#5 (Spring 2008)

Columnists:

• Plant School and Clinic
  • Soil acidity and alkalinity
    • Soil pH is one of the most important soil properties that affects the availability of nutrients and plant health, as a result...
      
      
• Plant science
  • Linnaeus vs Phylogeny, part II.
    
    
• Zone-pushing
  • Dealing with cold snaps
    • In 2007 we planted 1000 tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs in the ground to test their cold tolerance. Minimum temperature recorded at our garden was 28F... Here are the test results...
  • Cold hardy beauties
    
    
• Do-It-Yourself Projects
  • Pond for plants and fish in your apartment
  • Small pond in one day
  • Plants that like their feet wet
    
    
• Legendary plants
  • Adansonia digitata, Baobab. A tree of myth and legend.
    
    
• From Gordon the Palmaholic
  • Location, location, location
    • ...Palms are a lot like realestate: location, location, location... How to locate palms so they, and your property, look their best...
  
  
• Growing outdoors
  • Living walls
    • Live walls... hedges! Flowering, edibles - there is more than traditional hedge.

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