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<h2>Plants.am - your daily dose of gardening</h2>
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'''[[Plants.am:About|Plants.am]]''' is a complete '''garden wiki and plant encyclopedia'''. So far we have [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] plant entries and other articles written and edited by gardeners from around the globe, with [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFFILES}}]] photos. Check out the [[Help:Contents|Help]] page to see how '''you''' can edit any page '''right now'''.
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<h2>Favorites At Your Fingertips</h2>
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| '''[[List of flowering plants|Flowers]]'''<br>[[Rose]], [[Hibiscus]], [[Carnation]], [[Daylily]]...
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| '''[[List of fruits|Fruits]]'''<br>[[Apricot]], [[Orange]], [[Pear]], [[Mulberry]], [[Watermelon]]...
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| '''[[List of common houseplants|Houseplants]]'''<br>[[Ferns]], [[Weeping Fig]], [[Jade plant]], [[African Violet]]…
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| '''[[List of vegetables|Vegetables]]'''<br>[[Carrot]], [[Lettuce]], [[Sweet pepper]], [[Asparagus]]...
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| '''[[Major tree genera|Trees]]'''<br>[[Pine]], [[Maple]], [[Cedar]], [[Birch]], [[Walnut]]...
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| '''[[Herbs]]'''<br>[[Oregano]], [[Mint]], [[Parsley]], [[Chives]], [[Basil]]...
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| '''[[List of shrubs (bushes)|Shrubs]]'''<br>[[Holly]], [[Blueberry]], [[Angel's Trumpet]], [[Fuchsia]]...
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| '''[[List of vines|Vines]]'''<br>[[Passionfruit]], [[Grape]], [[Kiwi]], [[Trumpet Vine]], [[Jasmin]]...
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| colspan=2 | '''Misc.''' - [[Venus Flytrap]], [[Water Lily]], [[Spanish Moss]]...
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<h2>Plants.am Projects</h2>
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*Plant identification
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*How you can help your environment
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**Composting
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**Natural pest control
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**Edible plants and gardening
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**Front lawn replacement
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<h2>Issues</h2>
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*<b>Shade</b>
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*<b>Lawns</b>
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*<b>What blooms years round?</b>
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<h2>Hot Topics</h2>
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*Fall Planting
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<h2>Featured Flower</h2>
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[[Image:Hydrangea-IMG 0091.JPG|thumb|200px|[[Hydrangea]].]]
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The Hydrangea is a hardy plant that can tolerate many conditions - though not extremely sunny heat.
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<h2>Featured Edible</h2>
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[[Image:Citrus limon-eureka-eureka lemon-IMG 0785 hunt07.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Lemon]].]]
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Lemon trees are beautiful, the blossoms smell great, and the fruit are long-lasting and very versatile in the kitchen.
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[[Graft]] - combine two plants by cutting and attaching them.
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<h2>Featured Links</h2>
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*[http://ephedra.hip.uni-heidelberg.de/bromwiki/en/index.php/Main_Page Bromeliad Wiki]
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*[http://rareseeds.com/seeds/ Heirloom Seed Co.]
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'''[[Plants.am:About|Plants.am]]''' is a complete '''garden wiki and plant encyclopedia'''. So far we have [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] plant entries and other articles written and edited by gardeners from around the globe, with [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFFILES}}]] photos. Check out the [[Help:Contents|Help]] page to see how '''you''' can edit any page '''right now'''.
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* '''[[List of garden plants|Garden plants]]'''
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*[[User:LBlumin|LBlumin]]
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* '''[[List of common houseplants|Houseplants]]'''
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*[[User:Mike|Mike]]
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* '''[[List of fruits|Fruits]]''' <small>&</small> '''[[List of vegetables|Vegetables]]'''
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*[[User:Klbuenger|Klbuenger]]
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* '''[[List of plants by common name|Plants (by common name)]]'''
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* '''[[Major tree genera|Trees]]''' & '''[[List of shrubs (bushes)|Shrubs]]'''
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*[[Fall]]
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* '''[[List of edible seeds|Edible seeds]]'''
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*[[Composting]]
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<h2>[[Gardening Books]]</h2>
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* '''[[List of how-to guides]]'''
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*Book of the Month
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** '''[[Composting]]'''
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*[[Plant encyclopedias]] - [[Patio gardens]] - [[Herb gardens]] - [[Miscellaneous Gardening Books | Miscellaneous]]
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<h2>Reference</h2>
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*<b>Botany Basics</b>
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**[[The plant kingdom]]
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**[[The life of a plant]]
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**[[Leaves]]
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**[[Flowers]]
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*<b>Cultivation</b> - Hardiness - Regions - Garden environment - Outdoor cultivation - Care under glass - Pruning - Pruning groups - Propagation - Plant problems - Organic issues and native plants
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*<b>Plant Groups</b>
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**[[Trees]]
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**[[Shrubs]]
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**[[Climbers]]
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**[[Perennials]]
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**[[Rock plants]]
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**[[Annuals and Biennials]]
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**[[Bulbous plants]]
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**[[Orchids]]
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**[[Bromeliads]]
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**[[Cacti and other succulents]]
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**[[Palms and Cycads]]
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**[[Ferns]]
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**[[Aquatic plants]]
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**[[Grasses and bamboos]]
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| DotMBlurb='''[[Chives]]''' are a very easy to grow virtually anywhere, are perennial, and make a nice addition to countless dishes - from salads to soups and meals... as well as of course the baked potato. The pink-purple flowers are an added bonus, and come a couple of times a year.<small>([[Chives|more...]])</small>
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| OTBPBlurb=The '''[[Freesia]]''' is a popular garden plant with a strong [[perfume]] which [[naturalize]]s easily in [[frost-free]] areas. Grown from [[corm]]s or [[seed]], these plants can do well indoors in pots in a windowsill or in the garden, dug up each winter in colder areas. [[Flower]]s range from red, orange, yellow, and white to purple, including multicolors, and come in single or double forms.<small>([[Freesia|more...]])</small>}}
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* ...that chocolate was the first non-alcoholic social beverage in early modern European cuisine?
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* ...that maize was the staple of Aztec cuisine, and that maguey worms, spirulina and corn smut were popular Aztec foods?
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* ...that Thrud the Barbarian, a comic character parodying Conan the Barbarian, has the intelligence of a garden snail?
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{{newsitem|Cool Season Crops|October 2008|Fall is here and it's time to think about what cool season crops you'd like to plant this year.}}
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'''About the articles''' - Articles about gardening should be concise and informative, while articles about plants should present everything a gardener would need to know to grow the plant. The information should always be presented from the gardeners point of view.
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