UprightSedum(Sedum)
Sedum"AutumnJoy",ahybridofS.spectabileandS.telephium,isanexcellentplantforbeginnergardener.Itteachestwoimportantlessons:thatfoliageandshapearejustasimportantasflowers,andthatahandfulofreliableperformersplantedingroupsofthreeormoremakesagarden,whereasoneofeverythingamkesamess.Withitsresilientbeauty,anuprightsedumanchorsagardenaswellasanyclippedshrub,bringingou...[
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Lady's-mantle(Alchemilla)
Takealookatlady's-mantleafteralightrain.Itsvelvety,lilypad-likeleavesholdtheraindropsliketranslucentpearls.Lady's-mantleiseasytogrowandputsupplumesoffeatherychartreuseflowersthatcanmakethemostcommonflowersseemglamorous.Itisanaturalcompanion,self-effacingbutneverdull.Itssubtlecolorsandsoft,moundinghabitlendasenseofcohesion,softeningstridentattetion-seekerswhilecoa...[
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Salvia(Salvianemorosa)
Salviaisanextremelyhardyanddiseaseresistantplant.Ithaslongbloomingseasonfromsummertofall.Itdoesn'tmindlongdryspellsandisn'tfinickyaboutsoil.Thewholeplantcanbeshearedbacktothenewgrowthattheplant'sbaseifdryweatherorhighwindsdamagetheolderleaves.Theflowerattractbutterfliesandhummingbirds.Thereareover700speciesrangingfromtheubiquitousflamingredannualtolow,floweringgroun...[
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PurpleConeflower(Echinaceapurpurea)
LikemagnoliasintheDeepSouth,cactusinArizona,andivyinNewEngland,purpleconeflowersexudeprideofplace.They'reruggedmidwesternprairieplantswhoseerectstemsanddurableflowersalsomakethemidealforacuttinggarden.Butterfliesandbeeslovetheflowers.Whenthepetalsfadeandfall,thegoldenbrowncenterremainswithseeds,addinginteres...[
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瑞雪住townhome。一住就是好幾年，沒有院子。種不了花。眼看春去春來，別人家的花開花謝，nursery裏新品種上市，各種花卉onsale,心癢難挨。最終把patio籬笆和地麵中間開出一小條地，見縫插針的種了幾株花。真盼著有一棟有院子的房子啊。
這是去年種的吊籃，紅，藍，白，美國國旗的顏色。剛剛種下不久的樣子：
長大了，喜歡這種滿滿的溢出來的感覺。
前年的吊籃[
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首先要感謝winter_angle推薦和提供的高質量圖譜。
這個圖譜的特點是非常“純粹”-沒有用任何半針，1/4針，甚至沒有用勾邊。就是單純的用一個一個小小的“x”，組成美麗的枝葉花朵人物。另一個特點是用色巧妙。我所繡過的project，大多要至少20種顏色的線。這個圖譜隻要8種，但是色彩明亮，繽紛，烘托純黑的剪影，效果非常好，越看越喜歡。我用的布顏色是antiquewhite。[
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第一次繡這個圖時，我正在餐館打工掙學費。放工的日子裏也沒有交通工具，那裏也去不成。有一次就逛進了一家needleworkshop。那時一個錢恨不得掰成兩半用，也不知道為什麽就毫不猶豫的買了這本圖紙，配齊了線，就開始繡了。
那次繡好的成品，被我大方的送人了。
然後，就忙起來了。一直忙了這許多年。搬了很多次家，那本圖樣書也丟了。
等到再要繡的時候，[
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推薦一個不傷鹿，不用藥，不用欄杆的device-Scarecrow
Protectyourgardenorpondfromunwantedanimalintruders.
TheScarecrowmotionactivatedsprinklerinstantlyreleasesashortbutstartlingburstofwaterwhenitdetectsanimals.Thesuddenwater,movementandnoisescareanimalsaway,andhelpteachthemtoavoidtheareainthefuture.
點這裏看錄像[
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PerennialNookGarden-ASpring-SummerShow
Thisborderplan,designedinEnglishcountry-gardenstyle,featuresanassortmentofspringandsummer-bloomingplants.Arugosaroseandtwowhite-floweredshrubs-deutziaandmockorange-anchorthecomposition.
ThePlants
A.Anchusaazurea'LoddonRoyalist'(2)
B.AquilegiaMcKanaGiants(McKanahybrids)COLUMBINE(1)
C.Campanulaglomerata'JoanElliott'CLUSTEREDBELLFLOWER(3)
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Peony(Paeonia)
Herbaceous（nonwoody)peoniesarelong-livesplantswithattractive,shinygreenleavesthatformroundedshrubs2to4feettallandwide.So-calledtreepeoniesareactuallydeciduousshrubsthatcangrowto6feettallandproducebloomsthesizeofdinnerplates.Treepeoniesmayalsobedamagedbylate-springfrosts,needsignificantsupportfortheirheavyflowers,andarequiteexpensive,partlybecausethey'redifficulttopropagate...[
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