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Gardening week ahead: Renovating sunloving plants
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Shrubs from warmer climates often become leggy if not pruned on a regular basis. Others may have been damaged by cold. Now is the time to wield the secateurs. Shrubs such as perovskia, caryopteris and lavatera can all be hard-pruned annually down to a

Plant profile: Garden geranium
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"Scientific name: Pelargonium x hortorum "Growth habit: Upright to rounded evergreen perennials growing to 2 feet tall and wide. The leaves are medium to dark green, rounded in shape often with wavy margins and a fragrance, some with colorful zonal

How to care for seedlings
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Easter weekend is the perfect time to think about sowing seeds, and most will germinate happily at 59F/15C. However, seeds thrive in stable conditions and the difference between day and night time temperatures can affect their growth. There are various

Nick's garden: Souq charm and plant bargains
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If youre new to gardening in the capital you may be disappointed to find a lack of garden centres or specialist plant nurseries that are open to the public. But dont be dismayed, because Abu Dhabi has a unique source of plants and garden equipment: the

No space? Go with a vertical garden tapestry
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The Athenaeum Patrick Blanc's latest vertical garden concept drapes eight stories of London's Athenaeum Hotel. An exhibition at the American Institute of Architects in San Francisco highlights a decades-old idea pioneered by French naturalist Patrick

Kelly Keiser's tidy career from childhood knack
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Russell Yip / The Chronicle STYLEMAKER SPOTLIGHT: Kelly Keiser Kelly Keiser's knack for design dates to childhood. "I was the little girl with the ever-changing bedroom and a fetish for wallpaper," she said. "I was constantly tidying up my parents' house

How green can planters go? Through the roof
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What's not to like about green roofs? They help naturally insulate and cool buildings, combat the urban heat island effect and give city dwellers a welcome taste of nature. Though government incentives to create green roofs are slowly improving, the

Let's move to Waltham Abbey, Essex
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What's going for it? I always spy Waltham Abbey from the M25. Normally at 6mph in a chronic tailback, thanks to ongoing contraflows due to ongoing men digging a hole. I'd never thought about actually going there. No, no, hold on, I did! Mostly on

Brighten your garden with flowering...
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Brighten your garden with flowering shrubs Send to a friend * marked fields are required. * Your name * Friend's e-mail Comment Action Submit Enjoy an abundance of blooms with the addition of a flowering shrub to your garden Previous Page 1 of 7

Le Grand Tour
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The 73rd annual Maryland House & Garden Pilgrimage (MHGP) is set to kick off April 25 in the Baltimore’s beautiful and historic Guilford neighborhood. Spanning four consecutive weekends from Sunday, April 25 through Sunday, May 16, 2010, the MHGP

What is Green?
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Our April/May print issue just published, and the new ‘current issue’ has been updated on CH.com. Following is the letter to readers I offered as an intro to the current issue: Ten years ago, if I met you at a party and you told me you worked in

Jigsaw launches new home collection
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Give your bedroom a new look for summer with bedlinen from Jigsaw Widely known for women's fashion, Jigsaw is a British high street favourite. Now you can get the look in your bedroom too with the just-launched Jigsaw Home range of beautiful bedlinen.

Blanche Vaughan's perfect spring frittata
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All around, I see buds and signs of new life appearing. The aquadulce broad beans are now fully formed little plants and the sweet peas have made it out of the cold frame into the beds. The spinach and sorrel are doing well and for the first time this

Top 5 Home Improvements That Help You Sell
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Are you selling your home soon? To get the best price, take some time right now to get it ready to sell. While you may need to tackle some basic repair issues first, these simpler cosmetic improvements can help polish up your home and set the tone for a

What to do about stunted primula stems
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Helen Yemm advises cutting stunted primula back to remove stem infected with fasciation. Sheila Stebbing sent me a picture of one of her primulas that has developed an extraordinary, flattened, curved and distorted stem which, on close inspection,

How to prune mahonia
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Helen Yemm offers a couple of solutions to a reader's mahonia problem. Can you help with a mahonia problem? Ours is quite old and large - 10ft high and about the same width and is a useful screen between us and the house opposite. However, about a third

The shape of slow-release fertiliser
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Helen Yemm says that the rise of availability and variety of slow-release fertiliser has confused a few gardeners. Can you tell me what I find lurking in my soil often around small plant roots, and often in the soil/compost (which is better than my

How to eradicate bindweed
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Absolutely on cue the first rogue shoots of bindweed are winding their way out of the soil like a little green army of synchronised snakes as the first email on the subject pings into my in-box. And yes, Tony Hands, as you suspect, I have broached this

Identity of shears and shirt
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Marion Law asks me to identify the interesting-looking scarlet-handled snips, as she calls them, that I was holding in a photograph that appeared here on February 27. They are my beloved Jakoti one-handed shears. They were sent to me to try for a

Graphic Stripe mat from Turtle Mat
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Fed up of muddy floors? These super-efficient doormats are just the answer Ah the joys of cat ownership! Muddy paws all over my home - from the floor to the coffee table to the kitchen worktop. I've long since given up trying to train the little mite to

Yamaha Intros 3D-Ready Home Theater Receivers
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Yamaha has announced its latest line of Home Theater Receivers that bring more advanced features to an affordable price level. The three new Home Theater Receivers: RX-V367, RX-V467, and RX-V567 are all 3D-ready for broadcast and cable sources and will

Weed problem? Try garden tips from the pros
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Summertime can't come soon enough - gardens, ordering seeds, planning and plotting have been on your mind. For the best garden without a lot of effort, consider tips from the pros. Flower gardens: Whether you're creating a cutting garden or a perennial

The Deal: Weekend sale at Seaside Gardens discounts all plants by 20%
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Seaside Gardens in Carpinteria is just another retail nursery like St. Peterescape_start39;s is just another church. On its three acres are 11 demonstration gardens composed of succulents, tropicals and other wondrous plants from South Africa, Australia,

How to cook up kitchen savings
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For the DIY enthusiast spring slots neatly between Christmas bills and the summer break, and offers the perfect opportunity to get around to those outstanding renovation projects. If a new kitchen is on your radar make sure you utilise your bargaining

Candy This Way
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' There's no doubt about where to get the goodies when you light up the night with this clever display. This is a really fun way to make the path to your house a little more special for all your trick or treaters. So what you need to do is you need to

The Grim Reaper
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' Let the Grim Reaper stand guard this Halloween and nobody will dare take any extra treats. This ghoulish guy is really simple to put together. What you need is take a few pumpkins for the body of course one for the head, some stone textured spray paint

How to prune winter shrubs
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Dogwoods shine in winter light when their pencil-thick stems catch the low sun. These hardy, tough shrubs are also happy growing close to water and the mirror-like surface can emphasise the haze of colour. Cornus sericea 'Flaviramea' is a warm olive

Local plant sales offer tried-and-true offerings for North Texas gardens
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Trees are putting on leaves, flowers are blooming and new plants are sprouting. All of which means that it's time for spring plant sales, where you can stock up on old-fashioned annuals and perennials from fellow gardeners; new, hard-to-find specimens;