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The tree-eating tree

There's a kind of tree in China that looks like a banyan tree. It surrounds palm trees and eats them. It makes lots of branches that wind around it and fuze together again. It also has long brown roots that hang down. I have pics of it, but want to know what it's called because it's surely already an article. Thanks. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 05:50, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

Some kind of banyan sounds the most likely. Imc (talk) 07:18, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

WikiWomen's History Month

Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:Horticulture and Gardening will have interest in putting on events (on and off wiki) related to women's roles in horticulture and gardening's history, society and culture. We've created an event page on English Wikipedia (please translate!) and I hope you'll find the inspiration to participate. These events can take place off wiki, like edit-a-thons, or on wiki, such as themes and translations. Please visit the page here: WikiWomen's History Month. Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to seeing events take place! SarahStierch (talk) 00:51, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Subcategories "Type of garden"

User Johnbod left the following comment on my talk page:

"I'm having a great deal of difficulty following the rationale for many of your very extensive changes here. This area was already confused enough but your changes seem to make it worse. In particular, hiding all Islamic gardens under the very dubious & ill-defined category of Paradise gardens seems very unhelpful. The new category Types of garden by country of origin mostly contains articles on individual gardens. It is generally not a good idea to split up small categories between countries, as this forces those searching to look at each individual category."

My reply to this was:

"I have put the Islamic garden category back in "Types of garden" now. Is the page List of garden types not enough for those who are looking for something on one page? Perhaps it needs some expension and indenting? See also WP:Subcategorization."

All main articles for each subcategory were listed in the main category as well. In my opionion this was more confusing then helpful. Please let us know your opinions on these matters. Wiki-uk (talk) 18:06, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Compare also Media related to Gardens by type at Wikimedia Commons Wiki-uk (talk) 19:16, 23 February 2012 (UTC)