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Ice Cream Tulip

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

Last Fall I took a chance in ordering "Truly one of the most distinctive tulips you'll ever see. White petals are closely mounded against one another and form a central cone that resembles vanilla ice cream. Strawberry pink, tinged with......

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The tiny flowers of Prayer Plant

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

The prayer plant (Maranta leuconeura) has grown considerably in 3 months. The number of leaves has doubled. There are many new young leaves unfurling. A week ago the first tiny flower appeared near the top of a slender stem several......

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Poppy Anemone Burgundy

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

My first poppy anemone burgundy has just opened up this morning. I have been watching the purple buds for a few days. 4.22.10 4.22.10 Poppy anemones are not new to my garden. I have always admired this small flowering plant......

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And... 'All That Jazz' tulips

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

Every year I place an order for tulip bulbs toward the end of the summer for fall planting. I like to try some new varieties and usually pick them out from pictures in the catalog. I pay more attention to......

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'Life's a Cabernet' Tulips

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

Among the new tulips in my sunny front yard planted last fall were 'Life's a Cabernet,' described as, "These bold, crimson blooms may remind you of fine wine as you drink in their beauty..." 4.14.10 They started blooming about a......

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'Light and Dreamy' tulips

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

These new " Light and Dreamy" tulips appeared the other day. 4.6.10 They came from Breck's catalog and were planted last Fall. They are one of the new, special hybrids that are supposed to bloom extra early and longer, with......

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Grape Hyacinths, Muscari armeniacum

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

Grape Hyacinths have been part of my spring landscape from the beginning, dating back more than 20 years. I have long recognized my ambivalent attitude toward this plant, mostly because of its invasive, difficult-to-control nature. I have gotten rid of......

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Pelargonium 'Vancouver Centennial'

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

One of the plants I purchased at The R.I. Spring Flower and Garden Show was a small bonsai-like pelargonium (mostly referred to by its older common name, geranium) with beautiful foliage. The leaf shape has been described as Canadian Maple......

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