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If you are a gourd fanatic like me this is a great site for
art and decoration of Gourds. (Part of the US Gourd society)
http://www.welburngourdfarm.com/ |
An interesting site all about rainforests,
including detailed information on individual plants found there and
their medicinal uses. For example look up the bitter pear - mormodica -
quite amazing!
http://www.rain-tree.com/ |
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Seed germination conditions for a wide range
of garden and house plants
http://www.backyardgardener.com/tm.html |
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew plant information
centre "epic" A database look up facility.
http://www.kew.org/searchepic/searchpage.do |
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The original organisation that developed
Alocasia portora and Calidora. Specialist hybridisers of Aroids and worth a
look at what they do.
http://aroidiaresearch.org/index.htm |
Having problems with pests and need an on-line source for
natural controls? Try Defenders
http://www.defenders.co.uk/ |
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The Sensory Garden Project. A garden
specifically to be "Positive About Disabled People" To stimulate the senses
and provide a haven of peace, a place to chill-out and unwind from the
stress of modern living.
http://www.sensory-garden.com/ |
If you are interested in growing hardy trees -
try the Angelgrove Tree Seed Company who specialise in hand-sorted, quality
seeds for flowering trees, native USA trees, Japanese trees, bonsai trees &
shrub roses.
http://www.trees-seeds.com |
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Kevock Gardens located just south of
Edinburgh, is a plant nursery with a difference, growing rare hardy and
alpine plants from around the world with mail order capability.
http://www.kevockgarden.co.uk |
The RHS plant finder now on line provides you
with links to find those rare and hardy plants that you might be looking
for.
http://www.rhs.org.uk/rhsplantfinder/plantfinder.asp |
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I found this site one day that gives the Latin
meaning for parts of plant names. It is a bit slow to load but interesting.
For example "lutescens" - becoming pale yellow.
http://pkukmweb.ukm.my/~ahmad/latin/ |
Kays horticulture is becoming a useful site
for purchasing pots, canes insecticides and many gardening tools and
equipment online.
http://www.kaysdiscountgarden.co.uk |
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EXCELLENT reference site for common plant names cross
referenced to latin names for those of us who struggle with identifying
particular plants.
http://www.plantpress.com/Dictionary_of_Common_Names.45.0.html |
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