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		<title>Large Hostas Get the Spotlight</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 11:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn @ Carolyns Shade Gardens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hosta &#8216;Blue Angel&#8217; used as a shrub. After writing three posts on miniature and small hostas, I thought large hostas deserved their place in the sun (or shade).  Although I love miniature hostas, large hostas are also dear to my heart and plentiful in my landscape.  I use them both as specimen plants and also [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carolynsshadegardens.com&#038;blog=17346721&#038;post=4080&#038;subd=carolynsshadegardensdotcom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#039;Blue Angel&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#039;Striptease&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#039;Paradigm&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#039;Sagae&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#039;Fried Green Tomatoes&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#039;Great Expectations&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#039;Fragrant Bouquet&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#039;Blue Angel&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#039;Blue Angel&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#039;Blue Angel&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#039;First Frost&#039;</media:title>
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		<title>Woody Plants for Shade Part 5</title>
		<link>http://carolynsshadegardens.com/2012/05/17/woody-plants-for-shade-part-5/</link>
		<comments>http://carolynsshadegardens.com/2012/05/17/woody-plants-for-shade-part-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 10:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn @ Carolyns Shade Gardens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fall Color]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[landscape design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[native plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shade Gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shade Shrubs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shade vines]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA['Alice' oakleaf hydrangea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA['Blue Muffin' arrowwood viburnum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA['Humminbird' summersweet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA['Invincibelle Spirit' smooth hydrangea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA['Moonlight' Japanese climbing hydrangea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA['Nikko' dwarf slender deutzia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA['Preziosa' sawtooth hydrangea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA['Wine & Roses' weigela]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bright rose flowers of &#8216;Wine &#38; Roses&#8217; old-fashioned weigela. Shade gardens are not composed solely of perennials so two years ago I branched out to offer high quality shrubs, vines, and trees to my customers.  In my second Spring 2012 Woody Plant Offer, details here,  I have focused on plants that are late spring [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carolynsshadegardens.com&#038;blog=17346721&#038;post=4063&#038;subd=carolynsshadegardensdotcom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Schizophragma hydrangeoides &#039;Moonlight&#039;</media:title>
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		<title>Hosta Containers and Companions</title>
		<link>http://carolynsshadegardens.com/2012/05/10/hosta-containers-and-companions/</link>
		<comments>http://carolynsshadegardens.com/2012/05/10/hosta-containers-and-companions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 10:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn @ Carolyns Shade Gardens</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[containers for shade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hosta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[miniature hosta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shade Gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shade Perennials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Athyrium filix-femina 'Minutissimum']]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carolyn's Shade Gardens]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hosta 'Little Miss Sunshine']]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hosta 'Praying Hands']]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hosta 'Sparkler']]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hosta tokudama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[miniature hostas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[miniature lady fern]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When finding containers for your hostas you have to think outside the box: &#8220;Carolyn&#8217;s Gold&#8221; hosta in an antique kerosene can. This is the third post in a three-part series on small hostas.  My nursery specializes in miniature hostas, and I have over 30 varieties available right now, both at the nursery and mail order.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carolynsshadegardens.com&#038;blog=17346721&#038;post=4005&#038;subd=carolynsshadegardensdotcom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#34;Carolyn&#039;s Gold&#34;</media:title>
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		<title>Beyond Mice</title>
		<link>http://carolynsshadegardens.com/2012/05/03/beyond-mice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 11:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn @ Carolyns Shade Gardens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[container gardening]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[miniature hosta]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[miniature hostas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have used this photo of hosta &#8216;Crumb Cake&#8217; emerging in spring before, but to me it epitomizes the beauty of a miniature hosta in a container. My nursery specializes in miniature hostas, and I have over 25 varieties available right now, both at the nursery and mail order.  My 2011 post Miniature (&#38; Small) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carolynsshadegardens.com&#038;blog=17346721&#038;post=3970&#038;subd=carolynsshadegardensdotcom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#039;Crumb Cake&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#039;Cracker Crumbs&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#039;Itsy Bitsy Spider&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#039;Pixie Vamp&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#039;Pixie Vamp&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#039;Crumb Cake&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#039;Crumb Cake&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#039;Alakazaam&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#039;Alakazaam&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#039;Surfer Girl&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#039;Little Sunspot&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#039;Twist of Lime&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#039;Twist of Lime&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#039;Praying Hands&#039;</media:title>
