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As gardeners, our only job is to provide the right conditions for the magic to take place. Follow these helpful tips from our vegetable expert, Glen O. Seibert, for healthy and garden-ready seedlings in no time! ...

 


GLEN - A very romantic term meaning a narrow valley.
GLOCHIDS - Tiny, still hairs with barbs found in cacti. Don't let them get you.

GLEN: A term meaning a narrow valley.
GLOCHID: A small hooked hair borne on some cacti.
GRADE: The degree or direction of a slope. Mainly associated with house construction and landscaping.

'Glen Moy' - spine free canes, heavy crops in early summer
'Glen Prosen' - firm fruit in mid-summer
'Allgold' - yellow fruit in autumn
'Malling Admiral' - conical, dark red fruit in late mid-summer
'Autumn Bliss' - large red fruit in autumn ...

'Glen-Del' (circinatum) AABGA Bul. 18: 97, 1984
'Globe' (saccharum) AAN Proc. 124, 1949
'Green Cascade' (japonicum) AABGA Bul. 7: 47, 1973
'Greencolumn' (saccharum ssp. nigrum) AABGA Bul. 19: 129, 1985 ...

I purchased 15 Elaeagnus pungens 'Glen St. Mary' over a year ago when we planted a green screen to define the back yard from the forest beyond.

"When you look at this place, you see our travels," Glen Senk says of the 1912 Philadelphia house he shares with Keith Johnson. "It's a wonderful privilege to have objects we've found around the world.

The tree chosen to plant in the corner of this garden is an Ornamental Flowering Pear Pyrus calleryana 'Glen's Form' Chanticleer. It won't get too big, but it will provide the perfect screen.

Betty Lou's intention was to create a garden on her Glen Valley, Prince Edward Island property that reflects her own free spirit and infectious sense of humour. 'I like things wild and weird-like me,' she laughs.

The Van Landingham Glen is a 7-acre forest setting that focuses on plants that are native to the Carolinas. More than 1,000 species are represented, including trees, shrubs, wildflowers, ferns, rhododendrons and native azaleas.

Cooper's Nut House, 1378 Willow Glen Road, Dept. FG, Fallbrook, CA 92028. Macadamia nut trees. Free catalog. (51)
Cordon Bleu Farms, PO Box 2017, Dept. FG, San Marcos, CA 92079-2017. Daylilies, spuria and Louisiana irises. Catalog $1. (52) ...

In the main hosta garden, you can relax on benches and admire a serene glen. Plants range in hues from blue, green and yellow to white and variegations. Some hostas grow thigh-high and as wide as a millstone.

Ted Hall of Long Meadow Ranch in St. Helena (where these photos were taken) and Mike Benziger of Benziger Family Winery in Glen Ellen share their secrets for growing high-quality organic grapes for their fine wines.

See also: Plant, Grow, Water, Spring, High

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