Best of the Web - What's New in Home For 12/20/2006

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Home Grounds and Garden - Cornell Cooperative Extension discusses insects, plants, soil and climate, trees, shrubs, wildlife, and lawn care. Includes monthly gardening guide.

Top > Home > Gardening > Landscaping > Xeriscaping

Southwest Florida Water Management District - Balances water needs and protects water resources.
Waste Efficient Landscaping - Includes landscape design and plant selection, soil preparation and irrigation systems, water efficient and landscaping links.
Water conservation - Official website that discusses about water conservation, services and related topics.

Top > Home > Gardening > Pest_and_Disease_Control

Vegetable Garden Pest Management - Looks at insect management, natural enemies, biological control, and managing nematodes. Lists pests with image, description, diet, and treatment.
Sustainable Gardening Tips: Garden Snake - Includes information on the prevention of snake in the house garden, with links and gardening details.

Top > Home > Gardening > Pest_and_Disease_Control > Insects

Alternative Control Measures for Pests of Shade Trees and Woody Ornamentals - Covers microbial and botanical insecticides, insecticide soaps, and horticultural oils for home use.
UC Management Guidelines for Boxelder Bug - Displays guidelines on pests management program.

Top > Home > Gardening > Plants > Alpines

Alpine Plants in Japan - Displays photo gallery of plants in several Japanese mountain areas.
Alpine plants of New Zealand - Displays the cultivation process and ecology of alpine plants of New Zealand.
Alpines and Bulbs - Includes information on home and garden, alpines and bulbs, plus latest articles and blogs.
My Rockgarden - Facts about the rock garden with small plants, also sells rock plants they cultivate themselves.

Top > Home > Gardening > Plants > Alpines > Organizations

AGS - Hertfordshire Group - Organization is open to anyone who is interested in Alpine plants in their habitat or in the garden and gives members the chance to meet other enthusiasts locally. .
Cyclamen Society - Exists to encourage cultivation and conservation, and to disseminate and extend knowledge of the genus Cyclamen and its species, forms and cultivars.
The Heather Society - Covers every aspect, from the wild heathers of European heaths and moorlands to the rare splendors of South African heaths.
Ontario Rock Garden Society - Aims to promote the study of alpine plants, related garden plants, the creation of rock gardens and similar motherhood issues.
Ottawa Valley Rock Garden & Horticultural Society - Promotes and supports rock gardening on a non-profit basis.
Quebec Alpine & Rock Garden Society - Aims to familiarize novice and experienced gardeners with alpine flora and gardens.
Saxifrage Society - International organization dedicated to the best plants in the world; the genus Saxifraga and its relatives.
Scotland Rock Garden Society - Page content includes a small group of enthusiasts who were interested in promoting the cultivation of alpine and rock garden plants.

Top > Home > Gardening > Plants > Annuals

All About Annuals - Information includes plants, pests, supplies and resources.
BackyardGardener.com: Annual Flowers and Garden Designs - Displays information on annual flowers, design and related links.
Flowering Annuals for Georgia Gardens - Page content includes proper care of annuals, with terminology, selection, bedding preparation and maintenance.
Gardening with Annuals - Displays information on plants such as annuals, perennials and things to eat.
Lafayette: Favorite Annuals - Contains basic information on annual plants. With fact sheets and bulletins.
Ohio State University Extension: Growing Geraniums Fact Sheet - Facts about the bedding plants that are homeowners' favorite, they are inexpensive and produce an abundance of brightly colored flowers from spring to frost.
Virtual Flowers - Has been developed as a free resource to provide useful information for people growing flowers specifically in Australia.

Top > Home > Gardening > Plants > Annuals > Sunflowers

Complete Guide to Growing Sunflowers - Contains fun facts about wildflowers, a step-by-step, sunflower species and soil considerations.
Growing Giant Sunflowers - Information about sunflower gardening, pictures, giant vegetable message forums and related topics.
Growing Sunflowers - Talks about sunflower's description and uses.
The Sunflower Stop - Guide on growing sunflowers.
SunflowerLovers.com - Displays history, books, art, also includes stories, store and gallery.
Sunflowers - Provides information about sunflower from Iowa State University.

Top > Home > Gardening > Plants > Bulbs

Achimenes and Begonia - Contents include interior and exterior plants, with photos of many varieties including Achimenes and Begonia's.
Alocasia Macrorrhiza: Upright Elephant Ears - Presents growing tips and also include photos of various species of Alocasia.
Backyard Gardener Fall-Planted Bulbs - Backyard information source, with forums, garden guides on bulbs and related topics.
Barbados Plants - Contains information about one of the most attractive flowers to be seen in many tropical countries.
Beauty with Bulbs - Gives advice, hints, plant suggestions, preparation and planting tips along with a list of common varieties.
Begonias - Care and maintenance notes provided by courtesy of Arthur Yates and Co. Pty. Ltd.
Better Homes and Gardens:Flowering Bulbs - Highlights bulbs for all season, flowering bulbs including tulips, irises and other related flowers.
Better Homes and Gardens:Fritillaria Flowers - Offers unusual flowers in early spring, they come in a variety of different colors including pale blue, bright red and a soft pink.
Bulbs - Presents information on building a garden with bulbs.

Top > Home > Gardening > Plants > Bulbs > Organizations

French Iris and Bulbous Plant Society - Information about French Iris and Bulbous Plant Society, also includes activities, bulletin and related topics.
Indigenous Bulb Association of South Africa - Facts about an interest group that specializes in South African Bulbs, club members are growers of bulbs with a special interest in South African natural species.
International Bulb Society - Focuses on mission and history, also includes publications, service awards and contact information.
Pacific Bulb Society - Page content includes both cold hardy and tender bulbs and all the bulbs in between.