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		<title>I LOVE Mice</title>
		<link>http://carolynsshadegardens.com/2012/04/25/i-love-mice/</link>
		<comments>http://carolynsshadegardens.com/2012/04/25/i-love-mice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn @ Carolyns Shade Gardens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[container gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[containers for shade]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[miniature hosta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shade Gardening]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hosta 'Mouse Tracks']]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hosta 'Mouse Trap']]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[miniature hostas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mouse ears hostas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is very hard for me to pick a favorite mouse ears hosta, but I think &#8216;Holy Mouse Ears&#8217; is it.  The colors in the leaves are magical. My post Miniature (&#38; Small) Hostas is the most popular article I have ever written for my blog.  In that post, I described how, when I discovered [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carolynsshadegardens.com&#038;blog=17346721&#038;post=3916&#038;subd=carolynsshadegardensdotcom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#039;Holy Mouse Ears&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#039;Blue Mouse Ears&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#039;Mouse Trap&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#039;Mighty Mouse&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#039;Frosted Mouse Ears&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#039;Green Mouse Ears&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Hosta &#039;Mouse Tracks&#039;</media:title>
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		<title>Specimen Natives for Your Woodland</title>
		<link>http://carolynsshadegardens.com/2012/04/18/specimen-natives-for-your-woodland/</link>
		<comments>http://carolynsshadegardens.com/2012/04/18/specimen-natives-for-your-woodland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn @ Carolyns Shade Gardens</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Asarum caudatum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bloodroot]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Camassia leichtlinii 'Caerulea']]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cinnamon fern]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Erythronium 'Pagoda']]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[large camas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[large-flowered bellwort]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mayapple]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who says our native mayapple, Podophyllum peltatum, is not as ornamental as the Asian versions? This is the last in a three-part series of posts dealing with native plants for mid-Atlantic U.S. gardens.  In the first, Your Native Woodland, I explained how easy it is to create your own native woodland garden by choosing plants [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carolynsshadegardens.com&#038;blog=17346721&#038;post=3872&#038;subd=carolynsshadegardensdotcom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Sanguinaria canadensis &#039;Multiplex&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Dicentra cucullaria</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Camassia leichtlinii &#039;Caerulea&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Tiarella cordifolia &#039;Brandywine&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Anemonella thalictroides Arrowhead photo</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">woods at Carolyn&#039;s Shade Gardens</media:title>
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		<title>April GBBD: Native Phlox for Your Garden</title>
		<link>http://carolynsshadegardens.com/2012/04/10/native-phlox-for-your-garden/</link>
		<comments>http://carolynsshadegardens.com/2012/04/10/native-phlox-for-your-garden/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn @ Carolyns Shade Gardens</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[groundcover]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[creeping phlox]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Phlox divaricata]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Phlox subulata]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smooth phlox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wild sweet William]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Emerald Blue&#8217; moss phlox in my garden In my last post, Your Native Woodland, I explained how to create your own native woodland garden.  Here I am going to profile some of the wonderful members of the genus Phlox, all native to eastern North America and Pennsylvania in particular. All the plants except smooth and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carolynsshadegardens.com&#038;blog=17346721&#038;post=3850&#038;subd=carolynsshadegardensdotcom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Phlox divaricata &#039;Blue Moon&#039;</media:title>
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		<title>Your Native Woodland: If You Build It They Will Come</title>
		<link>http://carolynsshadegardens.com/2012/04/02/your-native-woodland-if-you-build-it-they-will-come/</link>
