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Yellow Hibiscus is the state flower of Hawaii. When we visited Hawaii I fell in love with the Hibiscus, I did some research and found that there are at least 2 varieties being hardy and non-hardy. The difference is non-hardy must be brought indoors in my planting zone area 6-8. They can't survive in the lower temperatures. That was more than I had time for so I started looking for perrenial hardy plants that I could grow outdoors. The label must say hardy or you will have to bring them indoors for winter unless your planting zone is more tropical. Hardy plants can be left in the ground for most zones except for exstream northern zones. Winter care is easy, cut the plants back to the ground and cover with a layer of fresh leaves or mulch to help protect the plant roots. Also I have found it beneficial to lightly sprinkle some miracle grow on the ground before covering to give the roots a fast start in the spring. Hibiscus are late coming up in the spring not emerging until ground temperatures start to rise, so don't be allarmed if you don't see any signs of them till some time in June. In the spring I place wrought iron trellises over my plants and feed the branches up thru the framework as they grow, be careful they break easily. If you don"t find a way to hold them up they spray out , look messy, and have more green than blossums, proper care and watering will have your plants blooming early summer to fall. I started 4 years ago with one Lord Baltimore that now stands 8' tall in late summer, and now have 8 hardy and 1 non-hardy plants of various colors. They are beautiful around water gardens and benches or outdoor furniture. I might add that if you are going to share your plantings do it in the spring just as they are starting to emerge and dig up a root section to split off to avoid breaking branches. Enjoy, Tommie
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Beautiful Roses
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Did You Know ?
Modern garden design has a very long history and all the years of garden design have played into the current trends. The first gardens that were planted purely for visual enjoyment date back to the 1500s in Egypt. There are paintings on Egyptian tombs that reflect gardens that were simply beautiful and not necessarily for food purposes. These drawings show ponds surrounded by palms and acacias. Other famous gardens from long ago include the hanging gardens of Babylon and the paradise garden of Persia. There are many mentions of gardens throughout old texts from Aristotle to others. As a result, the garden design we have today has lots of different influences from hundreds of years of gardens.
Zen gardens from China and Japan and villa gardens from Italy all developed from these original gardens. English landscape gardens and French parterres were also influenced. As a result, all of these garden styles have influenced today’s modern gardens as well. A little bit of style and technique is taken from each garden to create a completely modern look and style. Today’s gardens frequently have vinyl fencing as well to protect them or interlocking pavers that act as stepping stones rather than actual stones as the old gardens had. Vinyl fencing is new in gardens because before only wooden or steel fences were available. But, the new vinyl fencing is outstanding because it enhances a garden and is easy to clean not to mention lasts forever
Flower gardens became incredibly popular throughout the 19th and 20th centuries and today they remain so. Interestingly enough, but the gardens of the 20th century also resulted in city planning. There are a lot of interesting facts about gardening and how it started as well as how it ended up in today’s modern designs. Of course, just because modern gardens have been influenced so much by the past does not mean they are like the gardens of the past. Instead, modern gardens reflect elements that have been inspired from past gardens as well as different trends that have recently been implemented thanks to new design techniques and technology. Modern gardening really has been influenced by many different things and as each day passes there will be more changes in gardening.
Natalie Aranda writes about gardening. A little bit of style and technique is taken from each garden to create a completely modern look and style. Today’s gardens frequently have vinyl fencing as well to protect them or interlocking pavers that act as stepping stones rather than actual stones as the old gardens had. Vinyl fencing is new in gardens because before only wooden or steel fences were available.
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