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Hanging Gardens of Babylon Hanging Gardens of Babylon
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dahlia dahlia
dahlia [for Anders Dahl, 1751-89, Swedish botanist and pupil of Linnaeus ], any plant of the genus Dahlia of the family Asteraceae ( aster family), tuberous-rooted perennials native to Mexico and Guatemala and widely cultivated in gardens. Most of the several thousand horticultural varieties... Read more
garden balsam garden balsam
garden balsam common name for the species Impatiens balsamina, a member of the jewelweed family. ... Read more
garden garden
garden land set aside for the cultivation of flowers, herbs, vegetables, or small fruits, for either utility or ornament. Gardens range in size from window boxes and small dooryard plots to the public botanical garden and commercial truck garden (see truck farming ). Garden types are also widely... Read more
Gertrude Jekyll Gertrude Jekyll
Gertrude Jekyll 1843-1932, British artist, landscape gardener, and crafts artist. She was associated with William Robinson and Edwin Lutyens in developing an informal and natural style of garden. Her works include Wood and Garden (1899) and Garden Ornament (1918).... Read more
kindergarten kindergarten
kindergarten XIX. — G., ‘children's garden’, f. g. pl. of kind child + garten GARDEN.... Read more
coreopsis coreopsis
coreopsis , or tickseed, names for species of Coreopsis, a chiefly North American genus of the family Asteraceae ( aster family). They are easily cultivated annuals or perennials with daisylike heads of flowers in various colors—commonly yellow or variegated. Garden kinds are sometimes... Read more
gaillardia gaillardia
gaillardia , any plant of the genus Gaillardia of the Asteaceae family ( aster family), including annual, biennial, and perennial herbs with showy heads of red and/or yellow ray flowers and usually purple disk flowers. In the W United States they grow wild in large quantities (hence the name... Read more
garden city garden city
Garden City and Garden Suburb. The concept of the Garden City was devised in England by Ebenezer Howard in order to combine the benefits of town and country, and involved the creation of a town built in the countryside with all facilities, places of work, etc. Influenced by the Garden Suburbs... Read more
calendula calendula
calendula , any species of the genus Calendula, Old World plants of the family Asteraceae ( aster family). The common calendula ( C. officinalis ), an annual with yellow to deep orange flower heads produced through a long blooming season, was a popular garden flower in Shakespeare's... Read more

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Fall's a good time to tame the wild bunch.(Home & Garden)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) ...perennials in my flower garden went wild this summer...plantings of yarrow and garden phlox which beg...in place in the garden. Then I'll fill...annual flowers - compete for attention. Sometimes I also...fall bloomers like ...
A year in the life of a garden PLANNING CAN YIELD A SEASON OF FULL BLOOM
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) ...living room, a garden is never static...to the towering asters and sunflowers of...Oriental lilies, aster frikartii, a few...emphasize blue-pink asters and dahlias and blue monkshood. Of the asters I've grown, the...cosmos and cleome ...
PERENNIALS BRING SPLASH OF COLOR TO SPRING GARDEN.(Home)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) ...their role in the garden and how to make...be available at garden centers and bedding...phlox; and hardy asters and mums for autumn...compels us to call attention to it. Produced by Kimberly Garden, it is titled...shrubs that could ...
Autumn at the arboretum
Magazine article from: Minnesota Monthly ...Goldenrod, heliopsis, asters, and tall grasses...expanded entrance garden just outside the...is a 'secret' garden with a small seating...color scheme for his garden beds of annuals...Home Demonstration Gardens, herbs, grasses...flowers, and ...
Mismatched Successes; Sometimes the Most Unlikely Combinations Are the Best
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post ...the subtle hardy aster are at a great disadvantage...in his northwest garden and his downtown...And unless the garden is large, it is...several such plants compete for attention. For instance...it qualifies as a garden ...
A walk in the woods; `Designed' woodland is bright with fall color.(Arts and...
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald ...Flower Society's Garden in the Woods, nature...eye-level plants compete with the colored...described it, "a wild garden." Curtis, a graduate...them to visit his Garden in the Woods. In...immediately draw attention to the ground. Among...are ...
Country & Garden: Flowers of Scotland, rise again Catch a last burst of...
Newspaper article from: The Independent (London, England) ...favourites standing to attention in squared-off...walled kitchen-garden where these wondrous...gardener when the garden was laid out between...kerbs marking out the garden paths are massive...Hybrids', with Aster frikartii, penstemon...it is ...
The big dish: turkey? Check. Stuffing? Yes, and pumpkin pie, too. But do you...
Magazine article from: O, The Oprah Magazine ...64. Extras: Chest, Mecox Gardens. Tassels, Tinsel Trading...centerpiece, heap masses of asters, pompons, grapes, and berries...want elaborate platters that compete with the food--the shine is attention-getting enough. 1. Round...

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