How to use sedum in your railroad garden
Got a brown thumb? Need low, rugged groundcover? Here’s a botanical group of succulents with more than 400 varieties—sedums. Common…
Read moreGot a brown thumb? Need low, rugged groundcover? Here’s a botanical group of succulents with more than 400 varieties—sedums. Common…
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What appear to be small apple trees in bloom are really Mexican false heather, a.k.a. elfin herb (Cuphea hyssopifolia, Zones…
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1. Since 1928, Spruce Falls Power & Paper Company in northern Ontario has provided all the paper for The New…
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Nancy Norris Common name: Elfin thyme Latin name: Thymus serpyllum ‘Elfin’ Plant type: Groundcover Plant size: 2″ x 6″ and…
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Nancy Norris Common name: Silver carpet, Dymondia Latin name: Dymondia margaretae Plant type: Groundcover USDA Hardiness Zones: 9-11 Cultural needs:…
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When gravity, earthquakes, or water pull the rug out from under a cliff face, its strata and fracture lines burst…
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Trees are as essential to a landscape as mountains, hills, and rivers. Those of you living in (and/or modeling) the…
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Sometimes the most expedient way to get your outdoor railway from point A to point B is on benchwork, so…
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Common name: Sweet woodruff Latin name: Galium odoratum, syn. Asperula odorata Plant type: Perennial USDA Hardiness Zones: 4-9 (sheltered or…
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Hardiness Zones are the answer to the question, “Where can I grow this plant?” If you’re planting strictly native plants,…
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Bonsai is an ancient horticultural practice that has been developed into an art form. Years can be spent studying and…
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A gallery of miniature conifers: Nothing gives a sense of scale and believability to a garden railway quite as well…
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