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Article: YES, THOSE ARE CONIFERS IN YOUR FRONT YARD
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- November 10, 1996
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GARDEN VARIETY
Consider conifers, those coneheads of the family which we love for their unusual characteristics.
You know the Conifers, sure you do. They live down the way, across the street, possibly in your own front yard. They love the mountains, but also enjoy fair Floridian temps. And certainly you're familiar with their offspring, boys and girls, that can litter a yard quite quickly.
Conifers are cone-bearing plants, trees or dwarfs, that we so commonly refer to as evergreens or pine trees. Fact is, pine trees are indeed conifers, and conifers are evergreens, though not all conifers are pine trees and not all ...