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Gardening is one of the hottest topics on Hometalk. Whether you're gardening as a profession, or as a hobby, you'll find awesome gardening inspiration on Hometalk. Do you need to identify a plant? Post a photo of it, and a gardening expert will be able to identify it for you. Is your garden blooming in a spectacular way? Share the joy with fellow gardening buffs. All garden talk is welcome on Hometalk; so whether you're planting a flower garden, looking for green gardening tips, or researching the perfect gardening tools, you've come to the right place.



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  • Up the stairs to my bird avaries, This is my pieceful get away.
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  • walkway wall to my garden and animal get away.

Mosaic Tile Flower Garden Wall

My back yard is at a slope and I had a cement wall put in. This made it easier to walk in the back to my avairies. When the cement wall was in, it seem bare so I decided to add some ...»
color. I collected left over tile from friends and family and bought some at garage sales. I then decided to create a underwater scene. Since Im no artist I thought fish would be the easiest to do. Piece by piece like a puzzle I create this world that no others had seen before. 50 feet all together. I then added a flower bed in front. This now is the conversation piece to my little get away.

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Teri Ferndale, WA 5 hours ago
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    Joe S 13 minutes ago
    This is fantastic! How long did it take?
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Rocking Cradle Garden Bed

I found this darling baby cradle at a garage sale for $5.00. I loved the spiral bars and thought I could use them in something. I just don't know what yet. So in the mean time I made a little garden bed.
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Teri Ferndale, WA 5 hours ago
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    Lindasameriplan 3 hours ago
    I have an old wire antique bassinet. I took and put old plastic shoe boxes on the bottom, used ...»
    the moss you put around the wire pots inside the bassinet around all the areas that would show the old shoe boxes and then put 4 flower pots with the summer flower mixes of the yellow, red and blue flowers that are tall and wispy and fall over the sides and it really looks good

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  • The same White Christmas cactus that bloomed once back in December of 2011 is now budding  in May 2013.
  • The pink one also..
  • White Cactus bloomed in 
December of 2011

Gardening: What is the secret for carrying for Christmas cactuses?

I love the Christmas cactus but try as i may...I have never understood how to keep them healthy and alive. I have read instructions on how to water... ...»

Don't over water, do not allow them to dry out...Place them in well draining soil... Blah, blah, blah,...... I purchased a couple two years ago and as usual they still remain a mystery to care for.

In December of 2011 my white cactus bloomed, the pink one did not.

When I moved to a new apartment the following year I placed them at the window with my other sun loving plants as I did in my last apartment..

That December, neither bloomed.......I assumed it was the change and like the other plants... they needed to get acclimated...

I changed their soil and pots over and over again...Some dried them out to quickly like the clay pots...Others like ceramics, would keep them appearing healthy for a while but then they would stop growing.

This year the only thing I've done differently was to change the pots again!. I purchased two cheap little plastic pots from the dollar store and forgot to place holes in the bottom, however, when I watered them... I allowed them to dry out between watering...and did not bother to punch holes in the bottom because they seem fine..

I than decided this month to place them on the balcony where they receive indirect light... And guess what...They began to bud!

I still can't figure this out...What did I do right/wrong? They are blooming in May??

are they not Christmas cactuses?.

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Vetsy Spartanburg, SC 2 days ago
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    Paula 4 hours ago
    Neglect is the secret! If you can give them natural light, then they will bloom whenever ...»
    "Christmas" is at your lattitude. Artificial light will just alter that. Just enjoy it whenever it comes. It is just about my favorite houseplant. It can be all withered up in the winter, and I'm like "whaa? I forgot to give you a drink?". Comes right back, happily.

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  • Garden window made with beach glass, lid,marbles, old bottle, and metal bird.

Garden Window

Here is another window I created using what I had around the house. I was lucky to get a nunch of free old windows and decided to create little garden windows and hang them around my farm. This one is hanging on my rabbit cage so my bunny has a real view.
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Teri Ferndale, WA 5 hours ago
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Baby Cradle Garden Bed

I bought this darling baby cradle at a garage sale for $5. I knew I could find some use for it for now, but I was really after the spiral bars. After my tomatoes, beans, and lettuce are done, im sure I can find another use for this,
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It Bloomed! "Iris Louisiana 'Teddy Bear'"

A friend gave me this a year ago and oh, my, it is absolutely gorgeous! Very delicate and really unlike any iris I've seen. I had never heard of "Louisiana" iris. Here is the society's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/LouisianaIris

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Libby at An Eye For Detail Pittsboro, NC 7 hours ago
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Gardening: Is This a Daylily or Something Else?

