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Organic flowers for Valentine's Day? Why some shoppers are buying green instead of red this year
L.A. at HomeWhen Jim Tripp sends a Valentine's Day bouquet to wife Lauren, he makes sure the flowers are grown locally. "It's important to support organic farmers and make a conscious choice about where our money goes," says Tripp, Aramark’s general manager for... -
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![Few phrases are more magical than "English garden." The words conjure visions at once settled and unconstrained: cool emerald vistas, buxom clumps of lilies and larkspurs, rose petals spilling from a tree-hugging vine. Caught in their spell, desert dwellers yearn for picket fences, while Angelenos who thought they had embraced khaki as the new green suddenly make plans to reseed the lawn.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2005-06/18143365.jpg "Few phrases are more magical than "English garden.\" The words conjure visions at once settled and unconstrained: cool emerald vistas, buxom clumps of lilies and larkspurs, rose petals spilling from a tree-hugging vine. Caught in their spell, desert dwellers yearn for picket fences, while Angelenos who thought they had embraced khaki as the new green suddenly make plans to reseed the lawn.")
Special to The TimesFew phrases are more magical than "English garden." The words conjure visions at once settled and unconstrained: cool emerald vistas, buxom clumps of lilies and larkspurs, rose petals spilling from a tree-hugging vine. Caught in their spell, desert...Tags: William Morris, Gardening, Architecture, Arts and Culture, Health
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Rethinking the rose
Times Staff WriterBeauty is a dangerous thing. Witness the rose. It was plucked from shrubdom because of the bloom. Its fragrance gave Egypt rose water, Persia attar, France candied rose petals. It sweetened the medieval apothecary cabinet and became a symbol of passion...Tags: Botany, Gardening, Tourism and Leisure, David Byrne, Fertilizer
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The giant of miniatures
![If you've ever looked at a miniature rose and wondered, "How'd they do that?" the answer is: a lifetime's work, and not by a "they," but a he. Ralph Moore. In a career spanning 77 years, the founder of Sequoia Nursery in Visalia has single-handedly created the market for rose bushes that could grow on a window sill. Virtually every miniature on the market is a hybrid stemming from hundreds of miniatures he has registered with the American Rose Society.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2005-04/17228563.jpg "If you've ever looked at a miniature rose and wondered, "How'd they do that?\" the answer is: a lifetime's work, and not by a \"they,\" but a he. Ralph Moore. In a career spanning 77 years, the founder of Sequoia Nursery in Visalia has single-handedly created the market for rose bushes that could grow on a window sill. Virtually every miniature on the market is a hybrid stemming from hundreds of miniatures he has registered with the American Rose Society.")
Times Staff WriterIf you've ever looked at a miniature rose and wondered, "How'd they do that?" the answer is: a lifetime's work, and not by a "they," but a he. Ralph Moore. In a career spanning 77 years, the founder of Sequoia Nursery in Visalia has single-handedly...Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, Linda Campbell, Photography, Family, David Byrne
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One rose lover's armful of favorites
Times Staff WriterFew people have known and loved as many types of roses as Edie O'Hair. Her advice? Let tea roses find their natural habit instead of chopping them back. For climbers, if you don't have an arbor, let them tumble down a hillside as ground cover. Never stray...Tags: Temecula, Viniculture, Oklahoma, Opera (genre), Robin Hood
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