Archive for October, 2009

Rhododendron Canascens

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

The genus rhododendron consists of many species but Rhododendron canescens gives the most beautiful flowers of all of them. The word canescens is from the latin ‘canescen’ which means ‘becoming gray’. This refers to the dense hairs found on the twigs and leaves of this plant, giving them a grey appearance. It is quite easy [...]

Rhododendron

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Rhododendron is the name given to a genus of flowering plants that all belong to the Eriaceae family. This large genus has more than one thousand species in it and almost all of them have spectacular flower displays. Most of the plants belonging to this genus are known as azaleas to many gardeners. Rhododendron is [...]

Ceratophyllym Demersum - Coontail

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Ceratophyllym demersum (also known as the Coontail) is an undersea rootless perennial plant with several branches with rigid bushy whorls of split dark green leaves. This underwater plant is often seen growing in lakes, streams, ponds and slow running waterways all over the country. There are several species of Coontail which have now made Florida [...]

Typha - Cattails

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Typha is a genus of several species of flowering plants in the monogeneric family, Typaceae. Typha is native to many parts of the northern hemisphere but it can be found in many temperate and subtropical areas also. Typha will grow almost anywhere -common habitats include wet meadows, river edges, wet woodlands, marshes, ponds, lakes, floating [...]

The Definition of a Wholesale Nursery

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

A wholesale nursery is where plants are grown and sold for transplanting, for budding, grafting or layering, stocks or for restoration, wetland mitigation or conservation, environmental landscaping or for the beautiful gardens found at innumerable homes, businesses, parks and a myriad of other landscapes. Wholesale nurseries produce and distribute everything you need for your projects, [...]

Getting Started in Home Gardening

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

Being around flowers, plants and gardens in general relaxes the mind and is very therapeutic for most people. This is why a lot people of taken up the hobby of gardening in their spare time.
Some are intimidated to try it as a leisure pursuit because they feel they don’t have the skills and enough know-how [...]

Garden Benches - The Complete Situation For a Gentle Time

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

After passing so numerous precious hours to Complete your flower garden and after carefully opting and locating the flowers in them, you can forthwith treasure a unfeigned forge of artistic production. You perceive your flower garden as the range where you can expend time looking up to its beauty and gorgeousness. It is a different [...]

Wholesale Wetland Plants

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

We all think that plants cannot grow well in acidic soil, but there are plants that grow perfectly in wet and salty soil. These plants are called the wetland plants. It is easy for any new nursery to start with this category of plants, till it establishes itself. They have special cells near the roots [...]

Berry Plants

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

One of the berry plants is he black raspberry is a perennial plant with biennial stems or canes that grow from the perennial root system. During its first year of growth, the black raspberry grows to full height of 4 to seven feet with no branches and producing large pinnate leaves with five or seven [...]

The Hop Sedge - Carex Lupulina

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

The Carex lupulina, better known as hop sedge, is a native perennial sedge that is a straw color with a green center. Its margins are transparent and taper to long points or are shortly, rough awned. This grass-like plant will grow to be approximately 2 to 3 feet and will produce dramatic clusters of light [...]