Cacti and Succulents - Page 2 of 26 - Fine Gardening

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    GPOD Vignettes: A Succulent Front Yard, New Blooms from a Zesty Plant, and a Compost Cake

    Happy Friday GPODers! We're doing something a little different today, I'm starting a new series I'm calling "GPOD Vignettes". We often get submissions that are a little too short for…

  • summer container designs
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    Spectacular Summer Container Designs: Part 2

    Summer is the season all gardeners await. The bright sun and warm weather signal the start of the showiest time of year, and nowhere is this excitement more evident than…

  • summer container designs
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    Spectacular Summer Container Designs: Part 1

    Summer is the season all gardeners await. The bright sun and warm weather signal the start of the showiest time of year, and nowhere is this excitement more evident than…

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    Cacti and Succulent Gardening in Connecticut

    Hey GPODers! A new editor is at the helm of Garden Photo of the Day, and I want to take the opportunity to (sort of) formally introduce myself. My name…

  • various houseplants climbing up and trailing down a pillar
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    El’s Dream Indoor Garden

    My name is El, and I have always been surrounded by plants. My original interest in succulents and the fun in propagating them led me to creating my dream indoor…

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    Ebony’s Favorite Succulents

    I’m Ebony, and I’m from southwestern Louisiana. I’ve been growing succulents for nearly six years, and it’s been such a great hobby for me. I’m a wife, mom, and pharmacist,…

  • container with ferns and bright orange pink and yellow flowers
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    Best of the GPOD: Creative Containers

    We’re looking back again today at some of the best GPOD posts from the past, and today the theme is containers! There is so much room to be creative and…

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    Container Before and After

    Cherry Ong has shared these photos of a container she created for her garden in Richmond, British Columbia, last summer. She used a big container, about 32 inches in diameter,…

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    Great Native Plants for Western Gardens

    In his article Weaving Vignettes Together, horticulturalist Dan Johnson gives us a look into his home garden in Denver, where he uses repeated plant groupings and consistent hardscaping to unify…

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    Planting Plan to Optimize a Small Garden Space

    In Strategies for Optimizing a Small Garden Space, Susan Morrison writes, “When I began designing gardens more than 20 years ago, I was surprised to find that smaller spaces were…