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Dazzling Dahlias – 21 in a series – Dahlias: Beautiful Varieties for Home & Garden By Naomi Slade and Georgianna Lane

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Fall blooms for an explosion of color in the garden.

The dahlia is a fabulous cutting flower for the home garden. Cut one bloom, and ten more appear on the plant. Blooming late summer to the first frost of autumn, this native of Mexico provides explosions of color in home gardens. The author’s commentary unearths the dahlia from its Aztec origins and imparts practical, hands-on knowledge for growing and overwintering these tropical plants in wintry climes.

Including classics like Caf au Lait and lesser-known varieties like Voodoo and Honka, readers will discover a stunning range of specimens from tiny pompoms to heavy-headed dinner plates, to those that resemble daisies, sea anemones, and even fireworks

Naomi Slade is a well-known journalist and photographer specializing in gardening, environment, and lifestyle. A biologist by training, naturalist by inclination, and with a lifelong love of plants, she contributes regularly to a range of British publications including The English Garden and House and Garden, and appears on TV and radio.

Georgianna Lane is a leading floral, garden and travel photographer whose work has been widely published. Her work has featured in BBC Gardens Illustrated, Gardener’s World, Romantic Homes and Victoria. Visit her blog at georgiannalane.com, which chronicles her styled floral photo shoots and more.

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Wisteria announces the coming spring

Wisteria announces the coming spring via Instagram

Our wisteria started sprouting new leaves just a few days ago, showing that spring is in full swing here in Southern California.

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From Gardening Don’ts (1913) by M.C. 17

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From Gardening Don'ts (1913) by M.C. 17

DON’T try to make a
daffodil hedge. They
look so miserable standing
stiffly like soldiers ‘ at atten-
tion,’ instead of scattered
about in happy groups.

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Historical Garden Books – 67 in a series – A-B-C of vegetable gardening by Eben Eugene Rexford

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Historical Garden Books - 67 in a series - A-B-C of vegetable gardening by Eben Eugene Rexford

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FOREWORD

NOT everybody has a garden. Some deny themselves the pleasure and the profit of one because they have never had any experience in gardening, and have somehow got the impression that special training is necessary to make a success of the undertaking. Here is where they make a mistake. There is no special knack about it. Any one who owns a bit of land, and has some time that can be given to garden-work, and an inclination to do so, can make a gardener of himself in a season — and a successful one, too — if he allows himself to be governed by the advice of some one who has had some experience along this line.

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Captivating Cactus and Striking Succulents: 23 in a series – Echeveria from Succulents Box

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Captivating Cactus and Striking Succulents: 23 in a series - Echeveria from Succulents Box

Echeveria is a family of rose-shaped succulents native to the semi-desert regions of Central America. Echeverias are one of the most popular succulents thanks to its charming rosettes with gorgeous water-storing leaves. Echeveria succulents come in a variety of beautiful colors and usually produce stunning flowers. They are super easy to care for, grow quickly, and can tolerate drought. 

Echeveria succulents would make a great addition to any decor. Not only do succulents add a bit of tropical greenery to their surroundings, they are also quite sustainable and easy to keep alive. You can freshen up your living room decor with Echeverias, or use them as luscious additions to your wedding decor! 

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Historical Seed Catalogs: Webster’s mammoth packet & bulk seeds (1900) – 54 in a series

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Historical Seed Catalogs: Webster’s mammoth packet & bulk seeds (1900) – 54 in a series

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TO THE TRADE:

I am glad of this opportunity to present you with my “Wholesale List of High Grade Seeds* I realize fully that QUALITY COUNTS FOR MORE in this than in any other line of merchandise, and I do not need to tell you that cheap seed, grown by irresponsible growers in a careless and haphazard manner, with but the one object in view of reducing the cost of production regardless of quality, are never cheap seed to buy, no matter at what price they can be, procured* Such seed are sure to be a sore disappointment to the one who uses them and an injury to the trade of the dealer who sells them. The prosperity of the country, the advance in wages and better prices for produce has had its effect in a general way upon the value of seeds, and no one should expect to get their seed at as low a price as in the last few years of depression, light trade and overproduction* Prices of seed are firm and advancing* Not in years have all the conditions of the seed trade been as healthy as at present* Competition is brisk among seedsmen, but we do not find it necessary to put the price below the cost of production in order to effect sales* There is no surplus stock in sight and of very many things there will not be enough to go around* We want to congratulate all who placed their orders for bulk seed with us early, as they have profited by so doing, and I would suggest that any who have not ordered attend to the matter as soon as possible, as there are many items on which the supply will be exhausted before the season is over.



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The Breeze In The Trees – A Minute In The Garden for A Gardener’s Notebook [Video]

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Dazzling Dahlias – 20 in a series – Dahlia Garden At The Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens

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Dahlia Garden

Typical bloom time: June through October – Peak in August and September

Dahlias were one of the first flowers that Gardens’ founder Ernest Schoefer planted. At the time they were located in what is now the Perennial Garden. In the early 1980s, they were eventually moved to their current location on the South trail just past the Vegetable Garden.


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New gardens at the L.A. Zoo show us how we can help birds at home via The Los Angeles Times

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Los Angeles Zoo bird curator Mike Maxcy believes small changes can have a huge effect — in the garden and in wildlife.

“Habitat loss is the worst, but you can mitigate it,” he said. “During this time of year we have a mass migration of birds from the Pacific Flyway. It’s important to remember that there are small things we can do to help them.”

Prompted by 2018’s designation as the Year of the Bird, the zoo planted six bird-friendly demonstration gardens earlier this year in an effort to create a template for visitors to use in their yard, patio or porch at home.

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DON’T ‘buck’ about
the size of your daffo-
dils ; Nature and a bit of earth
did it all !

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