… The quality of our breath affects the way we feel as well as the relationship between the body and the mind. Using the tools of movement, awareness, visualization, and concentration, we work through the body’s conscious and subconscious layers of resistance to release its deeply held tensions. When tension is …
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… footage of summer at the Garden, featuring bright blooms swaying in the breeze, lush vistas, and unique perspectives of the green world around us. If you’re looking for the firsthand experience, come visit and catch these moments yourself before summer turns fall. Bonus tip: Seek out the monarch butterflies before they travel to Mexico! They’ve been spotted in the Heritage Garden and the Helen and Richard Thomas English Walled Garden, and around milkweed in the English Oak …
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… Glitter Coral Bells is a striking Heuchera hybrid with green-black veined silver leaves and fuchsia pink flowers. The underside of the leaves are purple. It matures to a mound 10 inches high and 14 inches wide, the short showy flowers increase the height to 16 inches. Glitter Coral Bells will grow in sun or shade and will bloom continuously all summer. It is deer resistant, attracts birds and bees and the …
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… Iris 'Rave On' is a vibrant orange with bright orange beards, creamy white signals and ruffled petals. It stands 36 inches high and blooms in mid to late season. This is a tall bearded iris which typically blooms after the dwarf irises but before the Japanese and Siberian Irises. It is an excellent cut flower and is attractive to butterflies and …
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… Petite Wonder beebalm grows to about a foot tall and 1.5 feet wide and bears fragrant rose pink flowers in the summer months from July to August. If you gently rub … you'll be pleasantly surprised by its fragrance. Bright pompoms of flowers bloom in midsummer, and removing faded flowers will extend flowering. Beebalm is great for attracting bees, …
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… Peking mock orange is a dense compact deciduous shrub that is native to China and Korea. It bears fragrant single creamy white flowers in May to June and grows to about six feet in height and width. While this shrub is adaptable to a range of conditions, it prefers sunny locations and …
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… that is suited to containers or small gardens. The plant resembles a compact tomato bush and bears golden fruits that are similar to a cherry tomato but have a papery coating like a tomatillo. The flavor is described as being like a cross between a pineapple and a tomato. Because of this composite flavor, the berries can be used in sweet and savory dishes and preparations. Like most other vegetable plants the Dwarf Berry Cape …
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… first discovered in a garden in Santa Barbara, California. It features a compact growth habit, and its hairy, silver stems produce velvety, purple flower spikes with light lavender flowers. At … to chrysanthemums in the landscape. As a member of the mint family, it has stiff, square stems and leaves scented like pine. Hummingbirds, butterflies, and moths all visit the flowers to gather nectar. This plant is deer and rabbit resistant and …
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… thrives during the long, hot days of summer. 'Star Orange' is resistant to many of the foliar and root diseases that attack some of the more upright growing species of zinnia. Plant this zinnia in full sun and in soil that tends to dry between watering, and deadhead it to encourage continuous flowering. Narrow-leaf zinnia is native to Mexico and is …
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… The Nordmann fir is native to the mountains west and east of the Black Sea. It has bicolored needles that are dark green on top and blue green on the underside. It is favored as a Christmas tree for its shape, and color of the blunt needles, which remain on the tree longer than average. It is also valued …
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