Stewart's Gardening Newsletter
Stewart's Gardening Newsletter is especially for those in the mid south. It will keep you up to date on the latest additions to our garden and web site.
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About Us
Learn more about us and our experience with gardening and see more pictures of our garden.
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About SBI
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What's New At Flowers, Plants, Gardening Advice.Com
What's New keeps you up-to-date with all the additions and changes to the flowers-plants-gardening-advice.com Web site.
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Our Garden Travels
Our garden travels are documented here. We love to visit gardens while on vacation. Here are some of our favorite gardens.
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Annuals
Learn the secret for growing great looking annuals. Online resources, growing tips, our favorite picks.
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Best Perennials For The South
Learn the secrets of growing great perennials, soil prep, fertilizing, watering, staking, buy perennials online
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Best Shade Loving Perennials For The Mid South
In order to have a successful shade garden, you must first analyze your site. Do you have dry soil and shade, or moist soil and partial shade? Match these shade loving perennials to your site as much
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Full Sun Perennials-Russian Sage
Russian sage is one of our favorite perennials her in the Mid South. One of the longest flowering perennials in the garden!
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Hardiness Zone Map
What is the USDA Hardiness Zone map? The best way to be sure that you purchase the right plants for your yard is to know what hardiness zone you are in.
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Herbs
Learn the history, culture, propagation, harvesting, and preservation of herbs
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Lemon Verbena
Lemon Verbena is a semi-deciduous, tender perennial shrub. Considered one of the best loved lemon-scented herbs. The leaves ared used in cooking and crafting. If you have ever grown it once, you wo
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Horticultural Therapy
Horticultural Therapy is a process of using plants and horticultural activities to improve the social, educational,psychological, and physical adjustment of a person.
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Gardening Basics for your Landscape
Learn gardening basics for your landscaping projects. How to make a bed, design for easy care, soil basics
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Raised Flower Beds
If you enjoy gardening, you will eventually be faced with the task of making a new bed. Raised flower beds are great if you have drainage problems or very bad soil.
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Landscape Design - Design for Easy Care
A good landscape design for your home will help you to plan the best use of plant material for your site. There are many free garden design software programs that can help.
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Books on Gardening
books on gardening, free gardening books, online gardening books, organic gardening, childrens gardening
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Mail-Order Catalogs online
Mail-order catalogs online are an easy way to find seeds and plants. Order your catalogs in January and spend time planning your garden.
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Moles
Moles can be devastating to any yard. Learn about some products that can help.
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Kids Gardening
Kids gardening is a wonderful and exciting activity for children of all ages.Learn about projects and gardening skills for each age group
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Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park
You don't want to miss Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park in New York. It is has a variety of flower beds, greenhouses, orchards, and outbuildings surrounding the mansion.
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Yarrow
Yarrow is a herbaceous perennial plant. It's an easy, drought tolerant perennial to add to any garden. Learn to grow, harvest and craft with this herb.
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Drying Flowers
An overview on drying flowers, including harvesting flowers, preserving flowers and storing dried flowers.
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Harvesting Yarrow
Yarrow is a sturdy, popular, and easy perennial to dry. It has large, flat heads of distinctive yellow flowers that have a pungent fragrance. Harvesting yarrow is easy.
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Types of Trees
Different types of trees are perfect for specific areas and needs of your garden. Learn which ones go where.
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Garden Links
Here you will find useful garden links and resources that you can trust.
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The Scented Garden
Learn what herbs are used in a scented garden. Herbs for moth chaser sachets and potpourri
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Insect Identification Guide
Here you will find an insect identification guide of a variety of insects including fall web worms.
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Facts About Soils
Facts about soil. Why is soil so important? What is soil? The ideal soil has a loose, crumbly texture and holds water well, but also drains quickly.
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Squash Bugs
The squash bug can be one of the most annoying bugs in the garden. Problems are particularly hard on winter types of squash like summer squash, melons, and cucumbers.
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Your stories
Much of this web site is about our gardening tips and techniques and gardening advice, but now we want to explore a different path and here your stories and gardening experiences.
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Local Garden Clubs
Local garden clubs are a great way to make new friends and help the . If yours needs a web site. Have one for free here.
