2009 Photo Contest Entries

SuperUser Account — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:40:09 GMT

National Home Gardening Club members amazed us with their entries for the 2009 Photo Contest. We showcased the winners in the January 2010 issue of Gardening How-To, and below are a few more of our favorite entries. Monarchs perch on a pentas in Member Cathy Hennessy’s Milton, FL, garden. Life Member Jill Tauchert’s Eugene, OR, trees are ablaze in fall color. Member Karen Bacon captured the fiery blooms of crocosmia in her Parkton, MD, garden. Dahlberg daisies reach for the sky in the Maitland, FL, yard of Member Kelley Maners. Life Member Larry Laird grew this trillium in a bottomless fish tank in Waynesboro, PA. Member Linda Westmeyer’s Mediterranean bells begin to open in her Cleveland, OH, garden. This color-coordinated pair brightened the Fayetteville, TX, garden of Life Member Maria Stein. A bright poppy caught the attention of Life Member Robert Rokes of Riverside, CA. Member Susan Sliz, of Decatur, IL, got up close to this partly open zinnia.A peony bursts into bloom in the Burlington, VT, garden of Life Member Susan Menard.

Web Resource Guide January 2010

SuperUser Account — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:47:02 GMT

Garden Variety, page 10Garden Spot:Missouri Botanical Gardens, St. Louis, MO, 800-642-8842, www.mobot.orgProduct Pick: Source for PlantCam:Wingscapes, 888-811-9464, www.wingscapes.com/plantcamPlant Pick:Sources for strawberry tree:Forestfarm, Williams, OR, 541-846-7269, www.forestfarm.com. (Forestfarm carries A. unedo ‘Compacta’, a cultivar that’s smaller than the species.)Raintree Nursery, Morton, WA, 360-496-6400, www.raintreenursery.comWhitman Farms, Salem, OR, 503-585-8728, www.whitmanfarms.comSite Specific, page 12Resources for Southeast:Maple Ridge Nursery, Decatur, GA, 770-987-4066, www.japanesemaplesandconifers.comSmallPlants.com, Horse Shoe, NC, www.smallplants.comResources for Southwest: To buy Picea pungens ‘Baby Blue Eyes’:Loomis Nursery, Boring, OR, 503-663-5737, www.loomisnursery.com To buy Juniperus horizontalis ‘Blue Chip’:Miller Nursery, Johnston, IA, 515-276-7505, www.millernursery.comResources for Pacific Northwest: To see a dwarf conifer exhibit:South Seattle Community College Arboretum, Coenosium Rock Garden, Seattle, WA, 206-768-6684, www.southseattle.edu/arboretum To buy Thujopsis dolabrata ‘Nana’:Forestfarm, Williams, OR, 541-846-7269, www.forestfarm.comJoy Creek Nursery, Scappoose, OR, 503-543-7474, www.joycreek.com To buy Thuja plicata ‘Whipcord’:Arrowhead Alpines, Fowlerville, MI, 517-223-3581, www.arrowheadalpines.comResource for Midwest/Mountain: To buy Taxus cuspidata ‘Densa’:Lazy S’s Farm, Barboursville, VA, www.lazyssfarm.comResource for Northeast:Blue River Nursery, Columbia City, IN, 260-244-7420, www.bluerivernursery.com To see photos and descriptions of other small conifers, visit the Web site of wholesaler Iseli Nursery, www.iseli-nursery.com.Never-ending Blooms, page 26To buy amaryllis bulbs:Breck’s Bulbs, Guilford, IN, 513-354-1512, www.brecks.comBrent and Becky’s Bulbs, Gloucester, VA, 877-661-2852, www.brentandbeckysbulbs.comTool Shop, page 44Source for stepping stone kits:Magnetic Poetry Inc., Minneapolis, MN, 800-370-7697, www.magneticpoetry.comSource for garden journal:Journals Unlimited, Bay City, MI, 800-897-8528, www.journalsunlimited.comSources for “good causes” gift certificates:The Gift of Green, 512-691-6325, www.begreennow.com. (Click on Shop Now.)Heifer International, 800-422-0474, www.heifer.orgSource for compost containers and biobags:Plow and Hearth, 800-494-7544, www.plowhearth.comSource for note cards:Elizabeth’s Flowers, Twin Lakes, WI, www.elizabeths-flowers.comSource for trugs:Kinsman Garden Co., Pipersville, PA, 800-733-4129, www.kinsmangarden.comSource for fountain:Yardiac, Greenville, SC, 866-927-3422, www.yardiac.comSource for watering can:Decorative Cents, Frisco, TX, 888-643-3744, www.decorativecents.com