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The Oriental Poppy

4:27 PM Sat, May 31, 2008 | | Comments (7)
By Pat Feinstein    Email

Among all the flowering plants in my garden, there have always been the oriental poppies – the classic reddish-orange and the salmon colors -- at both the front and the back of the house. When we had a graduation......

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Seed of a thought takes me back to Cornwall

5:11 PM Fri, May 30, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Paula Constantine    Email

I was thinking the other day about seeds. Yes. I am exactly that boring. Everyone always recommends you plant seeds in sterile potting soil, or advises you on ways to sterilize soil to kill anything that might kill young seedlings.......

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Flowers for celebrations: A wedding

8:43 AM Tue, May 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Pat Feinstein    Email

As the wedding season is approaching, I look back at my only daughter’s two weddings with nostalgia. Leila met Chaka at Brown, back in 1989 -1990. When they decided to get married on the beach in Marina Del Rey,......

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Chelsea breaks down, now it's up to you

6:38 PM Sat, May 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Paula Constantine    Email

The Chelsea Flower Show closes today for another year with its usual spectacular breakdown and sendoff. It’s a time when you’re likely to see people carrying a large palm tree on the Tube, or a man with a prize-winning clematis......

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Memorial Day's flowers: the Bridal Wreath

8:59 AM Fri, May 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Pat Feinstein    Email

For 21 springs, the Bridal Wreath at the lower level of my backyard never fails to bloom as the Memorial weekend approaches. I still remember the first spring after I moved into my East Side home. A former client,......

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Chelsea awards roundup

5:31 PM Tue, May 20, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Paula Constantine    Email

Today I would rather be at Chelsea Royal Hospital under the marquee, with the floral exhibits of an empire gone to seed. Or resting in the long grass of Ranelagh Gardens, the site of a pleasure garden which, depending on......

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Mustn't grumble -- It's Chelsea Week

11:53 AM Mon, May 19, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Paula Constantine    Email

The Times of London has a lovely package of stories about the Chelsea Flower Show, which opens tomorrow. Grumble. The Guardian has a pretty slideshow. Grumblegrumble. And I'm at work. Saving money for my new kitchen. My mom keeps reminding......

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Why I have no sunny garden spot

11:19 AM Mon, May 19, 2008 | | Comments (3)
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Click photo to enlarge it. Why I have no sunny garden spot: Lilacs against maple and oak in my yard, photographed facing east. Had I known, I would have pulled up those maples when they were charming saplings. The......

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It's a perfect weekend for planting, or plant sales, or an e-waste collection

3:51 PM Fri, May 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Paula Constantine    Email

I would like to briefly draw your attention to a few events this weekend. * Saturday’s Ledge Ends Produce plant sale, for my neighbors to the south * Saturday and Sunday’s Southside Community Land Trust Unusual Plant sale, for my......

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Really cheap bulb sale online

9:17 AM Thu, May 15, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Online garden site Touch of Nature is offering Spring 2008 Vendor Specials that are a great opportunity to flood your landscape with color. Sample prices: Red, white, or pink caladiums, 50 for $12 Mixed gladiolus, 100 for $5 Peony Sarah......

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Favorites, flowers, feelings, knowing on Mother's Day

11:38 AM Sun, May 11, 2008 | | Comments (12)
By Pat Feinstein    Email

Cattaleya orchid What is your favorite flower? What is your most favorite flower? These are among the questions I have been known to ask my family, friends and colleagues for years. I am not talking about the meaning of......

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East Farm or Casey Farm? Why pick just one plant sale?

6:03 PM Thu, May 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Paula Constantine    Email

What’s all this about 47 kinds of tomatoes at URI’s East Farm Spring Festival on Saturday? How do you get to 47 different kinds of tomatoes? (To that I, the tomato hater, would add why would you want to, but......

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Grow fresh veg on your porch? Contain yourself!

6:29 PM Fri, May 02, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Paula Constantine    Email

Before I worked at the Journal I worked at a paper on the Jersey Shore. I lived on a barrier island a few feet above sea level, with little grass and no trees — and no alcohol, the legacy of......

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