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Midwest December Garden To-Do List
Pamper your poinsettia. A poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima, Zones 10–11) may end up in your care at some point this month. Ensure that it stays healthy for better long-term color and…
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Plants I Was Thankful for This Year
Hi, GPOD readers! This is your GPOD editor Joseph, and on this Thanksgiving Day I thought I’d look back at some of the plants that I’ve been most thankful for…
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Close-ups of Spring Flowers
Barry Severn shared these close-up photos of spring flowers from where he gardens near Toronto, Canada. It’s always nice to look forward to spring as we move into the wintery…
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137-Year-Old Cannas
Today we’re in Gothenburg, Nebraska, visiting Kristi Kreuscher’s garden. These cannas originated in Germany. My husband’s great-great grandparents brought cannas with them when they emigrated from Germany in 1883. They…
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Gardening the Front Yard
I’m Michelle Gerner, and I garden on a small city lot in St. Paul, Minnesota (Zone 4b/5a). In 2010 I decided to get rid of the grass in half of…
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Design
Episode 73: Unusual Bulbs
The leaves are falling, the temperatures are cooling, and that can only mean one thing: It’s time to talk bulbs. We’re sick of talking about the same old yellow daffodils…
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Arthur’s Raleigh Garden
Today we’re in Arthur Baugh’s garden in Raleigh, North Carolina. Blue mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum, Zones 6–9) grows among wild poinsettia (Euphorbia cyathophora, annual). A relative of the familiar poinsettias used…
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How-To
Forcing Small Bulbs for a Display Indoors
A windowsill of fragrant, homegrown spring blooms can flower in your home as early as mid-January. While daffodils, tulips, and hyacinths (Hyacinthus spp. and cvs., Zones 5–9) often take 16…
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Design
Amazing Autumn Bloomers for the Mountain West
As the heat of summer wanes into the cooler days and chilly nights of fall, our gardens undergo another seasonal transition. While we often focus on the golds, russets, and…
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The 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…