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		<title>Colorful flowers&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://gardenleap.com/2010/01/13/colorful-flowers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>plantsman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[whether bulbs, shrubs or perennials, are always a welcome sight. Incorporating these early bloomers is a great way to brighten up the landscape after a long barren winter.


Related posts:Designing Gardens For Early Spring Colorful flowers, whether bulbs, shrubs or perennials, are always a...Colorful Spring Gardens After a long cold and gray winter, a colorful spring...Spring [...]


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		<title>Viburnums</title>
		<link>http://gardenleap.com/2010/01/08/viburnums/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>plantsman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Viburnums are a wide ranging, popular garden shrub with over 120 varieties. Some viburnums, such as the arrowwood or maple-leaf, are ideal for the woodland garden. Others have a more formal feel such as the Korean spice or burkwood varieties and are suitable for shrub borders and specimen plants.  Viburnums are a very low maintenance, [...]


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		<title>Spring Flowering Trees, Shrubs &amp; Perennials</title>
		<link>http://gardenleap.com/2010/01/02/spring-flowering-trees-shrubs-perennials/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>plantsman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To start of the gardening season with color, incorporate in your design some of the following plants. Just be sure they are hardy for your zone.
Trees
Allegheny Serviceberry (Amelanchier laevis)
Bradford Pear (Pyrus calleryana)
Camelot Crabapple (Malus &#8216;Camzam&#8217;)
Eastern Redbuds (Cercis canadensis)
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
Higan Cherry (Prunus subhirtella)
Kwanzan Flowering Cherry (Prunus serrulata &#8220;Kwanzan&#8221;)
Little Leaf Linden (Tilia cordata)
Native American Plum [...]


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		<title>Shrubs For Acidic Soils</title>
		<link>http://gardenleap.com/2009/12/30/shrubs-for-acidic-soils/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>plantsman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here in New England soils are quite acidic in part due to the pine and oak forests. When the leaves and needles of these trees break down the resulting organic matter raises the acidity of the soil. This post lists a few beautiful shrubs which  are tolerant acidic soil.

Heather (Calluna vulgaris) is a low [...]


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		<title>Hydrangeas For The Summer Garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>plantsman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A common concern among gardeners is that there seems to be a lack of color in the landscape during late summer. There are, however, quite a few late blooming shrubs and hydrangeas, with their wonderful flowers, are perhaps the most beautiful.

Hydrangeas do best in part shade (preferably afternoon shade) and rich organic soil. Hydrangeas also [...]


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		<title>Creating A Planting Plan</title>
		<link>http://gardenleap.com/2009/12/23/creating-a-planting-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>plantsman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Often gardeners plants on impulse, without a overall garden plan, only to realize later that there is nowhere in the garden to place the new plants. Having a planting plan helps. There are a few factors to consider before buying plants for your garden. It is important to carefully analyze the existing conditions of your [...]


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		<title>Witchhazel is one the earliest blooming&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>plantsman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[shrubs and provide welcome color to the landscape in late winter.


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		<title>Tall evergrees, such as arborvitae,&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://gardenleap.com/2009/12/22/tall-evergrees-such-as-arborvitae/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[hemlock, pine and yew, are ideal plants for windbreaks and privacy screens.


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		<title>10 More Native Shrubs For The Garden</title>
		<link>http://gardenleap.com/2009/12/21/10-more-native-shrubs-for-the-garden/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>plantsman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Native shrubs are among some of the easiest to grow, useful and most beautiful plants available to the gardener. This list of native shrubs for the garden is a continuation of a previous post on the same subject.
Lowbush Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium) blooms in spring with white flowers. Flowers are followed by blue berries, which ripen [...]


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		<title>Some easy to grow shrubs include&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>plantsman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[forsythia, spirea, hydrangea, rhododendron and privet.


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