African Violets On-Line,
by Stephen Gaudin, Texas, USA. Dedicated to the members of the
Saintpaulia genus (Gesneriaceae) and those people who love them.
African Violet World
by Richard Trout, USA. African Violet World discusses the
world's favourite house plant (Saintpaulia, Gesneriaceae),
including the African Violet FAQ, archives of the gesneriphiles
e-mail mailing list and on-line newsletters from African Violet
societies around the world.
The American Begonia Society Pages, USA.
The American Begonia Society pages provide current information
on the growing culture of Begonias and on the American Begonia
Society. Several linked pages covering a wide range of topics
and information concerning the growing, conservation, and types
of begonias and all aspects of the American Begonia Society.
The American Cottage Gardener,
USA. A horticultural quarterly exploring the panglobal cottage
gardening style from the perspective of North American climate
conditions, cultivars and adaptavars.
Annual Flower Garden of Seppo Vesterinen, Finland.
Garden encyclopedia of annual flowers, bedding plants and tender
perennials grown as half hardy annuals in the north. Species descriptions,
varieties, history, sources, flower name dictionary.
Botanique. Links to
botanical gardens and gardening sites in Canada and the USA
British Native Flora
by Helen Watford, Askham Bryan College, North Yorkshire, UK. About
10 (March 1996) British native plants with descriptions, histories
and photographs.
The Cactus and Succulent Plant Mall,
UK. An Internet resource for all growers of cacti and succulent
plants. It will be regularly updated with information on cactus
and succulent societies and suppliers of plants, seeds and literature
on cacti and succulents.
California Rare Fruit Growers, Inc.,
USA. Founded in 1968, California Rare Fruit Growers (CRFG) is
the largest amateur fruit-growing organization in the world, with
members in 48 states and U.S. territories, and 30 countries. The
membership of CRFG includes many nationally recognized botanical
gardens, international rare fruit enthusiasts, commercial fruit
growers, and internationally recognized horticultural researchers.
Canberra Organic Growers' Society,
Australia. The Canberra Organic Growers Society Inc. is a non-profit
organisation which was started in 1977 with the broad aim of providing
a forum for organic growers to exchange information and encourage
the broader public to adopt organic growing methods.
Come Into My Garden
by Tom H. Robb, Texas, USA; dedicated to the Master Gardener Program,
contains links to worldwide gardening, horticultural and botanical
sites.
Chaparral Gardens.
Chaparral Gardens specializes in modern hybrid daylilies. It is
located atop a small ridge in the Sierra Foothills, California,
USA.
Cultivations' Daylily Corner,
USA. Specializing in Daylily Catalogs full of 50+ Pictures; Daylily
Software for invoicing, customers, and inventory; easy to read
Plant Labels; Web Pages, Layout Printed Catalogs etc.
The Daylily Exchange,
USA. The purpose of this page is to provide a convenient and easy
way of accessing the commercial daylily resources available on
the internet.
Daylilies Growing Along the Information Highway (USA).
Daylilies Growing Along the Information Highway is brought to
you by a supporter of Friends of the Daylilies--a group of American
Hemerocallis Society (AHS) members.
Daylilies Online,
USA. An extensive collection of high-resolution daylily photos
maintained by Nick Chase.
Hemerocallis - The Daylily
by Bill Jarvis, USA. A variety of Daylily information including
culture, hybridizing, using daylilies in landscaping, and pictures
of named cultivars.
Dig Magazine - Home and Garden,
USA. A Home and Garden Diversions magazine, featuring nationally
known writers, the Dig Calendar, online Forums, and more.
Dowdeswells Delphiniums, New Zealand.
Delphiniums grown and bred in New Zealand with cultural information
and details of common pests and diseases.
Florafest Orchids Australia.
One of Australia's oldest & largest commercial orchid nurseries,
with Australian native and exotic orchids. Here you can find hundreds
of images, numerous articles and culture notes on all orchid genera
including unique Australian species & the latest hybrids.
The Garden Gate on the Prairienet,
Karen Fletcher, USA. Garden Gate's World Wide Web pages offer
gardeners and nature lovers links to useful and interesting sites
around the world, as well as a growing collection of original
materials.
The Gardening Archive
at the Lysator www site in Sweden has an emphasis on plants suitable
for a temperate or cold temperate climate.
Garden Pages,
Joyce Schillen, USA. This site provides gardening tips for the
home gardener along with links to additional gardening sites.
Gardens and Landscapes, UK.
The site covers Gardens and Landscapes including plants, garden
design and landscaping. It is international in scope with a slight
bias towards the UK. This site is maintained by Aldex Sofware
on a non-commercial basis. The site includes various software
developed by Aldex Software, a software house specialising in
landscape and horticultural software and including : Plant Selector
Plant Selector Professional Garden Designer Professional LandCalc
(calculates areas/volumes/ etc by tracing maps or plans) LandMate
(Landscape estimating package) LandMan (Comprehensive Landscape
management) and various other horticulture related software.
Hardy Fern Foundation, USA.
HDF is a non-profit, membership organization established to provide
a comprehensive collection of the world's hardy ferns for display,
testing, evaluation, public education and introduction to the
gardening and horticultural community.
Horticulture and Molecular Biology
by Mick Partis, UK. This page and associated documents host the
newsletter of an EU research programme on onion quality, offers
links to suppliers of chemicals and scientific equipment, lists
numerous laboratory protocols, safety information and many useful
molecular biology and horticulture web sites.
