Mastering Horticulture

Science and art expressed through gardening.

Monday, September 29, 2014

Avocado - First Flowers and Fruit

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Fig.1  Indeterminate inflorescence At the time when I was about to give up hope of ever making homegrown-homemade guacamole, ou...
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Friday, September 12, 2014

Re-potting and Dividing Cymbidium - Again

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Fig. 1  Cymbidium:  Winter of 2014 Three years ago I repotted my cymbidiums into three gallon containers .  This year (late spring) ...
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Thursday, September 11, 2014

First Fig Fruit...

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Fig ( Ficus carica 'Brown Turkey') A t last my own fig tree bears fruits!  And it has a name - unlike the volunteer fig th...
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Looking Back: Lessons Learned in Tomato Growing

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Fig. 1   'Super Fantastic' tomato. Tomato is one of the favorite vegetables in our home. Every year, we grow different vege...
Thursday, August 14, 2014

Torenia: My New Shady Lady

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Fig. 1    Torenia fournieri E very year I try one or two new plants in my garden and this year one of them is Torenia (Torenia fo...
Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Fortune Plant (Dracaena fragrans)

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Dracaena fragrans  'Masagaena' in bloom. D racaena fragrans is one of the most important houseplants in the United States beca...
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Monday, August 4, 2014

Rosa 'Abraham Darby'

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'Abraham Darby' is an English rose that was bred by David Austin. The flowers come in pinkish apricot color with a fruity fragra...
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Helen Lewis
Born and raised in the Philippines. Attended the University of Reading, England (PhD in Agriculture), University of the Philippines (MS in Horticulture) and Cagayan State University, Philippines (BS in Agriculture). Now residing in California with husband and three children - enjoying a God-dependent life.
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