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Southeast October Garden To-Do List
October is the April of autumn. If the summer’s blanket of heat and humidity slowed your gardening to a crawl, cool winds are here to crank you back up to…
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Hydrangeas, Daylilies, and More in Virginia
Today we’re visiting Teresa Maxey’s garden in Chester, Virginia. I’ve been an avid gardener for more than 40 years. I started this garden from scratch 21 years ago. I first…
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A Little Slice of Heaven in San Diego
Today’s photos come from Catherine Dickerson. My husband and I have been gardening on our little 1/4 acre in San Diego since we moved here in 2002. I’m still working…
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How-To
What’s Wrong With My Camellia?
Ponder the camellia (Camellia spp. and cvs., Zones 6–10) for a moment: It’s a glossy rich evergreen with a dense and pleasing form. It loves heat and can survive droughts.…
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Replacing a Lawn With Wildflowers
My name is Gail Bromer. I created mostly shade gardens at my home in Connecticut for over 30 years before transplanting to the mountains of western North Carolina four years…
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Garden Paradise in the Mountains
Cathy Bachara sent in today’s photos from her garden in the Blue Ridge mountains in southwestern Virginia. Densely planted perennials create a full, lush garden and leave little room for…
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Growing Venus Flytraps and Other Carnivores in the Southeast
We gardeners love our plants, and we relish seeing (and fanning) the flames of plant passion burning in others. There comes a time in many kids’ lives when one particular…
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Regional Picks: Tough Plants—Southeast
See regional picks for tough pretty plants, and read the article by Julie Lane Gray for even more ideas. It’s important to define first what I mean by a “tough”…
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Southeast August Garden To-Do List
Seed now for spring-blooming cottage-garden favorites. If every spring you covet the drifts of breadseed poppies (Papaver somniferum, annual), love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena, annual), and rocket larkspur (Consolida ajacis, annual) in…
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Libby’s Butterfly Garden in South Carolina
Today we're visiting Libby Breitenbaugh’s butterfly garden in Irmo, South Carolina (Zone 8). I have been gardening for over 30 years. Gardening brings me so much pleasure. I started my…