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Alpine Garden: The alpine poppy (Papaver nudicaule, P. alpinum, or P. Burseri) is one of those flowers that gives joy wherever it grows. It will easily self-sow without becoming a pest. The taproot is long so it does not transplant with ease. Blossoms are white, orange, yellow, or orange-red and have a sweet fragrance.
Every alpine garden should have a few phlox, and Phlox subulata 'Sneewichen', 3 by 9 inches, is one of the best. While many of its cousins have too-bright colors for a small garden, this one bears tiny, snow-white flowers.
Picea glauca 'Echiniformis', 7 by 9 inches, is another dwarf conifer that makes a fine focal point albeit a small one in the alpine bed.•are plant that was thought only to grow at the cliff's edge). Because most alpine plants are small in stature, Budd was able to ;row some 600 species of unusual and often rare alpines (starting most )f the plants from seed) in an area of about 50 by 50 feet. And by using :he natural terrain of his sloped back yard, and a bulldozer hired for me day, he created the most fitting environment without resorting to mporting rocks. I learned much from his garden: how to get the correct soil mix, :he best way to use rocks with the least effort, how many societies :here were in the world that had seed exchanges, and a true apprecia. Two fine plants for an alpine garden are pictured on the opposite page: an alpine poppy in bloom, its satiny petals in direct contrast to the almost black leaves of the cultivar 'Arabicus' belonging to the genus Ophiopogon. See Also Annual Garden:Flowering tobacco plants come in both day-flowering species, including the very large tobacco plant (Nicotiana Tabacum) of the annual garden (see page 24) and the following night-bloomers for the evening garden. All are treated as annuals with seeds started indoors six weeks before the last spring frost. Plants like a good garden soil liberally laced with compost or manure, and a location either in full sun or partial shade. Set them 1 foot apart. All do well when grown in 12-inch pots on the terrace, as long as they get plenty of water. Space plants 1 foot apart in the garden.It's the first single-digit annual increase since November 2001, when the median price increased an annual 9.2 percent to $238,000. DataQuick's report covers new and previously owned single-family homes and condominiums. Analysts have been predicting for months that the annual appreciation rate would eventually Sink into single digits. On The Other Hand See Shady Garden:A shady garden BACKYARD is not as disastrous as many people think it may be and, in any case, very few backyards have no sun at all; most have at least a gleam for part of the day. However, sunless spots can be brought to life by plants, for there are many that will grow in shady garden conditions.Asingle pool in a garden tends to dominate. This design shows the advantage of using two smaller areas. Placed between the two ponds is a range of bedding plants that thrive in a shady garden, moist environment. With formal pools it is important not to have too many aquatic plants, and shrubs provide adiversity of foliage, which makes the garden seem larger than it really is. |
