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How to Prune Coconut Palm Tree

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The coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) is one of the most recognizable plants and symbols of the Tropics. A tall-growing palm, sometimes called a "tree", its smooth, slender trunk is topped by a crownshaft bearing long, feathery fronds and clusters of heavy fruits called coconuts. Pruning centers around

Indoor Gardening In Winter

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Gardening doesn't mean that you have to limit your green thumb to the spring, summer, and fall months of the year. When it comes to growing things you can just as easily garden in the winter as you can at any other time of the year. Winter gardening means that you can enjoy green plants on your

How to Grow a Lemongrass Plant

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Lemongrass gives a light citrus flavor to nearly any dish. Though it isn't a true grass, the long stems of the plant are wrapped in foliage that resembles blades of grass. The plants also are ornamental, as they produce a fountain of the grass-like stems in an attractive mound shape. Lemongrass is a

Desert Plants in Phoenix

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Date palms grow well throughout Phoenix.Carlos Dominguez/Pixland/Getty ImagesLocated in the northern portion of the Sonoran Desert, Phoenix is characterized by a hot, dry climate. There are many plants well adapted to the desert environment, requiring little care that provide color as...

Basic Techniques in Gardening

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Trees are very important not just because of the benefits it can give but what it can do to the environment and to the society. In fact trees are very essential to life and people have to admit that we will not exist without trees. Instead of destroying them we should learn to protect them.