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		<title>A Couple of Magnificent Fall Grasses</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ornamental grasses should be the highlight of any fall landscape. Few plants can provide so much beauty for so little effort. There are two types of ornamental grasses; warm season and cool season. Cool season grasses grow most actively in the fall and spring with flower spikes coming in late spring-early summer. Warm season grasses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Planting a New Stock Plant Bed in Bernalillo, NM</title>
		<link>http://blog.highcountrygardens.com/archives/955</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 17:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Salman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I enjoy the anticipation of putting a big planting of new perennials into the ground. It’s exciting to see new transplants I&#8217;ve been growing since last summer or fall, establish and mature to their full beauty. As a critical part of the perennial testing and propagation at High Country Gardens, I spend a lot of time planting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inferno Strips; Go from useless to Wow!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Salman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lawn Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the quest to make lawns more sustainable and input efficient, we need to pay attention to where a lawn makes sense in the landscape. One place a lawn most certainly doesn’t belong is in what I refer to as the “inferno strip” or “hell strip.” That useless piece of real estate created when a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lavender Bliss</title>
		<link>http://blog.highcountrygardens.com/archives/742</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Salman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lavender is one of our greatest garden plants. It combines soothing color and fragrance with durability, structure and texture into a perfect package. Here in the cold, arid high desert of New Mexico I use it in practically every planting and grow at least 20 cultivars of cold hardy types at High Country Gardens. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Tomatoes Off to a Fast Start</title>
		<link>http://blog.highcountrygardens.com/archives/737</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Salman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s no secret that tomatoes are the most popular of all the vegetable crops for the home gardener. Indeed, few plants can inspire the passion and devotion lavished on the tomato. I love a good homegrown tomato as much as the next person and always try to plant a few plants in my small home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fall blooming bulbs; the stunning Sternbergia lutea!</title>
		<link>http://blog.highcountrygardens.com/archives/535</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Salman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Mediterranean native bulb commonly known as Lily of the Field or Winter Daffodil provides a brief but fabulous bit of color in the fall xeriscape. The large, deep yellow, six petaled flowers appear suddenly in late September here in Santa Fe&#8217;s high elevation, short season Zone 6 climate. (They bloom later in warmer areas.) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plant Profile: Echinacea ‘Rocky Top Hybrids&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.highcountrygardens.com/archives/312</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Salman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The genus Echinacea contains some of our most valuable and showy native wildflowers. There has been a tremendous amount of selection and breeding work done with the various species in the last decade resulting in an explosion of new cultivars (varieties). Some are superb but most others are highly over-rated, especially some of the orange [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watering during the summer months</title>
		<link>http://blog.highcountrygardens.com/archives/307</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Salman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good watering techniques and proper scheduling during the summer months are extremely important for both new plantings and established landscapes. I strongly recommend getting a rain gauge. You need to know how much water is falling from the sky. A general rule of thumb; if you don&#8217;t get AT LEAST ½″ of rain, most soils [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cold Hardy Agave: Living Sculptures for your Garden</title>
		<link>http://blog.highcountrygardens.com/archives/146</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Salman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I admit that I have a fascination with cold hardy succulents, ornamental grasses and other plant groups that for some gardeners, are just a bit off the beaten path. But it&#8217;s many of these same plants that are bringing a whole new look to American gardens. There is something so alluring, so sculptural, so geometrically [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gardening with Cold Hardy Cacti &#8211; Part I</title>
		<link>http://blog.highcountrygardens.com/archives/143</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Salman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cactus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We think of cacti in small pots or dish gardens for use as house plants, but cold hardy members of this diverse family have the potential for much broader use. As often happens with native plants, we tend to overlook them when we plant our gardens and landscapes. This certainly is the case with the [...]]]></description>
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