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	<title>The Xeric Gardener &#187; Gardening</title>
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		<title>Sowing Wildflower Seeds in Winter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
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Traditionally, we think of the balmy days of spring or summer as the time to sow seeds in our gardens. And while this may be true of many annual flowers and vegetables, seeds of perennial wildflowers are best sow in the late fall or winter! Why? Many perennials have seeds that require a period of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop the Madness! Making Lawns an Eco-friendly Part of Our Landscapes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Salman</dc:creator>
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Lawns are a mainstay of American landscapes. But traditional lawn care and maintenance methods are an ecological nightmare. American gardeners and landscape professionals need to make a concerted effort to make our lawns more eco-sensible.
We can do this by

reducing the amount of area covered by turf and use more groundcovers where appropriate
select regionally appropriate native [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growing Cacti and Succulents for Seed Production</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Salman</dc:creator>
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I’m not one for making lots of New Year’s resolutions. But I did promise myself that I’d get my collection of cacti and succulents re-potted this winter. Because High Country Gardens is such a large grower of cold hardy cacti and South African succulents, we like to grow seed of my favorite plants. Often commercial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping Snow and Ice at Bay</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Salman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that winter is upon us, this means snow and snow removal from our walks and driveways. Traditionally salt (sodium chloride) has been used to melt snow on roads and sidewalks. Salt lowers the freezing point of water and prevents ice formation after the snow melts.
But as gardeners, we need to remember that sodium chloride [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pour on the Orange; Planting Zauschneria for Hummingbirds</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Salman</dc:creator>
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One of my favorite native genera is Zauschneria, also know by its common names such as Hummingbird Trumpet, Fire Chalice and California Fuchsia. (To botanists and botanically informed gardeners who read this blog, you&#8217;ll note that I have refused to lump them into the Fireweed genus Epilobium)
Their Native Range
Native from Arizona, Utah, Idaho and west [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cold Hardy, Late Summer / Early Fall Blooming Sages</title>
		<link>http://blog.highcountrygardens.com/archives/394</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Salman</dc:creator>
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Fall is in the Air
I look forward to my gardens this time of the year. Many of my favorite native plants and ornamental grasses come into flower as the summer transitions to fall. Living and gardening at an elevation of nearly 7, 000 ft. here in Santa Fe, you can already feel a hint of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agastache: &#8220;Super Stars&#8221; of the Perennial World &#8211; Part 2</title>
		<link>http://blog.highcountrygardens.com/archives/383</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Salman</dc:creator>
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It&#8217;s no surprise that gardeners across the country are bringing Agastache plants into their gardens. Some of these new hybrids are worthwhile while others appear to not be anything really exciting. Never-the-less, I&#8217;m excited that this genus is becoming more widely grown.I think that there has been some sales hype and mis-information about growing the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agastache; &#8220;Super Stars&#8221; of the Perennial World</title>
		<link>http://blog.highcountrygardens.com/archives/377</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Salman</dc:creator>
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Growing plants of the genus Agastache (A gas&#8217; ta kee or A gas tack&#8217; e), commonly known as hummingbird mint or hyssop, has been an obsession of mine for the last 15 years. They have everything I love in a perennial; aromatic flowers and foliage, stunning spikes of tubular flowers that attract hummingbirds, bees and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oenothera ‘Shimmer&#8217;; Keeping the Wild Spirit of the Prairie in Your Garden</title>
		<link>http://blog.highcountrygardens.com/archives/338</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Salman</dc:creator>
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Oenothera fremontii ‘Shimmer&#8217; PPAF is one of my favorite new native plants. Originally selected by Lauren Springer Ogden and Scott Ogden, from a seed grown crop of Oenothera fremontii, this vegetatively propagated cultivar selection is a standout. Lauren and Scott picked the original plant from all the others because of its unusually narrow foliage that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finally a Monsoon Rainstorm to Fill My Water Harvesting System!</title>
		<link>http://blog.highcountrygardens.com/archives/334</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Salman</dc:creator>
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To date, the Santa Fe area has had about 3-4&#8243; of total precipitation (rain and snow) since this past January; a very dry year!  (We usually average about 12&#8243; annually.) Well, after this last week with daytime highs in the upper 90&#8217;s, our gardens were wilting and the native grass prairie all around us [...]]]></description>
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