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Meet AnnaBelle, a new Southern Belle

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

I found Annabelle when I looked into ordering African violets. The online catalog picture of it looked so irresistible. It was listed as 'new' in the Southern Belle Series. Its characteristics are light-blue, bell-shaped flowers and medium-serrated, medium-green leaves.......

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What lies beneath the snow

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

All the fall pansies I planted in September have survived the winter's unusually high amount of snowfall, as I have recently discovered, now that the snow has melted away in my front yard. I will have a head start......

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 Tags  helleborus   pansies  

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The miniature African violets for Valentine's Day

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

It was such an unusual and fortunate stance last week that I found the leftover African violet at a bargain price, because it led me to the discovery of many new beautiful and colorful flowers. Among the new find......

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Hyacinths, growing indoors

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

Many hyacinth bulbs planted in my front yard bloom in March and April and I usually bring some indoors as cut flowers. It has been a long time since I had hyacinths growing indoors. There are 2 white hyacinth bulbs......

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Donkey's Tail: succulent and new to me

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

Last week I picked up an interesting plant in a 4-inch hanging basket. It was covered with dome-shaped plastic and words indicating that it's a cactus, grown in Canada. The sales person did not know its name and there......

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 Tags  Donkey's Tail   succulents  

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The Lucky Bamboo

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

Bamboo was on the list of my " Must have" trees when I started gardening about 20 year ago. I love the bamboo leaves (shape, color), the woody stems (which allowed me to make my own stakes), how they moved......

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A new African violet, a personal find of the week

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

With almost 6 more weeks of winter to go and more than a foot of snow completely covering my front and back yard, I feel rather restless. Seed planting has not been a rewarding experience for me; so a few......

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This Oxalis is also a 'Love Plant'

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

Oxalis triangularis is known as Purple Shamrocks and False Shamrocks; but I did not know that it's also known as a love plant. I have no idea how it got to be called a love plant. Perhaps it's because......

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 Tags  flowering   indoors   oxalis  

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Flowers in February: crocus indoors

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

The crocus bulbs, in the same planter as my narcissus, must have started to bloom while I was away in the nation's capital for almost 2 weeks. I thought I had put in enough water before leaving, but they probably......

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 Tags  crocus   indoor  

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