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	<title>Tips, Tools and Gardening Secrets for Western Gardening by Jodi Torpey &#187; Xeriscaping</title>
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		<title>The Rose Monster Blooms Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the toughest roses I&#8217;ve found that does consistently well in my Zone 5 backyard has turned into something we affectionately call The Rose Monster.
Something most people don&#8217;t know about me is that I grew up with a mom who had too many things going on inside the house to be worried about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silver Fountain Butterfly Bush Doing its Job</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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The Silver Fountain Butterfly Bush is now loaded with purple blooms and I&#8217;m not the only one to notice.
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		<title>Harison&#8217;s Yellow Rose Keeps on Blooming</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote about my Harison&#8217;s yellow rose a few days ago&#8230;and since then it&#8217;s come into full bloom.


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		<title>Great Ghostly Vine for Western Gardening</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the toughest plants in my landscape is a vine that has a ghostly past.
A few years ago I picked up a ‘Kintzley’s Ghost’ honeysuckle at the  Plant Select annual meeting and planted it next to an arbor in my sunny  backyard and practically forgot about it.
This spring, the hardy perennial vine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Good Shrub for Western Gardening</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 17:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The silver fountain butterfly bush in the perennial garden is turning into a nice-sized specimen plant.
I wasn&#8217;t sure how many of my shrubs would make it through the winter, because the weather was so cold, so dry, and so windy.
It wasn&#8217;t clear to me until a few weeks ago what would leaf out and what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deer-Resistant Shrub for Western Gardening</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 15:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Potentilla fruticosa, also known as bush cinquefoil, is a reliable no-maintenance shrub that is one of the 50 Beautiful Deer-Resistant Plants mentioned in a new book by Ruth Rogers Clausen.
The first blooms are showing up on the Potentilla in my cottage garden and I&#8217;m so glad to see them.
This shrub looked dead just a few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reliable Performers for Western Gardening</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 22:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Harison&#8217;s yellow&#8217; rose is one of the undaunted plants recommended by Lauren Springer Ogden in the Summer issue of Zone 4 Magazine. 
The Harison&#8217;s yellow rose (Rosa x Harisonii) growing in my backyard was a good investment when I planted it several years ago.
This is one of the most reliable performers in my Western garden [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank You Birds for the Golden Currant</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I didn&#8217;t plant this Golden Currant, but I sure appreciate the birds who did.
One of my favorite shrubs in the backyard is one I didn&#8217;t choose at the garden center or buy at a garden club plant sale.
Every spring it blooms with brilliant yellow tubular flowers that have a fresh spicy scent and these flowers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Western Landscape Symposium Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 12:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a great time helping gardeners learn ways to garden on the cheap in Pueblo on Saturday.
A big thank you goes to the planning committee for the fifth annual Western Landscape Symposium in Pueblo this weekend. I was delighted to be part of the program.
The symposium is a wonderful educational experience for gardeners interested [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nine Gardening Trends From the Last Decade</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The end of the year&#8211;and the decade&#8211;is a good time to look back at some of the changes I&#8217;ve seen in the world of gardening.

The exceptionally dry summer of 2000 caused me to change the way I thought about my suburban landscape.
Using only a spade and an old wheelbarrow, I dug up most of the [...]]]></description>
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