http://www.articlealley.com en-us editorial@articlealley.com In Southern States, the Northern type palm trees that withstand cold temperatures of -20* F will also thrive in the South. The Northern type palm trees, such as Windmill Palm trees, Trachycarpus fortunei, Needle Palm trees, Rhapidophyllum hystrix, Dwarf p... http://www.articlealley.com/article_165434_27.html 27th May 2007 The Chinese Jujube Tree (Chinese Date), Ziziphus zizyphus. The Chinese Jujube was introduced formally into the U.S. in 1908 by the USDA that imported exceptional Chinese cultivars from China, Japan, Korea and Indochina. About 50 of these trees were establ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_161521_27.html 21st May 2007 The State of Virginia has adopted the dogwood flowering tree as its State tree, and many cities in America have named themselves 'The Dogwood City.' Atlanta, Georgia holds a spring festival every April to coincide with the flowering of the of the dogwood ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_159889_27.html 15th May 2007 Dioon (Gum) Palm Tree - Dioon spinulosum Giant Dioon is technically a cycad of pre-historical origin, and the Dioon palm tree can grow up to 1 � ft. in diameter with a Dioon trunk growing twelve feet tall. The bright waxy-green leaves of the Dioon are f... http://www.articlealley.com/article_158327_27.html 11th May 2007 Japanese Camellia, Camellia japonica. American gardeners in the South know and love the Camellia japonica, a landscape shrub, bush, or tree that can grow 20 feet tall. The Camellia japonica became an important garden landscape plant in the World War II wa... http://www.articlealley.com/article_156095_27.html 06th May 2007 The term, 'perennial plant', means simply that the plant returns following severe freezes, to grow again the next year. Trees are cold hardy tested perennials by nature, some trees that are evergreens and do not go dormant, but merely slow down during var... http://www.articlealley.com/article_154062_27.html 01st May 2007 Buying flower bulbs to plant and grow is an exciting experience that begins in the fall and continues through the spring. Dutch flowering bulbs are usually delivered to American ports by the month of September for fall planting. Major Dutch bulbs offering... http://www.articlealley.com/article_152629_27.html 27th April 2007 Shade trees do not all necessarily shed their leaves in the fall (deciduous), but some shade trees are evergreen, and others can be classified as flowering trees. The fact that shade trees can cool temperatures in the surrounding landscape and cool off ho... http://www.articlealley.com/article_151269_27.html 24th April 2007 The Cold Hardy Windmill Fan Palm tree originated on the island of Chusan off the east coast of China, and the Windmill palm tree is often called the Chinese or Chusan Fan Palm. Robert Fortune smuggled Windmill palm plants from China into the Kew Horticult... http://www.articlealley.com/article_147068_27.html 12th April 2007 The early Spanish explorers introduced banana plants into America from Spain as a hardcore, large cooking banana, known as a Plantain banana. The amazing yellow fresh eating banana, that we know today sold by supermarkets, resulted from a mutation from t... http://www.articlealley.com/article_145972_27.html 09th April 2007 Buying the best azalea shrub offers a gardener many choices for various landscapes. The Southern indica azalea hybrids are the most popular flowering shrubs for warm climates that includes the Formosa azaleas of white, pink, red, purple, magenta, violet, ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_142874_27.html 01st April 2007 Great progress began in 1870 in the hybridizing of the canna lily by a combination of genetic materials from the wild canna species that had been collected from around the world, leading to the production of the 'Madame Crozy' cultivar. A great interest d... http://www.articlealley.com/article_139863_27.html 27th March 2007 The Canary Island Date palm, Phoenix canariensis, is one of the most sought after and spectacular palm trees seen in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Lower Texas, and coastal South Carolina. This large, formal palm tree, looks great when... http://www.articlealley.com/article_136903_27.html 12th March 2007 There are two types of chinquapin trees, also called �chikapin trees,' that are available commercially in the United States, the Allegheny chinquapin and the Georgiana chinquapin. The Allegheny chinquapin, �Castanea pumila', is considered a shrub by s... http://www.articlealley.com/article_135111_27.html 05th March 2007 In centuries past, ancient man noticed that grapes hanging on vines lasted for months, and even though seedy, the fruit was sweet to the taste. These grapes dried out in the sun and were called raisins. The raisins could be stored for months to be eaten a... http://www.articlealley.com/article_134769_27.html 05th March 2007 Landscape shrubs are divided into two main categories: Evergreen shrubs grown primarily for the green leaves, and shrubs that are grown for flowers. Some of the flowering shrubs that are grown for flowers are also evergreen, such as: Albelia, Azalea, Bana... http://www.articlealley.com/article_133355_27.html 01st March 2007 The shoreline of the Ogeechee River is densely imbedded with a little known fruit tree called the, "Ogeechee Lime" Nyssa ogeechee, that could easily demand attention from farmers, who are looking for a