Top > Home > Gardening > Plants > Carnivorous_Plants

Bug Biting Plants: Carnivorous Plant Care Guide - Provides a comprehensive care guide for each plant that the client can purchase on their website.
Carnivorous Plant Photo Finder - Presents plants identification linked by the owner of the site, and assists the client's in finding photos.
Carnivorous Plants Online - Contains a number of resources for learning about and growing these plants.
My Bog Garden - Information includes construction, photos, links and related details.
Nature's Jewels - Description on how to design and build Terrariums for both temperate and tropical plants and a prototype of a solid state cooled tank.
Nepenthes Around the House - Provides information on carnivorous plants that can be grown successfully indoors or outdoors without using a greenhouse.

Top > Home > Gardening > Plants > Carnivorous_Plants > Organizations

The Australian Carnivorous Plant Society - Displays profile, bookshop, seed bank, articles, gallery and contact information.
New England Carnivorous Plant Society - Presents events, contacts, photos and related information.

Top > Home > Gardening > Plants > Carnivorous_Plants > Personal_Pages

Andrew's Carnivorous Plants - Contains list of some local growers, also includes photos, plants description and related topics.
Cambridge Carnivorous - Explores the world of carnivorous plants, with growing tips, photo gallery and links to other carnivorous plant sites.
Emre's Carnivorous Plants - Collection of carnivorous plants consist of various Venus Fly Trap's, Drosera's, Cephalotus', Cobra Lilies, Sarracenia's and Pinguicula's.
Kamil Pásek - Descriptions of carnivorous plants, collections and links.
My Carnivorous Plants - Gives information how to keep these carnivorous plants inside or outside the house.

Top > Home > Gardening > Plants > Climbers_and_Vines

About.com: Trumpeting Trumpet Vines on the Landscape - Presents ideas for flowering vines, groundcovers and other related information.

Top > Home > Gardening > Plants > Ferns

Cold-hardy Tree Ferns - Includes genera of hardy tree ferns, sources, characteristics and morphology, photos and links.
Staghorn Ferns at a Glance - Explores availability, related plants, selection and care, culture, propagation, light, temperature, food and water, and problems. Includes list of common species.

Top > Home > Gardening > Plants > Fruits

About Apricots - Includes history and legends, apple education, recipes, selection and uses, festivals and links.
Arizona Master Gardener Manual: Fruit Trees - Page content includes information on home growing fruit trees in Arizona.
California Backyard Orchard - Provides resource for fruit and nut crops.
Cherimoya - Guide to home delivery service, also includes cultivation and nutrient information found in the subtropical fruit.
Citrus in the Garden - Includes introduction, location, varieties, propagation, planting and tree care.

Top > Home > Gardening > Plants > Fruits > Tropical

Cape Trib Exotic Fruit Farm: Tropical Fruit - Grows in different species of exotic tropical fruit at Cape Tribulation.
Durio zibethinus - Commercial production is mostly in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, India and Australia.

Top > Home > Gardening > Plants > Grasses_and_Bamboos

Bamboo - Shoots and seeds provide food for people, stems and leaves provide forage for livestock.
Maas Nursery: Bamboo - Provides outstanding texture and form as screens, hedges, ground-covers and specimens.
Noble Foundation: Grasses and Grasslike Plants - Page content includes a database with images and summary information for native grasses, indexed by common name, botanical name and information on related facts.
Oregon State University Extension: Bamboo Spider Mite - Contains information about using pesticides. Requires an Adobe Acrobat Reader installed.

Top > Home > Gardening > Plants > Grasses_and_Bamboos > Organizations

American Bamboo Society of Southern California - Promotes the knowledge of and interest in plants comprising the bamboo family.
European Bamboo Society Switzerland - Includes newsletter, activities, members’ area and specialties, bamboo market, gardens, links and information.
New Zealand Bamboo Society - Promotes the appreciation, growing and use of bamboo.
Southeast Chapter American Bamboo Society, Inc. - Presents educational programs about bamboo, including meetings, classes and publications; to encourage the growth and propagation of bamboo by botanical gardens.
Texas Bamboo Society - Provides information of the identification, propagation, use, culture and appreciation of bamboos.

Top > Home > Gardening > Plants > Propagation

Alpines From Seed - Contains basic information on the subject of raising plants from seed.
Australian National Botanic Gardens - Growing ferns from spores - Contents include a drawing of the fern life cycle, with a description of collecting and sowing spores.
Australian National Botanic Gardens - How to Propagate Australian Plants - Discusses about plant propagation, glossary and other related topics.
Germination Database - Seeds - Page content includes listing of plant names and the methods to germinate the seed.

Top > Home > Gardening > Plants > Shaping > Espalier

Backwoods Home Magazine: Espalier your trees - Information is taken from a article by John M. Riley that appeared in the 1987 CRFG Journal (vol. 19, pp. 10-12).
BBC Gardening: Grow Espalier Apple Trees - Contains practical ideas for self-living and also includes current issues, article index and related topics.
Gardenline: Espalier - Contents include history of the technique, suggestions, design and types of trees suitable for espaliering.
IFAS Extension: Espaliers - Details about selecting an espalier pattern, formal and informal patterns, supporting espaliers and other related facts.

Top > Home > Gardening > Plants > Trading

Gardenweb: Exchanges & Trading - Facilitates trading of plants and seeds.
Seeds from Bulgaria - Contents include an extensive list of seeds, including fruit trees, vegetables, ornamental trees and related plants, with list of wanted seeds.

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