Monday, May 10, 2010

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Canadian Tulip Festival 2010 May 7th to May 24th

Tue, 11 May 2010 05:00:00 GMT

easydestination

Canadian tulip festival is the event conducted every year in Capital of Canada, Ottawa. People from around the world visit Canada to enjoy this festival.


Topeka's Tulip Festival May 10 - 15

Tue, 11 May 2010 05:00:00 GMT

LJworld

The annual Tulip Time Festival is a citywide beautification event featuring the brief-blooming, colorful grandeur of thousands of tulips and daffodils, artistically bedded at scenic destinations around the capital city.


Rwanda to resume horticultural exports

Tue, 11 May 2010 05:00:00 GMT

busiweek

Rwanda is putting in place incentives to attract investment in the horticultural sector to revive exports.


Looming strike threatens to stain Kenya's flower industry

Tue, 11 May 2010 05:00:00 GMT

nation

Flower firms are engaged in frantic efforts to counter an impending strike by their employees.


Pink Heather

Tue, 11 May 2010 05:00:00 GMT

By Gail: I received a pink heather in a pot as a gift. It is of the ventricosa variety. How do I care for it, does it like sunshine or not, can it be planted outside?

Answer By The Flower Expert: Pink heathers are called as The Italian heather [Erica ventricosa].

It needs a sunny location, but not very hot

It needs good drainage.

It needs moisture in soil always.

You can give a controlled release fertilizer.

You can keep the plant outside.


Agapanthus

Tue, 11 May 2010 05:00:00 GMT

By Austin: Does each plant Agapanthus produce only one bloom?

Answer By The Flower Expert: The agapanthus plant produce Agapanthus clusters which are globe-shaped or pendular. The many agapanthus flowers are produced in many-flowered cymes on long, erect stems called scapes, which can grow up to 1 m long. Agapanthus flowers are in various shades of blue, from a dusky, powder blue to an almost indigo-purple, but there are some white varieties as well.


Daffodils

Tue, 11 May 2010 05:00:00 GMT

By Paul: please could you give me some reasons why my daffodils did not flower this year.?

Answer By The Flower Expert: Probably there has been too much nitrogen for the daffodil plants in the soil.

BUlbs may have infected with virus.

The plants might have been in shade for too long.

Some varieties bought from a grower may bloom the first year off the previous year's bulb, but then be unable to adequately build a flower for the following year.


Tehran International Flower Shoe May 10 - 14

Mon, 10 May 2010 05:00:00 GMT

tehrantimes

The 8th edition of Tehran International Exhibition of Flowers and Plants, Parks Equipments and Related Industries opened on Sunday.


English Speaking Residents in Mallorca Prepares for Flower Show 13th May

Mon, 10 May 2010 05:00:00 GMT

euroweeklynews

Across the island members of ESRA (English Speaking Residents in Mallorca) are preparing for their Flower Show. This popular annual event takes place on Thursday 13th May at the Santo Domingo Cloisters in Pollensa.


National Gardening Mission being intensified in Jharkhand

Mon, 10 May 2010 05:00:00 GMT

oneindia

Tomato growers in Jharkhand are being provided with additional facilities under the National Gardening Mission for increasing production and getting better returns from their yield.


Toledo Botanical Garden needs summer volunteers

Mon, 10 May 2010 05:00:00 GMT

CNN Money

The Toledo Botanical Garden is putting out a call for volunteers. You don't have to know anything about gardening, and you might not even end up doing gardening activities.


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