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How To Plan A Rose Garden

Roses come in a wide variety of sizes, colors, and growing habits. Know the size dimensions of your rose garden plot before you start buying plants. Do not crowd in too many plants, roses prefer space between plants and adequate air movement. There about 35 different groups of roses, some of the more popular ones are listed below. http://home.ivillage.com/gardening/flowers/0,,82md,00.html

Alba-Alba roses are hybrids that are winter hardy and are shade and drought tolerate. Their beginnings date back to the Roman Empire. These spring bloomers are differentiated from other roses by their grey, scentless leaflets. http://www.rosegathering.com/albas.html

Rugosa-Rugosa roses come in many varieties and hybrids. Known as the rugged roses they do well in poor soil conditions and are extremely disease tolerant. Most gardeners have a least one Rugosa rose, probably chosen for its wonderful fragrance. This type of rose can be identified by its heavily textured, deep veined, bright green foliage. http://www.heirloomroses.com/cgi-bin/browse.cgi?page=cat&cat=Rugosa+Roses

Hybrid tea roses-Long stem, usually one flower per stem. http://www.rose-gardening-made-easy.com/different-types-of-roses.htmlA good choice for the formal rose garden. http://home.ivillage.com/gardening/flowers/0,,82md,00.html

Floribunda- A bushy full shrub rose. Flowers are in clusters and bloom continuously. http://www.rose-gardening-made-easy.com/different-types-of-roses.html

Miniature roses-6" to 2' tall shrub roses with much smaller flowers and smaller overall stem size.

roses- are spreading ...

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Kabloom.com Coupons

Coupons will often require customers make a total purchase over a set dollar amount to receive the discount or purchase a specific type of arrangement or flower to use the deal.http://www.retailmenot.com/view/kabloom.com Each offer is subject to expiration with certain specials limited to the first 20 or 30 orders placed.http://www.facebook.com/KaBloomFlowers?v=wall Unless noted, discounts cannot be applied to service charges or delivery fees.http://www.retailmenot.com/view/kabloom.com

updated 2010-11-07 20:28:37

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How to Propagate Plants

Layering Plants

Some plants can be easily propagated using this method as they naturally reproduce in a similar manner. Simply bend a stalk of the plant into the ground, wait for it to grow roots and detach it from the parent plant.

Other plants can be forced to layer propagate, this is called air layering. To use this method split the stem of the plant about 2/3 of the way through. Wedge moss into the wound and wrap with more moss covered by a dark plastic bag. Keep the moss moist until new roots begin to grow. Once roots are well established detach the portion the rest of the way and plant.http://www.mastergardenproducts.com/gardenerscorner/new_page_4.htm

Grafting Plants:

Grafting is the most difficult method of propagating a plant. This method doesn’t necessarily form a new plant either, rather combines more than one plant. Using grafting you can have one tree grow five different types of fruit.

Grafting can be done in a number of ways. You can read about all the ways in the source to this section as only the easiest method will be covered here. That method is called whip and tongue grafting. When grafting the plant you are attaching the new plant to is called the rootstock and the plant you are attaching is called the scion. Make a 2 1/2 inch long diagonal cut at the top of the rootstock. Then make a matching cut on the bottom of the ...

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How To Grow Cosmos

Cosmos don't really require a lot of care or maintenance. Below is a list of things that can be done to help them grow, but they can grow just fine by themselves without much attention from you at all!

• Cosmos don't like a lot of water and over watering can actually stunt flower production. Water when the soil is dry and during dry spells.http://www.theflowerexpert.com/content/aboutflowers/tropicalflowers/cosmos-pink

• To get shorter plants, pinch the tops out of them before they finish growing.http://www.garden-helper.com/learn/plant_pages/Cosmos.asp This should stunt the plants growth and keep them from getting any bigger.

• As stated before, Cosmos are not prone to disease or insect infestations. The biggest problem would be Aphidshttp://www.garden-helper.com/learn/plant_pages/Cosmos.asp and they can be taken care of with a general pesticide or home made soap spray.

• Most Cosmos are annuals due to the cold winters. You can keep the plant a live by digging it up and bringing it in before the first frost if the season.

• Cosmos reseed themselves freely. To keep them from growing back next year, be sure to remove the seeds from the plant before they have a chance to fall to the ground.

• Deadhead any spent flowers to keep up appearance and encourage new flowers to bloom.

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Chrysanthemums

Once new chrysanthemums have been planted in the spring (or older established mums have been divided at about that same time), the plants require pinching during summer months. This involves pinching off flower buds during the hot weather season to help ensure the plant grows in a healthy, bushy form. This is best done through the first week of August, after which the blooms can be allowed to mature and fully form.http://www.gardens.si.edu/horticulture/res_ed/fctsht/mum.html

Chrysanthemum gardeners may find that spider mites, aphids, and white flies become pests for the plants, and may require treatment during summer or fall months. Otherwise, the plants mostly require adequate watering so that they don't wilt. Wilting can harm bloom production later on.http://www.gardens.si.edu/horticulture/res_ed/fctsht/mum.html

As winter approaches, mums require a reliable coat of mulch to protect their roots from cold winter temperatures and thawing temperature fluctuations.http://www.gardens.si.edu/horticulture/res_ed/fctsht/mum.html

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Peony

Gardeners may notice that the buds will have ants swarmed over them. These ants are harmless and can be left on the plants. The flower buds produce a sweet sap that draws ants to feed. Although the ants don't aid the peony plants in any way (as had been previously thought in the gardening world), they are harmless to both plant and gardener.http://www.gardening-tips-perennials.com/ants-on-peonies.html

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Annual Flowers

Most annuals require some care such as weeding and watering. Weeding will keep the garden looking great and eliminates places for insects, (which may destroy the flower), to hide. Keeping the plants well watered will ensure that they stay healthy, however do not over-water. Most annuals survive on about an inch of water per week. Prune the flowers by removing (pinching off) the faded flowers, (this is called deadheading). This will encourage new growth and keep the garden looking its best.http://www.gardenguides.com/113-annuals-garden-basics-flower-annual.html

updated 2010-07-16 21:46:17

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How To Choose Plants For a Japanese Flower Garden

Every seasoned gardener knows the fight against pests can be a tireless and sometimes brutal endeavor. Watching plants lovingly placed and cared for be devoured by creepy crawlies could be heart breaking. A Japanese flower garden like any other garden has its own specialty brand of pest. The Japanese Beetle could potently destroy a plant in a manner of days. When choosing plants for a Japanese flower garden a gardener should take into consideration the threat of this beetle.

A good way to detour it from trying to devour the garden is to grow plants that the Japanese beetle avoids. Plants that help to drive these beetles away tend to have a very strong smell and taste badly to them. Garlic, catnip, marigolds and chives all seem to detour Japanese beetles. There are also plants that the Japanese beetles simply are not interested in. However these plants may suffer damage from the beetle, but the beetle will soon leave them alone because of lack of interest. Some of the plants included in this group are the American elder, common lilac, holly, pines and flowering dogwood.

By placing these types of plants in the garden the battle between gardener and Japanese beetle could prove to be over before it even began. http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/problems/japanese-beetle-resistant-plants.htm

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Moth Orchid

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