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NEWS ABOUT: horticulture

horticulture stories: 4 news summaries

Walgreens Jettisons
Chia Obama

Afro-sporting pottery planter 'didn't fit our corporate image'

Apr 8, 09 10:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Walgreens has pulled Chia Obama from its shelves, saying the Afro-growing pottery novelty “didn’t fit our corporate image,” the Chicago Tribune reports. “We didn’t want to be subject to any misinterpretation over the product,” said a spokesman, who said he was misquoted yesterday... More »

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Barack Obama • memorabilia • Walgreens • horticulture • novelty • President Obama • what recession?

 Can Tomatoes 
 Grow to Love 
 Shakespeare? 

Brit study puts plants-love-voices theory to the test

Mar 31, 09 4:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - A tomato by any other name might taste as sweet, but will it grow as fast without the sound of a human voice? A new British study intends to find out with recordings of Shakespeare's verse and a poem by John Wyndman. The recordings will be played to the plants... More »

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plants • tomatoes • William Shakespeare • scientific study • horticulture




 Flower Shows 
 Wilt Under 
 Recession  

Hard times, changing tastes killing off lavish displays

Mar 7, 09 6:30 AM CST
(Newser) - The economic downturn and changing demographics are killing off flower shows across America, the New York Times reports. Sponsorship money is drooping and greenhouses are becoming costlier to heat. One of the most famous, the New England Flower Show, canceled this year’s event after 137 years of bringing an... More »

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gardening • recession • flowers • horticulture • recession depression

 Bamboo Invades Suburbia 

Plant evades pesticides, machetes, metal sheets in US yards

Mar 24, 08 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Suburbanites are fighting to keep bamboo at bay in backyards all over America, but the tropical grass is winning. The Asian import grows fast and has become a popular, environmentally friendly way to screen out the neighbors. But with roots like steel cables, the relentless spreader resists pesticides, pickaxes, and... More »

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backyards • pandas • bamboo • pesticide • horticulture • polyethylene

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