Global Garden Lab

Tips, tricks, & inspiration for the DIY gardener. By @briancwalters, Certified Horticulturist (UCLA). 🏳️‍🌈

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@thewhyterabitt I hope you get better soon.

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We love these! Could be used as bird feeders too...

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This stunning Southern California garden proves that drought-tolerant gardens can be incredibly interesting & colorful! Plants include Aloe, Euphorbia tirucalli (sticks on fire / pencil cactus), & Delosperma (ice plant). #GlobalGardenLab #DroughtTolerantGardens #GardenDesignIdeas

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@AlanEDown That’s absolutely gorgeous! You are very fortunate.

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@Gardening_Guys Thank you for sharing the good news. So relieved that there’s no permanent damage. xx

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Global Garden Lab’s Trees for Tuesday: Ginkgo biloba (Ginkgo or Maidenhair tree) a large deciduous tree (to 30M tall) with a narrow habit. Its distinctive fan-shaped leaves turn a lovely bright yellow in autumn.

#GinkoBiloba #MaidenhairTree #TreesForTuesday #GlobalGardenLab

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Global Garden Lab’s Trees for Tuesday: Taxodium distichum (bald cypress) a deciduous conifer known for the russet-red autumn colour of its lacy needles. It adapts to a wide range of soil types, from swampy to dry.
#TaxodiumDistichum #BaldCypress #TreesForTuesday #GlobalGardenLab

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A coulorful walk through Parco del Valentino, Turin, Italy. #ParcoDelValentino #Turin #GlobalGardenLab

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It's National Tree Week in the UK. Will you be a #TreeChampion? #NationalTreeWeek #TreesForTuesday

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Global Garden Lab’s Trees for Tuesday. Fagus sylvatica (European or common beech) capable of reaching 50m tall (160ft) w/a trunk 3m in diameter (9.8ft). Despite its potential size, it is often pruned into hedging.
#FagusSylvatica #EuropeanBeech #GlobalGardenLab #TreesForTuesday

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Fading autumn colours in Kensington Gardens. #GlobalGardenLab #KensingtonGardens

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Fenestraria rhopalophylla, aka "Babytoes" are succulents native to South Africa. They have translucent leaf tips to allow the passage of sunlight to the photosynthetic cells within the leaf when they are partially buried in the soil. (left) plant pot grown (right) in nature.

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Global Garden Lab’s Trees for Tuesday: Cedrus deodara (deodar/Himalayan cedar) a coniferous evergreen to 50 m tall (164 ft) w/trunk to 3 m (10 ft) in diameter. The conical crown has branches w/drooping branchlets.
#CedrusDeodara #DeodarCedar #HimalayanCedar #GlobalGardenLab

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@RobsAllotment I like them. In Los Angeles I moved a potted one outside, where it grew to more than a metre tall.

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@Padinbrum @donaldskoyles Congratulations!!

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Global Garden Lab’s Trees for Tuesday: Melaleuca styphelioides (prickly paperbark). A medium-sized tree to 20 m high (70 ft) w/spongy bark, prickly leaves & spikes of white flowers. Grows in variety of conditions from swampy to hot & dry.
#MelaleucaStyphelioides #GlobalGardenLab

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Take a look at Global Garden Lab’s photo review of the Jardin des Plantes, the main botanical garden of France situated in the 5th arrondissement Paris.

#JardinDesPlantesParis #GlobalGardenLab #BotanicalGardensOfTheWorld
https://t.co/haQKb1eA7s

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@GardenGreengate @GylesB1 Congratulations!