Christmas holiday, I was grateful to forget Southern Oregon's spate of snow and ice and thaw out on a warm beach with palm trees rustling overhead. My grandparents, whom I was visiting in ...

ECHO's global food initiative resonates close to home - Medford Mail Tribune

Outside, the weather is dismal - cold and wet - as we grab a breakfast cuppa at home. By cocktail time, we have traded hats and coats for swimsuits and sandals. While a soft warm breeze rustles the palm trees, we lounge by the pool and order mojitos ...

A quick fix in Florida - Daily Telegraph

NATCHEZ — When The Dart found James and Frances Gwin at their Eastwood Road residence, they were relaxing in the backyard — an area they’ve been working on since moving to Natchez three years ago. As a couple, they are half-retired — she is ...

Couple tackles landscaping - Natchez Democrat

Here are some predictions for gardening in 2009. Most of them will prove to be correct. Staying at home and raising a garden will be the choice of many who find their finances squeezed by the economic downturn. This option will be seen as a way to ...

What’s going to happen in the garden next year - Lynchburg News and Advance

Seventy eight-year-old Betty Grissett came from Oregon to work in the dirt. Wearing light blue gardening pants, patched just above both knees, and faux-designer sunglasses that dwarf her petite frame, she plucks weeds in the rooftop garden and feed ...