A catalog of useful plants for railroad gardens
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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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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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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How to prune dwarf Alberta spruce In an effort to model conifer trees, garden railroaders usually go to the nearest…
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In the center foreground is low-growing blue angel pilea; on the left is zinfandel oxalis in its green phase; the…
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Over 2000′ of track runs through the relatively lowmaintenance Sunset Valley Railroad of Ted Sharpe in Issaquah, Washington. Dwarf Alberta…
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Dozens of Alberta spruce trees help create a mixed-conifer forest setting at the Little Vista Garden Railway of Larry and…
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