secondary crop. Local landowners, and those who fish ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_132902_27.html 28th February 2007 Clumping bamboo is composed of over 500 species, and is less adaptable than the running bamboo species. The vast majority of clumping bamboo species grow in the tropical, and sub-tropical regions around the world, however, several species will grow in the... http://www.articlealley.com/article_132395_27.html 27th February 2007 Running Bamboo is the most widely grown, fast growing type of bamboo plant in the world, and is comprised of over 700 species. The most widely used and possibly the 'King' of the running bamboo in the Phyllostachys genus, which is comprised of approximate... http://www.articlealley.com/article_131331_27.html 21st February 2007 Scattered reports of palm trees growing in Northern areas of the United States and Canada have been known for many years. Semi-truck loads of windmill palm trees have been unloaded and successfully grown in Canada and the Northeast beginning in the year 2... http://www.articlealley.com/article_128850_27.html 15th February 2007 Most gardeners consider the azalea shrub as an easy plant to grow, if located in the most suitable environment. Azaleas can be divided into two recognizable groups, the evergreen azalea and the deciduous azalea, which drops all of its leaves in the fall d... http://www.articlealley.com/article_128108_27.html 10th February 2007 One of the most perplexing and aggravating problems in marketing canna lilies or buying canna rhizomes from the retail market is the practice of renaming canna cultivars of old or new hybrids with illegitimate names. One reason merchants rename canna lili... http://www.articlealley.com/article_126769_27.html 06th February 2007 Since the year eight hundred ten the city of Venice, Italy has been standing strong and mighty with its ever present clock tower, and St. Marks square. What few people know however is that 'The city of Venice rests on the hearts of Larch.' In the ninth ce... http://www.articlealley.com/article_125963_27.html 02nd February 2007 Modern canna cultivars (varieties) began appearing 250 years ago with the collection of native wild cannas that are technically referred to by botanists as "species." Canna wild species produced large leaves that were fast growing with a tropical appearan... http://www.articlealley.com/article_124562_27.html 30th January 2007 Most flowering trees are small and can be planted in full sun or partial shade, being easily adapted to small yards. The Japanese Saucer Magnolia, Magnolia x Soulangiana, awakens in late winter or early spring. First growing flower buds that increase in s... http://www.articlealley.com/article_123943_27.html 27th January 2007 Japanese persimmons, �Diospyros kaki L.,' were introduced into the United States from Japan by Admiral Perry who discovered the fruit growing on the coast of Southern Japan in 1851. Most of the early Japanese persimmon introductions in 1828 were spro... http://www.articlealley.com/article_122324_27.html 23rd January 2007 According to Luther Burbank, who studied and hybridized raspberries and blackberries more than any other horticulturalist, and wrote his classical 8 volume treatise on Small Fruits and Fruit Improvement in 1921; the red raspberry plant was cultivated in E... http://www.articlealley.com/article_119805_27.html 13th January 2007 Apricots originated on the Russian-Chinese border in about 3000 BC and were imported along with peach seed into Europe through the "Silk Road" that extended camelback trading to the Mideast. The fruit grows as an escaped naturalized plant along modern roa... http://www.articlealley.com/article_118000_27.html 08th January 2007 The question of when history on nectarines began cannot be answered properly and with any certainty. Efforts to do this by some websites that suggest that nectarine Prunus persica nectarina history should begin in China in 2000 BC to correspond with the h... http://www.articlealley.com/article_117029_27.html 06th January 2007 Apple trees were the most popularly grown fruit tree in colonial America and practically every settlement farm and backyard gardener planted this easily grown fruit tree, or easier, the seed of the apple could be planted to establish a permanent food supp... http://www.articlealley.com/article_115688_27.html 03rd January 2007 In 1792, William Bartram reported in his book, Travels, the discovery of a native shagbark hickory nut that he called ?Juglans exaltata.' Today, shagbark hickory is called ?Carya ovata.' Bartram reported that this shagbark hickory grove was cultivated in ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_115141_27.html 30th December 2006 The first documentation of grapevines growing in the Americas was discovered in researching the logbook of navigator Giovanni de Verazzano, who reported in 1504 that a large "white grape" was vigorously growing at Cape Fear, North Carolina. The English ex... http://www.articlealley.com/article_114507_27.html 27th December 2006 William Bartram, a notable, early American botanist, extensively explored the Island of St. Simons in Georgia; describing vividly the landscape, animals and plants in the area, along with his personal encounters with islanders, and in most cases, their ge... http://www.articlealley.com/article_114048_27.html 24th December 2006 The ancient travelers and traders, who circulated back and forth over the Silk Road route between