		<comments>http://carolynsshadegardens.com/2012/04/02/your-native-woodland-if-you-build-it-they-will-come/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn @ Carolyns Shade Gardens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fall Color]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[groundcover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[landscape design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[native plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asarum canadense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aster cordifolius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black walnut trees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blue wood aster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carolyn's Shade Gardens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celandine poppy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chasmanthium latifolium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creeping phlox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dwarf Jacob's ladder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[golden groundsel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mertensia virginica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[native plants for shade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[native white violets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[native woodland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[northern sea oats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phlox stolonifera 'Blue Ridge']]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phlox stolonifera 'Sherwood Purple']]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polemonium reptans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senecio aureus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stylophorum diphyllum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viola striata]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia bluebells]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wild ginger]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Virginia bluebells and Celandine poppy in my woodland Well you might have to plant a few first.  What am I talking about?  How to create your very own woodland filled with native plants.  I have written before about how important native plants are to our survival.  To read about it, click here.  Now I am [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carolynsshadegardens.com&#038;blog=17346721&#038;post=3791&#038;subd=carolynsshadegardensdotcom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Stylophorum diphyllum and Mertensia virginica</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Mertensia virginica</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Phlox stolonifera &#039;Blue Ridge&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Phlox stolonifera &#039;Sherwood Purple&#039;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Asarum canadense</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Senecio aureus</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Aster cordifolius</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Aster cordifolius</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Chasmanthium latifolium</media:title>
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		<title>Woody Plants for Shade Part 4</title>
		<link>http://carolynsshadegardens.com/2012/03/23/woody-plants-for-shade-part-4/</link>
		<comments>http://carolynsshadegardens.com/2012/03/23/woody-plants-for-shade-part-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 00:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn @ Carolyns Shade Gardens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Camellias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evergreen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flower show]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shade Shrubs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shade vines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winter interest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA['Blue Shadow' fothergilla]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA['Cayuga' Koreanspice viburnum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA['Jet Trail' flowering quince]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA['Texas Scarlet' flowering quince]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Camellia 'April Snow']]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Camellia 'April Tryst']]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Camellia 'Pink Icicle']]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carolyn's Shade Gardens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chaenomeles 'Jet Trail']]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chaenomeles 'Texas Scarlet']]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climbing hydrangea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corylopsis spicata]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fothergilla x intermedia 'Blue Shadow'']]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese mahonia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mahonia japonica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spike winter hazel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spring-blooming hardy camellias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viburnum x 'Cayuga']]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[woody plant for shade]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Spring-blooming camellia &#8216;Pink Icicle&#8217; For years, my customers have been asking for woody plants for shade—trees, shrubs, and vines—in addition to the perennials I sell.  I now have a wholesale woody plant nursery with the quality and selection I needed to be able to offer them at Carolyn’s Shade Gardens.   I have just sent [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carolynsshadegardens.com&#038;blog=17346721&#038;post=3753&#038;subd=carolynsshadegardensdotcom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Chaenomeles x superba &#039;Texas Scarlet&#039;</media:title>
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		<title>The 2012 Philadelphia Flower Show</title>
		<link>http://carolynsshadegardens.com/2012/03/16/the-2012-philadelphia-flower-show/</link>
		<comments>http://carolynsshadegardens.com/2012/03/16/the-2012-philadelphia-flower-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn @ Carolyns Shade Gardens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[flower show]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carolyn's Shade Gardens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hawaii]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philadelphia International Flower Show]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philadelphia Pennsylvania]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The 2012 Philadelphia International Flower Show took place last week.  It is the world&#8217;s largest indoor flower show and can be a bit intimidating.  My husband and I  find that Friday night is a less crowded time to go especially if you want to photograph the exhibits.  This year&#8217;s theme was Hawaii, which was a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carolynsshadegardens.com&#038;blog=17346721&#038;post=3677&#038;subd=carolynsshadegardensdotcom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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