Garden Inspirations From Flower Show Visits Reignite Interest
A reader shares renewed gardening enthusiasm after touring area flower and garden shows over two weeks. They plan to adopt curved bed layouts and colorful flowering shrubs observed, rekindling interest after a long winter.
Gardens spring to life inspire Carol Boncella's landscape planning
Carol Boncella, education coordinator at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, reflects on garden shows that spark renewed gardening plans. She describes miniature trees, white picket fences, arbors, and containers bursting with bulbs and blooms, and shares tips from the American Nurserymen association and her computer aided design experiments with Land Designer to visualize a future landscape.
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Siamese Rose blooms two buds in one flower
A Valentine's bouquet rose unfurled into two connected buds, prompting surprise among gardeners. Kansas State University floriculturist Alan Stevens suggested unusual cell division. The rose gradually formed a heart shape as the buds shared outer petals, a rare horticultural spectacle observed by Pat Lechtenberg, Douglas County master gardener.
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