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How-ToSouth December Garden To-Do List
Plant fruit trees. Peaches, pears, nectarines, plums, apples, and persimmons all appreciate cool air and warmer soil. The roots are busy growing without having to support all that foliage. Established…
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DesignGateways to Gardening Through the University of Tennessee
Every state in the South is unique. And each Southern state experiences different growing conditions as you move from one end of the state to the other. Tennessee is a…
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DesignThe Garden in Transition to Fall
Today we’re visiting with Kathy Witt in Nashville. I plant, therefore, I photograph! It helps me find joy in the little things. September is a month of transitional warm and…
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How-ToSouth October Garden To-Do List
Throw your mums on the compost heap. If you purchased a garden mum (Chrysanthemum spp. and cvs., Zones 5-9) for fall decor, chances are it’s beginning to fade. A quick…
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DesignBest Native Woodies for the South
Gardeners love native plants, and for good reason. They are built to thrive in the conditions of a specific region, often without complaint, and are an essential component in the…
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DesignPlanting a Public Garden in Florida
Today we’re visiting with Joyce Laubach to see a beautiful project she worked on in a park near her new home in Florida. This is a fun reminder that there…
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DesignSaying Goodbye in Arkansas
Today we’re taking a bittersweet garden tour with Stephanie Edwards in Little Rock, Arkansas (Zone 8a) as she prepares to move to a new garden halfway across the country. We…
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DesignFlorida-Style Foliage
Today we’re visiting Lillian Miller’s garden in St. Petersburg, Florida. I have gardened in Italy; Germany; Tacoma, Washington; and the Berkshires in Massachusetts. Now I am retired, but this is…
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DesignOrnamental Grasses That Shine in the South
Late summer in the South is when people really start to take notice of ornamental grasses in the garden. There is good reason for this, as the heat of summer…
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DesignGrowing Blueberries in the South
There are two times of year I truly love the blueberry bushes in my backyard. The first, of course, is during harvest. Piling mounds of the little beauties into buckets…
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