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Garden Space to Grow and Glow
May 28, 2019
The residents and staff of Park Place Retirement Community very much enjoy their outdoor garden spaces. All of the garden beds and raised plots were installed and are continually maintained and enhanced by a group of dedicated volunteers with the Sumner County Master Gardeners.
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Trends in Houseplants
May 28, 2019
Alocasia, Tillandsia, and Calathea. These are a few of the plant families that have stirred the heart of a new generation. Millenials have embraced indoor plants, and sales have increased by 421% since December 2013.We visit Lawrence & Clark Cacti Co. to see the plants that are all the rage.
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Plant profile: American columbo
May 16, 2019
American Columbo is an herbaceous, perennial plant with basal leaves in a rosette pattern. This rather unusual plant is classified as monocarpic. It remains short, not flowering for many years (sometimes 15 or more), until it shoots up to nearly eight feet tall and blooms. The stem of this flower shoot is green to purple in color.
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Home Landscape Vignettes and Plant Combinations
May 09, 2019
This lovely home landscape begins at the curb and continues throughout the property. The various garden beds and garden vignettes sparkle with combinations of shrubs, trees, and perennials. The variance in height, color and texture speaks to good garden design. The plant palette contains some showy specimens, but none that are difficult to maintain.
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Rohdea: An Evergreen Shade Option
May 09, 2019
One of our landscape designer/host says Rohdea (Sacred Lily) is the most under used dependable performing perennials for shade. The biggest attribute is that it remains evergreen in winter. This plant is native to southeast Asia. It mimics an evergreen hosta in the landscape.Deep green, leathery leaves spring from a central growing point followed by inconspicuous flowers that later provide showy cones of red berries nestled in the foliage. Rohdea tolerates dry shade.
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ROOT Nashville
May 09, 2019
The Mayor of Nashville launched a campaign in October 2018 to plant and care for 500,000 trees across Nashville by 2050. Julie Berbiglia learns about the collaboration behind this effort with various non-profits, government agencies, private companies, philanthropic partners, volunteers, and citizens. The campaign is designed to increase the city’s tree canopy and create a more equitable distribution of the health and sustainability benefits of urban trees across all neighborhoods.
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Creating an Outdoor Living Space
May 02, 2019
One step at a time over several years - that was the approach of this homeowner who set out to create a relaxing, outdoor space to entertain. We get to see the culmination of the choices made along the way with the hardscape, plant palette and focal points for the space.