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Our Garden
Pictures of our garden. You will see annuals, perennials, and herbs
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Dwarf Fruit Trees
Dwarf fruit trees are gaining in popularity for gift-giving and for use in your own landscape or home decor.
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Mimosa Trees - To Have or Not to Have Not
Mimosa trees can grow up to 25 feet very rapidly. They have a tropical look, are very hardy, and drought tolerant. Should you have them in your yard?
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Fast Growing Trees
Fast growing trees are perfect for certain areas. Here's the experts advice about which ones are best.
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Wreath Making
Wreathmaking is one of the most rewarding experiences for both the wreath maker and all those that have the pleasure of seeing the results. Gathering material for your wreath is part of the fun. A wa
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Soap Making and other Garden Crafts
Soap making is a way to use herbs in culinary,cosmetic, scented, and decorative products, as well as gifts for teachers, parents, grandparents, and for fundraisers for local clubs.
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Hydrangea planting
Hydrangea planting is a must if you love to craft from your garden. Several varieties of hydrangea can be grown for cut or dried flowers. Learn how to plant, care, harvest, and dry you hydrangeas.
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Climbing Hydrangea
The climbing hydrangea is a woody, self-climbing deciduoius climber, which can get as tall as 60 ft (16 m) or more.
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Bulbs For Every Garden
Bulbs give you a rainbow of of dazzling colors with very little work. You can find bulbs for every garden situation including borders, bedding displays, rock gardens, and raised beds.
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Tulip Bulbs
Here in the Mid South, we treat tulips like annuals because of our heat. Tulip bulbs perform better in full sun but will tolerate a bit of shade.
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Storing Tulip Bulbs
Storing tulip bulbs the correct way will ensure that they won't rot before you plant them.
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Winter Gardening
Winter gardening in the Mid-South is anything but dull. It seems we are just as busy in the winter as we are in the spring and summer.
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Starting Seeds
Starting seeds of for your garden indoors is a great way to get a head start on your growing season. Not only that, but it saves you money and you have more hybrid and heirloom plants to choose from
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Victory Gardens
There has been a revival of victory gardens in our country. Sometimes called 'war gardens," "recession gardens," "community gardens," and even "money gardens" Even our nations capital has gotten invo
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Full Sun Annuals
Full sun annuals are almost always drought resistant annuals as well. Each year, we get to chose from a variety of seed choices as well as established nursery plants in a rainbow of colors, what annua
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The Southern Gardener's Book of Lists
The Southern Gardener's Book of Lists is one of the best books you can buy if you are a gardener in the Southeast United States. It list the best plants for all you needs, wants, and whim.
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Soil Work For the Perfect Garden
Soil work is the key to good gardening. It's one of man's most important natural resources, since it is the original source of much of his food and clothing. Garden soil preparation and obtaining a go
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Garden Blog
Find out the latest "buzz" in the world of gardening and see updates to our website.
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Garden Wizardry For Kids
Gardening Wizardry for Kids is a great book that was written for children whose garden growing space may be only a windowsill in an apartment or a classroom. It offers easy-to-read, easy-to-do plant
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Backyard Beekeeping
Backyard beekeeping is becoming popular as more people understand the importance of raising bees.
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Growing Mint
If you have an herb garden, you most likely are growing mint mint. Learn the secrets of growing it and not letting it take over your garden.
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Organic Vegetable Gardening
Organic vegetable gardening. What better way to end the day than going out to your own organic vegetable garden and picking vine ripened tomatoes, fresh cucumbers and squash for your evening meal.
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Deer-Resistant Plants For You Garden
Gardening with deer-resistant plants is an easy way to combat deer in your garden.
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Spiny bears breeches
Spiny bears breeches, Acanthus spinosus, has become quiet a conversation peace in our garden. This perennial has spikes with mauve flowers which bloom in June and July with thisltlelike leaves.
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Northern Sea Oats-The near perfect perennial
Northern Sea Oats is a fantastic deer-resistant perennial that adds grace and movement to any garden.
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Do you want the healthiest flowers for your home? Are you tired of wasting time and money on plants that look great in catalogs, or plants that your local nursery is trying to get rid of, but aren't right for your garden?
We know how frustrating that can be.