Hi, this is a (bulb) flower that grows out back. The stalks are very tall (3-4 feet?) and the blooms are about 5-6 inches across. They're beautiful! Please help me identify them. Thank you!
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Julie Searcy, AR 2 days ago
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    Jossi 7 hours ago
    Asiatic Lily. They come in many beautiful colors.
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  • Make a Modern Indoor Echeveria Planter
  • I used scraggly old plants that were looking pretty rough. All you have to do is snip the rosette with one inch of stem and let it dry out of direct sunlight. When roots form, it`s time to plant!
  • Use a cactus and succulent soil mix for the best drainage.
  • Arrange your Echeveria  in the planter as you like. Used here: Echeveria runyonii
Echeveria nodulosa
Echeveria 'Perle von Nurnberg'
Echeveria 'Ruffles'
  • Top the soil with polished river stones.
  • And display! This Modernica planter can be set atop the Brazilian hardwood plinth...
  • ...or directly on the display surface.
  • Here is another idea of how it could be planted.
  • Now, if you want to win one of these Case Study Ceramic Bowl Planters with Plinth (worth $189) enter the contest here: http://gardentherapy.ca/modern-succulent-planter/
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How to Make a Modern Indoor Echeveria Planter + WIN the Planter!!

This very stylish modern bowl planter just needed some stylish plants! Learn how to make this planter without spending a fortune...by refreshing scraggly old Echeveria. Plus there is a ...»
contest to win the Modernica Case Study planter valued at $189!! Contest entry here http://gardentherapy.ca/modern-succulent-pla...

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Stephanie @ Garden Therapy Canada 2 days ago
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    Terri J 7 hours ago
    Beautiful and just the right size!! Thank you for sharing the great tutorial! Now, if I can ...»
    win a bowl - lol

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  • Succulent Gardens are easy to create and super easy to care for.
  • We used PVC pipe and cut it at an angle
  • Spray painted with stone paint
  • Fill with pea gravel for drainage and soil. Then planted the succulents.
  • Some of the plants were also planted in the ground.
  • Since there were some questions about Indoor Succulent Gardens, I thought I would add a photo of the one we created for indoors. They do great indoors.
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How to Build and Plant a Succulent Garden

Succulent Gardens require very little water and almost no maintenance. And they can be gorgeous!
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Hoosier Homemade Laporte, IN 2 days ago
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    Sherrie S 8 hours ago
    Yes Bernice H I think that is beautiful.
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  • One of the many varieties of peonies at Goodstay Gardens.
  • Columbine & painted fern by a rock wall.
  • entrance in the stone wall
  • Flowerbeds filled with peonies scent the air.
  • Rhododendrons in bloom
  • Peony blooms as large as dinner plates!
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  • Just one of the huge collection of hybrid iris.
  • sun dial in the Knot Garden
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May Garden ~ Historic Goodstay Gardens

On a recent balmy spring evening, the Arden Garden Gild visited the grounds of the Goodstay Gardens on Pennsylvania Avenue in Wilmington, Delaware. At the height of its spring bloom, the ...»
collection of six enclosed gardens was a sight to behold. Breathtaking peonies planted in long flowerbeds filled the air with a lovely scent. Roses, iris, columbines, rhododendrons and many other lovely blooms filled the garden with color, accompanied by bird song as dusk approached.

Dating back to the late 1600′s, this colonial garden has undergone several restorations and improvements: in the 1920′s by Ellen Coleman duPont Meeds and Robert Wheelwright and, for the past twenty years, by the Friends of Goodstay Gardens group.

Goodstay Gardens is an oasis in the city, a trip to the country through a stone gate entry. Here is a small sampling of the beauty contained within. I hope it inspires a trip of your own to discover this garden gem.

see more pictures at http://ourfairfieldhomeandgarden.com/springt...

See a wonderful article by Moira Sheridan on Goodstay Gardens at http://www.delawareonline.com/article/201305...

Face Book site for The Friends of Goodstay Gardens https://www.facebook.com/FriendsOfGoodstayGa... (with many more pictures)

#MayGarden

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Barb Rosen Wilmington, DE 19 hours ago
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    Barb Rosen 9 hours ago
    Lovely, historic gardens, Douglas Hunt ...»
    ! Mostly a spring garden but they are working on adding more seasonal color. The woodland is gorgeous too, but was past its prime when we visited.

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