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Outlaw gardening in the Tropic of Colorado.
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Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Quercus fusiformis 'Quartz Mountain': keeping the "live" in live oak, even in the dead of winter, 2020-2021.
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Since it's been almost a year since my last post, and since that post featured my Quercus fusiformis 'Quartz Mountain' (or Qua...
Monday, April 27, 2020
In the garden: Quercus fusiformis 'Quartz Mountain' and the winter of 2019-2020.
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Quercus fusiformis , commonly known as the Plateau Live Oak or Escarpment Live Oak, is a close relative of the better-known Quercus virginia...
Thursday, January 9, 2020
The structure of the garden: a look at tropicalesque trees for Colorado. Part one: Family Bignoniaceae.
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Trees are natural garden structures. They provide shade, texture, depth, scale, dimension...the list goes on. Not every style of garden requ...
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Not a palm tree, but close.
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Yucca rostrata . Okay, not really. Nevertheless, Yucca rostrata 'Sapphire Skies' has a very tropical feel. Its upright habit and...
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Hardy conifers that evoke the tropics.
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Conifers are iconic trees, though they are not necessarily what comes to mind when you picture an exotic lost world. Of course, if you'v...
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