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The Azalea Shrubs Are Easy Plants To Grow In Shade
By Patrick Malcolm · 17 years ago
Most gardeners consider the azalea shrub as an easy plant to grow, if located in the most suitable environment. Azaleas can be divided into two recognizable groups, the evergreen azalea and the deciduous azalea, which ...
Web Review - Modern Canna Cultivars
By Patrick Malcolm · 17 years ago
One of the most perplexing and aggravating problems in marketing canna lilies or buying canna rhizomes from the retail market is the practice of renaming canna cultivars of old or new hybrids with illegitimate names. ...
History Of Pine Trees
By Patrick Malcolm · 17 years ago
Since the year eight hundred ten the city of Venice, Italy has been standing strong and mighty with its ever present clock tower, and St. Marks square. What few people know however is that 'The ...
Modern Hybrid Canna Lily Improvement
By Patrick Malcolm · 17 years ago
Modern canna cultivars (varieties) began appearing 250 years ago with the collection of native wild cannas that are technically referred to by botanists as "species." Canna wild species produced large leaves that were fast growing ...
The History Of Important Flowering Trees
By Patrick Malcolm · 17 years ago
Most flowering trees are small and can be planted in full sun or partial shade, being easily adapted to small yards. The Japanese Saucer Magnolia, Magnolia x Soulangiana, awakens in late winter or early spring. ...
History Of Persimmons, ‘Diospyros Kaki L.’
By Patrick Malcolm · 17 years ago
Japanese persimmons, ‘Diospyros kaki L.,' were introduced into the United States from Japan by Admiral Perry who discovered the fruit growing on the coast of Southern Japan in 1851.
Most of the early Japanese persimmon ...
History Of Raspberry Plants
By Patrick Malcolm · 17 years ago
According to Luther Burbank, who studied and hybridized raspberries and blackberries more than any other horticulturalist, and wrote his classical 8 volume treatise on Small Fruits and Fruit Improvement in 1921; the red raspberry plant ...
History Of Apple Trees
By Patrick Malcolm · 17 years ago
Apple trees were the most popularly grown fruit tree in colonial America and practically every settlement farm and backyard gardener planted this easily grown fruit tree, or easier, the seed of the apple could be ...
America’s Ancient, Historical Hickory Trees
By Patrick Malcolm · 17 years ago
In 1792, William Bartram reported in his book, Travels, the discovery of a native shagbark hickory nut that he called ‘Juglans exaltata.' Today, shagbark hickory is called ‘Carya ovata.' Bartram reported that this shagbark hickory ...
History Of Grapevines
By Patrick Malcolm · 17 years ago
The first documentation of grapevines growing in the Americas was discovered in researching the logbook of navigator Giovanni de Verazzano, who reported in 1504 that a large "white grape" was vigorously growing at Cape Fear, ...
The Ancient Crinum Lily Inhabiting The Island Of St. Simon, And Sea Island, Ga.
By Patrick Malcolm · 17 years ago
William Bartram, a notable, early American botanist, extensively explored the Island of St. Simons in Georgia; describing vividly the landscape, animals and plants in the area, along with his personal encounters with islanders, and in ...
The History Of Almond Tree, ‘Prunus Dulcis’
By Patrick Malcolm · 17 years ago
The ancient travelers and traders, who circulated back and forth over the Silk Road route between Greece and Turkey, used almonds in their commercial trading, in exchange for other expensive and desirable goods. Native almond ...
History Of The Loquat
By Patrick Malcolm · 17 years ago
Loquats, ‘Eriobotrya japonica,’ are documented to have been grown in Japan around 1100 AD. Some botanists have suggested that the first plantings of the loquat trees may have come from China originally and later were ...
History Of Blackberry Plants
By Patrick Malcolm · 17 years ago
Blackberries were perceived by the ancient cultures as being a wild plant, and historical accounts for a backyard culture of blackberry bushes are few. The Greeks used the blackberry as a remedy for Gout, and ...
History Of The Mayhaw
By Patrick Malcolm · 17 years ago
Very little information can be found in the historical docket on the native American fruit, the mayhaw, ‘Crataegus aestivalis.’ This is true because of several factors, one being the size of the mayhaw and the ...
History Of The Pawpaw Tree
By Patrick Malcolm · 17 years ago
Pawpaw trees were discovered in 1541 by the Spanish explorer, Hernando Desoto, on an excursion into the Mississippi Valley, and he sent samples of this plant back to Europe.
William Bartram in 1776 stated in ...
History Of Olive Trees
By Patrick Malcolm · 17 years ago
Olive trees, ‘Olea europaea,’ are the oldest fruit trees and certainly are one of the most important fruit trees in history. Olive tree culture has been closely connected to the rise and fall of Mediterranean ...
History Of Oak Trees, Quercus Sp.
By Patrick Malcolm · 17 years ago
Heroditus, the father of ancient history, recorded in the mid-400's B.C., that oak trees were reputed to have within their boughs, the gift of prophecy. The presence of oak tree galls in oak trees is ...
History Of The Jujube Tree
By Patrick Malcolm · 17 years ago
Chinese poets spoke about the wonderful jujube in 600 BC. The fruit of the jujube has been used in ancient Chinese medicine for many nutritional remedies for 2500 years. Jujubes were used by Gerard in ...
History Of Blueberry Plants
By Patrick Malcolm · 17 years ago
Very few historical records exist on ancient blueberry culture in the Greek and Roman empires. Those cultures did use parts of the blueberry plants and fruit to eat or to treat ailments. The size and ...