Horticulture Solutions,
USA. The Solutions Series is designed to provide information on
topics in Foods and Nutrition, Consumer and Family Economics,
and Horticulture. Sources of information include the University
of Illinois, United States Department of Agriculture and other
land grant universities.
Hydrangea Home Page
from Washington, USA. Source of botanical and horticultural information
on the genus Hydrangea. Sources (catalogs & nurseries), literature,
societies and photographs will be maintained and updated frequently.
Leonard Holmes' Hardy Palm Information
USA. Information on species of palms which are easily grown in
temperate areas. Includes cultural information, tips for winter
protection, sources for plants, links to other sites.
Master Gardener Information.Texas
Agricultural Extension Service, USA - information on fruits and
nuts, flowering plants, annual and perennial ornamental trees
and shrubs, turf grasses, and vegetables.
Mid Atlantic Bonsai Enthusiast, USA.
A collection of resources for the bonsai tree enthusiast. Includes:
classified page, events page, links page, local page, travel page
Find: clubs, botanical gardens, institutions, nurseries, maps,
pots, plants, tools.
Museum of Garden History,
Lambeth Palace, London, UK The world's first Museum of Garden
History's WWW site is a first stop for garden enthusiasts to find
out about: plants and shrubs, their history, who introduced them
and where they can be obtained today, details of famous gardeners
and plant hunters, gardens of various styles; where to see them
and when, Garden History societies, horticultural and landscape
architects, bibliographies of garden-related materials, including
periodicals. Plus a Virtual Visit, the Knot Garden, details of
opening times, Exhibitions, Lectures.
The North American Plant Preservation Council,
USA. The purpose of NAPCC is to establish plant collections in
various places on the North American continent, so that NAPPC
collections will be established in as many areas and climate zones
as possible and be accessible to as many interested people as
possible. These collections will be used to preserve plants in
danger of disappearing forever, and for research, horticultural
study, education and dissemination to interested nurseries and
gardeners. Collections will be established at botanical gardens,
colleges and universities, and by specialist nurseries and interested
individuals.
Organic Tree Care Web Site,
Keslick & Son, Modern Arboriculture & Landscape Maintenance,
USA. Also articles by Dr Alex L. Shigo on Tree Treatments based
on Tree Biology are now on line.
Pacific Northwest Native Wildlife Gardening,
USA. This site is an attempt to gather information that is useful
for gardening with Pacific Northwest native plants, and for attracting
PNW native wildlife to your yard.
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society,
USA. The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, a not-for-profit
membership organization founded in 1827, encourages and advances
the art and science of horticulture. The Society provides a place
where all greening enthusiasts -- novice gardeners, experienced
horticulturists, and purely-for-pleasure observers -- can pursue
their own particular horticultural interests.
Perennial Plant Association.
The Perennial Plant Association is dedicated to improving the
perennial plant industry by providing education to enhance the
production, promotion and utilization of perennial plants. Its
pages are maintained in the Penn State Horticultural Trial Garden,
USA.
The Plant Finder Home Page, UK.
These pages provide information about The RHS Plant Finder, the
recognised authority on plant nomenclature and Britain's leading
guide to over 65,000 plants and where to buy them. The printed
book, now in its tenth edition, has been joined in 1996 by The
Plant Finder Reference Library CD-ROM. The Plant Finder Reference
Library CD is supplied free. Many of the databases and programs
on it are free and can be accessed in full directly. The major
databases (The RHS Plant Finder, other plant finders and Heather
cultivars) are supplied 'locked' but with demonstration versions
available that you can try immediately.
The Plant Tracker.
This database, compiled by Plants For A Future, a non-profit organization
located in Cornwall, U.K., lists, and allows you to search by,
the uses for a plant - whether it's edible, medicinal or used
for something else.
The Plumeria Place,
John Murray, Texas, USA. Plumeria are a tropical flowering tree,
sometimes called frangipani, in the plant family Apocynaceae.
Plants for a future.
A Resource and Information Centre for Edible and other useful
plants. Plants for a Future is a project based in Cornwall,
UK, which seeks to gather together and disseminate information
on the many useful properties of plants, partularly those plants
which are less common in todays society. They also have a beautiful
patch of land which they are tending according to vegan-organic-permaculture
principles. and concentrating on perennial plants. They have produced
many leaflets as well as a catalogue of plants available from
them. One major project has been the construction of a database
of useful plants which contains over 7000 species.
The Proven Winners Garden Site, USA.
Proven Winners® are hybrid forms of popular flowering plants,
created by cross-breeding exotic plants from all over the world
with gardeners' favorites like petunias or verbenas.
Sustainable Trees and Shrubs for Southern New England, USA
Plant materials list from the University of Rhode Island promoting
sustainable trees and shrubs for USDA hardiness zones 4 through
7. Disease and pest-free plants tolerant of a range of environmental
and human related stresses.
Tillandsia International, USA .
Website of the North America's largest Tillandsia (Bromeliaceae)
grower, with cultural information and color pictures.
Traditional Gardening:
A Journal of Practical Information on Creating and Restoring Classic
Gardens. This is the Internet version of a US gardening journal
that concentrates on traditional gardening techniques of interest
to historical preservationists, as well as the average gardener
who would like to approach their garden with an eye toward classical
authenticity.
Yesterday's Rose
by S. Andrew Schulman, USA. This site contains illustrations and
descriptions of numerous old and old-fashioned rose varieties,
including details of scent, flower, growth and culture.
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