Winter Interest - Fine Gardening

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    GPOD on the Road: Garden d’Lights at Bellevue

    Happy Holidays, GPODers! The holidays often bring to mind many activities that happen outside of the garden: Big family meals, shopping for gifts, and attending holiday parties. But there are…

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    Colorful Evergreen Perennials for the Southern Winter Garden

    Fall and winter are the best times of year to see what our gardens look like outside of peak season and make our wish lists for spring planting. While evergreen…

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    Get to Know the Genus Eucalyptus—Grow the Best Variety for You

    I feel bad for the genus Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp. and cvs., Zones 8–11). So misunderstood and generally shunned in polite plant society, just because of the misdeeds of a few…

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    Fay’s Small Garden in Tennessee

    Happy Monday GPODers! If she hadn't said otherwise in her email, I would assume that Fay Shrock has an expansive property to grow the abundance of beautiful plant varieties that…

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    9 Colorful Conifers That Will Energize Your Winter Landscape

    Conifers have come a long way over the last few decades, giving gardeners an astonishing variety of sizes, shapes, and textures to work with, as well as a seemingly endless…

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    Mid-Winter in Lynne’s New Zealand Garden

    Hi GPOD! Today we're popping down to the Southern Hemisphere and revisiting Lynne Leslie's garden in Wellington, New Zealand (check out her previous submissions: Lynne’s Windy Garden in New Zealand…

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    Beauties in Carol’s Garden

    We recently visited Carol’s winter garden in Hendersonville, North Carolina (Carol's Winter Garden), and today we’re headed back to see more of her beauties. Carol has been gardening here since…

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    Snow in Carla’s Garden

    We’re visiting with Carla Z. Mudry in Malvern, Pennsylvania, looking back at her garden in January when it was transformed by snow. The winter garden has its own glory. More…

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    Carol’s Winter Garden

    Carol in Hendersonville, North Carolina, is sharing some beauties from her winter garden with us today. The winter garden is dearly appreciated. Honeybees emerge for the snowdrops (Galanthus spp., Zones…

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    Winter at the Fern Fairway

    Cherry Ong has been sharing with us the little side-yard garden in her Richmond, British Columbia, garden. She calls the space the Fern Fairway, and she’s shown us how it…