What's the FloridaGardener doing in his garden? Check it and see! http://www.floridagardener.com/DNN/FGGardenBlog/tabid/59/BlogId/2/Default.aspx en-US info@floridagardener.com info@floridagardener.com Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:20:21 GMT Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:20:21 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blog RSS Generator Version 3.4.0.39853 <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><a href="/DNN/Portals/0/Standards.jpg" target="_blank"><img height="113" align="left" width="100" src="/DNN/Portals/0/Standards.jpg" alt="Standard Rose and Orange Jasmine" /></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Standards are shrubs or vines that are pruned and trained into a tree form that has a single stem. Standards were a popular horticultural technique in Victorian times and are still also quite popular in European gardens. Commonly called “standard trees” or even topiaries -- bougainvillea, eugenia, hibiscus, oleander, orange jasmine, roses and rosemary are some of the plants most often trained into standards for <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Florida</st1:place></st1:state> gardens. </span></p> http://www.floridagardener.com/DNN/FGGardenBlog/tabid/59/EntryID/29/Default.aspx info@floridagardener.com http://www.floridagardener.com/DNN/FGGardenBlog/tabid/59/EntryID/29/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.floridagardener.com/DNN/Default.aspx?tabid=59&EntryID=29 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:51:00 GMT 0 http://www.floridagardener.com/DNN/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=29