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Antique annuals: pristine beauties are easy to grow, even easer to sow - flower gardening Seeds for many of the old-fashioned annuals are still available. Instructions are given on how to harvest the seeds, store and use them for the next year's ......(Continue Reading) Seed demons in the garden Fritz Mitnick is a tomato snob and proud of it. She pores over catalogs for the latest varieties and cadges seeds from local gardeners. "A little ......(Continue Reading)Flower: an Echo Park bungalow, a Valley colonial, a Marina del Rey condo, a Pasadena CraftsmanL.A. has a hundred kinds of homes and a thousand ways AFRICAN DAISY WHO WOULD'VE GUESSED THAT THIS tiresome staple of Caltrans landscaping would reemerge as a chic border performer? In recent years, hybridizers ......(Continue Reading)Our Almanac contributors name their favorite varieties - seeds ROBERTA BAILEY, MARITIME CANADA/ NEW ENGLAND `Amplissimo Victoria' soup peas--Nutty, delicious flavor; prolific 5- to 6-foot-tall vines. Great cold-climate ......(Continue Reading)garden checklist FEBRUARY 2005 Roses Early planting encourages good root development and healthy plants. Container-grown roses can be added to the garden now. Bare-root ......(Continue Reading)
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