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Garden Style: Formal or Informal?

Chuck — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:00:00 +0000

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Read 'Garden Style: Formal or Informal?' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com. One of the many choices involved when planning a garden is whether the garden will be formal or informal. You may not make a conscious decision about this and let the garden evolve but it will end up being formal or informal anyway. If you want to [...]

Plant Profile: English Boxwood (Buxus sempervirens ‘Suffruticosa’)

Karen — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:10:17 +0000

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There is nothing I like better for a formal garden than English boxwood. I use them now to edge the parterres of my rose garden where they provide a strong structure in winter when the roses are nothing but canes but I have also used [...]

Garden Journal: September 6, 2009

Karen — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:01:14 +0000

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We have enjoyed a whole week of fall like weather with a bit of rain on Monday but clear bright days with cloudless skies the rest of the week. It is the kind of weather that makes you want to work outside and we have been doing [...]

Garden Journal August 23, 2009

Karen — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:19:46 +0000

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We have been on a snorkeling trip in the Bahamas this week so I have no idea what the weather was like but I do see that most of my plants have thrived. The grass and gardens are irrigated and the head gardener set up a temporary [...]

Garden Journal: August 16, 2009

Karen — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:46:27 +0000

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After the horrific heat of last week we have had some cooler weather with no appreciable rain. The heat, especially warm night time temperatures, have made the perennials run through their bloom cycle at lightening speed and the annuals have stepped up to the plate and provide [...]

Garden Journal: July 26, 2009

Karen — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:53:11 +0000

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Read 'Garden Journal: July 26, 2009' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com. Morning clouds and cooler temperatures with a tad of rain made gardening very enjoyable this week. Much time was spent cutting back both annuals and perennials and I am hoping for a rebloom on at least the annuals. I am facing the challenge of filling in the [...]

Garden Journal: July 19, 2009

Karen — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:04:29 +0000

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Read 'Garden Journal: July 19, 2009' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com. Sun, some clouds, and a tad of rain, all with warm to hot temperatures have been good for the garden and gardener. Some flowers come into bloom while others fade, but the foliage of all keep growing and the abundance increases. The abundance is evident in this [...]

Garden Journal: July 12, 2009

Karen — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:21:17 +0000

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Lots of sun and heat this past week but little rain so we have had to turn on the irrigation and do a lot of hand watering. Most plants seem to be happy and continue to do well while others are joining the party. The rose garden [...]

Garden Journal: July 5, 2009

Karen — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:06:03 +0000

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Read 'Garden Journal: July 5, 2009' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com. Sunny days and warm temperatures this week have coaxed the hot weather plants to join the ones that are already in bloom so the garden is filling out. Of course there are also those plants that are on the wane and need a lot of dead heading [...]

Garden Journal: May 24, 2009

Karen — Mon, 25 May 2009 12:10:26 +0000

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Warm temperatures and sunny skies have spurred many perennials into action while the roses continue to bloom, new ones coming into their full glory while others decline. Color is popping up everywhere sometimes in pale tints, other times in strident hues, but all welcome in my garden. [...]