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My Rhododendron is blooming again!

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

Everyone knows that Rhododendron blooms in spring. But, today I found several blooming rhododendron flowers in my backyard. 10.29.10 (A Rhododendron festival has been held annually each spring around the 3rd week of May in Florence, Oregon for over 100......

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'Raspberry Swirl' dianthus

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

Certain flowering plants are easily found in most nurseries and flower shops, i.e.impatiens, mums, zinnias, snapdragons, petunias. Dianthus does not seem to be among the commonly seen flowers. I have had them in the past, mostly in red, pink or......

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'Mandarin Wind' hibiscus

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

At the annual Scituate Art Festival on Columbus Day weekend, I did not come home with any art objects or garden-related accessories. Instead I came back with a beautiful, green, lush, healthy-looking hibiscus with one orange flower in bloom. There......

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Chameleon plant, Houttuynia cordata variegata

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

Finding new, unfamiliar plants and/or flowers, especially when least expected, has become a repeated, pleasant and gratifying experience for me. This happened in early July when I found an unusual, tri-color plant at a local supermarket. There was no label......

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Sidewalk gardens

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By Pat Feinstein    Email

My definition of a sidewalk garden is a garden on a strip of land/soil between the cement sidewalk and the street (not the inner side of the sidewalk). Mine was established around the same time I started serious gardening 22......

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