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ARTICLE | May Flowers

26. 4. 2023
"Late evening, on the first of May – The twilit May – the time of love..." Karel Hynek Mácha, with his poetic mastery, painted a vivid tapestry of spring in his lyrical-epic composition, penned in the year 1836. It is the fleeting moment of blooming trees and shrubs, especially plum and cherry trees. Among them, one could marvel at the native wild cherry (Prunus avium) or the renowned Japanese cherry (Prunus serrulata). Let us highlight the columnar cultivar 'Amanogawa' or the cultivar 'Kanzan...
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ARTICLE | Attract butterflies to your...

6. 4. 2023
You cannot do without caterpillars... butterflies enhance the garden's aesthetic and contribute to pollination. Many garden owners, therefore, try to attract butterflies to their gardens.
There are many instructions on how to do this. Unfortunately, the advice is usually limited to which plants to place in gardens. The flowers of many garden perennials and shrubs are popular with butterflies. For example, lavenders, catnips, Dianthus species, Clematis species, and especially the various butterfl...
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ARTICLE | Remarkable Orchids

3. 3. 2023
We know orchids from florists and gardening supermarkets, but few people know how rich this group of plants really is. There is no right answer to how many orchids exist. Over 27,000 species are currently known to science, but dozens more are discovered every year.
Orchids inhabit not only tropical forests but almost the whole world. More than 60 species of orchids grow in Czechia. The world's northernmost orchids are found in Europe and Siberia. For example, Dactylorhiza lapponica and Lysiella...
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