Greece and Turkey, used almonds in their commercial trading, in exchange for other expensive and desirable goods. Native almond trees, ?Prunius dulcis,' are ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_113362_27.html 19th December 2006 Loquats, ?Eriobotrya japonica,? are documented to have been grown in Japan around 1100 AD. Some botanists have suggested that the first plantings of the loquat trees may have come from China originally and later were introduced into Japan. The loquat tree... http://www.articlealley.com/article_111030_27.html 09th December 2006 Copyright (c) 2006 Patrick Malcolm Next to the landscape importance of trees is that of shrubs that grow in our gardens, parks, landscape foundation, street borders, and commercial landscapes. Thousands of different varieties of shrubs are grown to orn... http://www.articlealley.com/article_106524_27.html 18th November 2006 Copyright 2006 Patrick Malcolm Christopher Columbus in 1493 introduced citrus trees into America on the Island of Haiti, by planting the seed of the sweet orange tree, the sour orange, citron, lemon, lime, and pummelo fruit trees. Records show that ci... http://www.articlealley.com/article_104818_27.html 17th November 2006 Copyright 2006 Patrick Malcolm When agricultural crops are reproduced by division after several generations, often a decline occurs in qualities such as vigor, yield, disease resistance, plant and fruit appearance and uniformity of size or shape. This... http://www.articlealley.com/article_103389_27.html 16th November 2006 Mulberry trees were well known in the ancient civilizations of the world. They were famous fruit trees, because of the delicious berry fruits that were abundantly produced by fast growing trees-loaded with huge green leaves that were eaten by livestock, a... http://www.articlealley.com/article_97096_27.html 07th November 2006 Copyright 2006 Patrick Malcolm Palm trees in ancient desert sands grew and satisfied almost every need the ancient Jews needed. The Jews ate the palm tree dates; the tree juices were fermented into wine; the trunk of the palm tree was used as construct... http://www.articlealley.com/article_93137_51.html 06th October 2006 Copyright 2006 Patrick Malcolm Palm trees were once thought to be suitable for planting only in tropical landscapes, however, several cold hardy palm trees occur naturally, growing in America, where snows fall during winter. The windmill palm tree, Tra... http://www.articlealley.com/article_92452_27.html 04th October 2006 Copyright 2006 Patrick Malcolm The rise and fall of ancient empires has developed parallel also to the establishment and destruction of advanced fruit tree orchards. Ancient fruit trees such as olive tree orchards increased the wealth and health of na... http://www.articlealley.com/article_91613_27.html 03rd October 2006 Copyright 2006 Patrick Malcolm The fig tree, 'Ficus carica,' possibly originated in Northern Asia according to archeological fossil records. Spanish missionaries brought it to the United States in 1520. Historical Sumerian tablets record the use and ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_91238_27.html 03rd October 2006 Copyright 2006 Patrick Malcolm Nuts are different from most other food items. When planted, the nut contains substances, such as fats, proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals within the nut kernel to survive and nourish the embryonic nut tree u... http://www.articlealley.com/article_89597_27.html 27th September 2006 Copyright 2006 Patrick Malcolm Many agricultural plants that are reproduced by vegetative division face a mysterious problem that results in a decline in the clone vigor, and most farmers and nurserymen claim that the plant crop has "run out." A numbe... http://www.articlealley.com/article_87362_27.html 08th September 2006 Copyright 2006 Patrick Malcolm It is difficult to trace the ancient history of the strawberry plant or strawberry tree, because there are so many different, complex, undefined species, and they have evolved in so many different places and countries. ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_85581_27.html 01st September 2006 Copyright 2006 Patrick Malcolm There is convincing archeological evidence from the excavation of the ancient lake dwellers in Switzerland that the European pear, Pyrus communis L., was known by that civilization. It is believed that the pear was known ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_83550_27.html 21st August 2006 Copyright 2006 Patrick Malcolm The pleasing appearance of citrus trees and the fruit was mentioned by many ancient travelers, even though the fruit of citrus trees had not evolved to the point as an important food staple, the fragrance of all parts of ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_82471_27.html 17th August 2006 Copyright 2006 Patrick Malcolm Many of the berries grown today commercially were recently hybridized from wild berry plants and bushes that grew as native plants on many continents since ancient historical times, such as the strawberry plants, blueberr... http://www.articlealley.com/article_81536_27.html 14th August 2006 Copyright 2006 Patrick Malcolm There are only a few instances in the ancient historical record concerning cherry trees. This absence in the record perhaps resulted in the fragile nature and perishability of the fruit, unlike the fruit from the apple t... http://www.articlealley.com/article_80939_27.html 13th August 2006