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WFIU: Focus on Flowers Podcast

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  • 09/02/2010 01:54 PM

    Flowers for the Virgin Mary

    Within the Roman Catholic Church properties worldwide, there are many gardens dedicated to the mother of Jesus. Many are rose gardens, but others also contain many different types of lilies, marguerites, marigolds, rosemary, virgin's bower clematis, and many other flowers that are associated with Mary, too.


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  • 08/26/2010 02:51 PM

    St. Cecilia and Spirituality in Gardening

    It has been said that when the weather is cold, as in British gardens, there are paths for walking, and where the weather is hot as in desert areas of the world, there are more pools and places to lounge. However, despite minor design differences related to the weather, most religious faiths seem to use a garden as a metaphor for heaven.


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  • 08/19/2010 10:53 AM

    St. Francis Garden: Providing Food And Water For God's Creatures

    There are some sacred gardens known as saint's gardens that are designed to honor a particular person and reveal a vision of God through nature. Usually the specific saint's spirit and philosophy is embedded in the character of the garden, and there is at least one statue of the saint to whom the garden is dedicated.


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  • 08/12/2010 12:28 PM

    Peony Problems: Buds but no blossoms?

    Many of us in the Midwest are planting even more peonies than ever because they are deer resistant. However, these easy-care plants do have some problems. One is buds that never develop into blooms.


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  • 07/29/2010 11:35 AM

    Adding Charm Throughout The Year: Airy Perovskia

    Perovskia is known by the common name Russian sage and is native to central Asia. It is a strong grower though looks delicate. However, it is not aggressive, even though it is a member of the mint family. Its pungent scent is a valuable asset as deer dislike it, and so this is a plant that usually blooms where it is planted.


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  • 07/22/2010 06:57 PM

    Campanula Bells

    Campanulas, or bellflowers to use their common name, are plants with bell-shaped blue or white blooms, and they range in height from ground-hugging dwarfs to plants that grow to 6 feet. A gardener who plants a number of different types can have bloom for most of the summer.


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  • 07/15/2010 01:41 PM

    Stalwarts In The Garden: Hardy Hellebores

    Although their early spring blooms are especially treasured, hellebores are stalwarts in the garden during all seasons. Long lived, shade loving, deer resistant, hellebores have handsome evergreen or semi evergreen foliage depending on the harshness of the winter conditions.


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  • 07/08/2010 02:35 PM

    SunPatiens: Impatiens That Won't Wilt In Full Sun

    Plant breeders have been busy, and now SunPatiens? is the newest member of the impatiens family, and as one would guess, it is a sun tolerant variety of the tried-and-true favorite annual. It also is advertised as blooming longer and being bushier than the impatiens that we all use in our shady spaces.


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  • 07/01/2010 01:49 PM

    Malvas (Mallows): Self Seeding And Abundant For Bouquets

    The malva plant is a mainstay in my cutting garden. The flowers are followed by small round seed heads that are similar to wheel-shaped cheeses. Because there are so many of these on each plant, they self seed well, and I have sufficient that the munching deer leave a few for me to enjoy in my bouquets.


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  • 06/24/2010 01:59 PM

    Euphorbia (spurge): A Vigorous Relative Of Poinsettia

    Euphorbia, commonly called spurge, is related to Poinsettia, as the outer bracts look like flowers. There is usually a single colorful female bract, actually a leaf, surrounded by male bracts born beneath the inconspicuous true flowers.


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