Behind the garden gate
Article Abstract:
Margaret Pokrony, a longtime Back Bay gardener and former president of the Garden Club describes the way she converted her parking area into her secret garden with an aim to create shady, cool cocoon outisde her kitchen with an all-white theme. Some of her plantings in the garden include hydrangea and a flowering Akebia quinata, as well as clematis, cherry laurel, ferns, hostas, European ginger, azaleas, ground covers, and a perennial geranium.
Publication Name: Yankee
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0044-0191
Year: 2006
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Write it down
Article Abstract:
Several guidelines by experts for maintaining a garden journal that would make garden come alive during off-season and inspire one to prepare for spring's arrival are presented. Some of the entries to be recorded include details on the way plant is responding to the weather and if they need extra help in the form of fertilizers to bloom.
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Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0044-0191
Year: 2006
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New England garden advice from R.Wayne Mezitt
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R.Wayne Mezitt answers the reader's queries and provides advice on gardening in New England. A few readers' doubts regarding the chrysanthemums, weed purslane, and peppermint are answered.
Publication Name: Yankee
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0044-0191
Year: 2006
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