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17409
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Westerfield states that \"it is difficult to cover all the types of fruit and all of the techniques in one short article.\" He lists common pitfalls and offers tips that are general to all fruits in a home garden.
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17410
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Loewer describes the characteristics of the China fir and its history. The first was first collected in 1701 by Dr. James Cunningham, an English surgeon and avid plant collector, but it would be another hundred years before it was brought to England. It is an unusual and rare conifer in the North Carolina mountains, but will survive and flourish.
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17411
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Paths are an essential part of any garden, and Gruener describes how using salvaged bricks can bring a certain historic charm to them. Used brick may be collected from torn-down houses and chimneys, so a gardener doesn't have to wait for weathering to produce interesting textures and colors. Some old brick have company stamps on them. Gruener describes how to build a brick path.
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17461
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For years invasives have caused great environmental damage, like the gypsy moth which devastated deciduous forests in the Eastern and Midwestern parts of the country. One of the most recent arrivals is the walnut twig beetle that is native to Arizona and Mexico. However, after living millennia there it began expanding its range in 2000. It feeds on black walnut trees and now threatens these trees in the Carolinas with Thousand Canker Disease.
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17462
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Humphries describes the gardening skills and activities of Nancy Goodwin, who is \"well-known in the gardening world for her expertise with cyclamen.\" he lives in Montrose, an historic home in Hillsborough. It was once the home of William Alexander Graham, who governed the state, 1845-1849. The estate comprises sixty-one acres, and Humphries describes the landscape Goodwin has created.
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17463
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Farmer says that a drought-tolerant garden is easy to do--just pick the right plants and plant them properly. Among the plants he suggests are crinum, dyckia, liriope, windmill palms, Cooper Canyon daisy, and four o'clocks.
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Carolina Gardener
(NoCar SB 453.2 N8 C37), Vol. 24 Issue 5, June 2012,
p16-19, il
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17543
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The United States Department of Agriculture issued a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map in January 2012. Milner describes how the revisions will affect North Carolina gardeners.
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Carolina Gardener
(NoCar SB 453.2 N8 C37), Vol. 24 Issue 5, June 2012,
p36-37, map
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17544
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North Carolina is known for its hot, humid summers. There is one group of plants, though, that can thrive under these conditions--herbs. The author discusses growing herbs with Lisa Treadaway, an expert in the field and proprietress of The Little Herb House in southern Wake County. She started her first herb garden in 1999, a 6x6-foot bed. Today it has grown to a 10,000-foot herb display garden and rows of herbs for production.
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Carolina Gardener
(NoCar SB 453.2 N8 C37), Vol. 24 Issue 5, June 2012,
p38-45, il
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17545
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A blight affecting boxwoods has been discovered in North Carolina and several other Eastern states. The blight defoliates and kills the plant and is recognized by dark spots on leaves. The disease has been traced to some 30,000 seedlings produced by two growers in north-central North Carolina. The blight is an invasive having arrived from Europe or New Zealand through shipping.
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Carolina Gardener
(NoCar SB 453.2 N8 C37), Vol. 24 Issue 6, July/Aug 2012,
p46-47, il
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17582
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North Carolina gardeners live in a land of powerful weather systems -- hurricanes, tornadoes, thunderstorms. Horan gives tips on how planting pointers to protect landscapes and prevent damage.
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17583
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Loewer recommends five plants that Carolina gardeners can use to brighten up their gardens in the twilight hours--Angel's Trumpets, Moonflowers, Woodland Tobacco, Vining Petunia, and Cereus.
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17584
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The Carolinas have three varieties of praying mantids -- the European, Chinese, and Carolina. The European and Chinese are not native but have been here so long they are commonly found in gardens. Johnson explains how they benefit gardeners and how to catch and keep them.
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18065
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Historic Rosedale Plantation was built in 1815 by Archibald Frew, a local merchant and postmaster. The plantation originally took up 919 acres in what was then the village of Charlotte. Five generations of the family owned it until the Historic Rosedale Foundation, a group of investors interested in preserving Charlotte's past, purchased it in 1986. Restoration of the house began that same year and work on the gardens in the 1990s. Today the restored plantation occupies 8 and one-half acres in downtown Charlotte.
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Carolina Gardener
(NoCar SB 453.2 N8 C37), Vol. 24 Issue 9, Nov/Dec 2012,
p50-53, il
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19124
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At one time deer were almost extinct in the state. Now about 1.25 million deer roam North Carolina's one hundred counties, causing damage to landscapes, farm crops, and forests. Nationwide the damage exceeds $2 billion. Cox suggests some ways deer may be deterred from unwanted visits.
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19438
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Universities often conduct plant trials that provide valuable information about new plant introductions for retail centers and gardeners. Fair reports on a 2008 study by North Carolina State University on perennials, including coneflowers, that was researched at two sites--Raleigh and Castle Hayne.
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