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    Virginia Garden Full of Azaleas

    Pat Clements sent in today’s photos. I live in a hundred-year-old home in Mechanicsville, Virginia. When we moved here I said I was only going to have a small herb…

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    Southeast May Garden To-Do List

    There’s still time to sow certain summer veggies. This might be the year to add something more to your patch of tomatoes and herbs. If you like okra, it’s my…

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    Adding Greenhouses to the Garden

    My name is Linda Newber, and I live in Wilmington, North Carolina, Zone 8. Since last submitting pictures (Lindas Coastal North Carolina Garden), I have added two greenhouses to my…

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    Southeast: How to Satisfy Your Zone Envy

    Why is it that I’m bound to fall the hardest for a plant that can’t grow in my zone? I call this feeling “zone envy.” When zone envy begins, so…

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    Enjoying a Stellar Spring in Jeff’s Garden

    It has been a while since Jeff Calton has shared his Kingsport, Tennessee, garden with us (see some of his previous GPOD posts here and here), but he’s been enjoying…

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    April Garden To-Do List for the Southeast

    April brings a whirlwind of activity for plants, animals, and gardeners alike. It almost doesn’t matter what you do in the garden, as long as you are out there doing…

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    Spring-Blooming Magnolias for the Southeast

    Nine out of 10 people who hear the word “magnolia” in the Southeast think of images of luxuriously large, creamy white flowers floating atop dark green and brown fuzzy-backed leaves;…

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    Tropical Escape in Virginia, Part 2

    Today we return to the Virginia tropics, aka Bill Hewitt’s garden in southeastern Virginia, where he grows tropical-looking plants to make a landscape very unlike what is typically seen in…

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    Tropical Escape in Virginia

    Today we’re visiting Bill Hewitt’s unusual garden in southeastern Virginia, which he has turned into a tropical escape very different from the norm in his area. And it is one…

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    Regional Picks: Early Summer Plant Combo for the Southeast

    1. ‘Sun King’ aralia Name: Aralia cordata ‘Sun King’ Zones: 4–8 Size: 3 to 6 feet tall and wide Conditions: Partial shade; moist, fertile, well-drained soil Native range: Japan, Korea,…