Weekend Work: Time to tend to clematis - The Independent
25 May 2012, 6:13 pm
Cover them with newspaper or fleece if there is any danger of late frost. Remove dead flower heads from mahonia and clip over sprawling mats of aubrieta and arabis when they have finished flowering. Tie in growths of cordon-trained sweet peas and lash ...

Transforming ugly concrete walls into beautiful vertical gardens - Windsor Star
24 May 2012, 9:46 am
For instance, the wall contains such big plants as a fig tree, ocean spray, mahonia, spirea, hydrangeas and hardy fuchsias -plants normally dismissed as far too big and bulky for shallow planting in a vertical garden. But Weinmaster says it works.

Designer Rick Kyper nourishes a garden for all seasons - Seattle Times
19 May 2012, 8:58 pm
In the greenhouse, he cultivates tender bulbs from South Africa for his own garden and for clients. Palm trees and a big stand of jagged mahonia create textural interest. "When planting borders, put the bulky foliage at the bottom, and the airy ...

Eczema - a global epidemic - Daily Mail
19 May 2012, 4:18 pm
UV light therapy - carefully controlled sun exposure can help reduce symptoms. Herbs - researchers believe Oregon grape root(Mahonia aquifolium) to be one of the most promising non-drug treatments for eczema and psoriasis. Massage - soothing contact may be ...

Hot property: Spectacular gardens - Financial Times
18 May 2012, 3:01 pm
Why The garden was designed by Pierre and Nicole Champlin in the 1950s, and planted with giant cypress, orange trees and olive groves. Flowers include Magnolia delavayi and Mahonia lomariifolia.

Stop on Dallas garden tour is a little bit Asian, a lot of Zen - Dallas Morning News
16 May 2012, 1:59 pm
The area is planted with shade-loving evergreens, including cast-iron plant, pittosporum, cleyera, aralia and mahonia. Two Japanese maples, about 15 feet high with a canopy 20 feet wide, hover over the entire area. These two trees went with the ...

Allegiance Equity Corporation Announces Private Placement and Update - Marketwatch
15 May 2012, 8:24 am
RELIEVA(TM) Psoriasis, Eczema and Atopic Dermatitis Prime Pharmaceutical Corporation (Prime) a subsidiary of Allegiance invented a patented extraction process which increases the concentration of the beneficial alkaloids from Mahonia Aquifolium.

Purple, blue flowers best for attracting bees - The Vancouver Sun
14 May 2012, 12:57 pm
A simple 12-month garden can consist of winter honeysuckle, flowering Japanese apricot, mahonia, flowering quince, pussy willow, tulip poplar, butterfly bush, glossy abelia, vitex, aster and camellia and herbs, especially in the mint family, according to bee experts.

BERTAUSKI COLUMN: Try these hardy plants in 2012 - The Post and Courier
12 May 2012, 11:08 pm
The foliage dies back in winter and can be pruned away for new growth in spring. Soft caress mahonia Latin name: Mahonia eurybracteata ‘Soft Caress' This quickly became one of my favorite shade plants. It is a very slow-growing shrub that only ...

When nature calls the shots - This is Gloucestershire
12 May 2012, 9:27 pm
Alongside is the garden's main border, devoted mainly to shrubs, including cornus, spiraea, mahonia and different varieties of hypericum. A low rose hedge was earmarked for removal when Anthea first moved in but was reprieved when it flowered. "It's ...