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If you’ve ever seen a weeping cherry tree in bloom or sat beneath the branches of a stately weeping willow, you know how lovely this distinctive growth habit can be. With branches that cascade from the trunk like water down a mountainside, weeping trees are coveted treasures in gardens and yards everywhere. Whether they’re flowering, evergreen, or deciduous, planting a weeping tree in your landscape adds an eye-catching focal point to the design. Types of weeping trees There are many types of weeping trees, but for the most part, weeping is not a common plant trait. Weeping

As of last summer, the island nation of New Zealand was home to 6.3 million head of dairy cattle, up 82 percent over the last two decades. The country also holds 3.8 million beef cattle, 800,000 deer and a whopping 26.8 million head of sheep. That’s a lot of livestock for a country of about five million people. 

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What is this flower that was found growing on a rock in the middle of a river?

What is going on with this Roma tomato?

One of the first things to get me hooked on gardening was an illustration of delphiniums in full bloom. The otherworldly beauty of their soaring flower spires in shades of peacock, sky and electric violet was mesmerising and I coveted them instantly. Too many decades later I feel the same way, except now I know how difficult they are to grow well.

Happy Friday GPODers! We’re on the road again, this time seeing a slice of an expansive botanic garden in Texas with Frances Watson.

Claire Hoppe

Pay attention to a few Dichondra Silver Falls care basics and you’ll be rewarded with a great feature plant that’s perfect for creating a cascading effect in a rock garden, along the edge of a raised bed, or from atop high window boxes or tall containers. With its silver stems and small, fan-shaped leaves, elegant Silver Falls Dichondra combines beautifully with low-growing flowering plants like lobelia, dianthus, and dwarf ageratum. In warm climates—think zones 8 and up—you can expect Dichondra to perform like a tough perennial plant. Elsewhere, it works as an annual or an indoor houseplant. Let’s get to know more about this wonderful plant. Meet Dichondra Silver Falls Known as Silver Falls Dichondra or sometimes just Silver Dichondra, this plant’s official botanical n

IT’S ONE of the best-known naturalistic gardens anywhere, and yet it’s perched in the most unnatural spot imaginable, 30 feet high above New York City traffic on an abandoned elevated railway line. The High Line on Manhattan’s West Side is celebrating the 15th anniversary of the opening of its first section, years that have been filled with expert lessons on gardening in this looser, nature-inspired style.

Adam Albright