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How-To
8 Types of Pollinators That Visit the Garden
Containers filled with pollinator-pleasing plants will bring an assortment of fascinating creatures to your yard. From the portfolio of nature photographer Bill Johnson, let’s take a look at some of…
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Design
Episode 111: Weed-Suppressing Ground Covers
Is there anything ground covers can’t do? They are useful in problem areas like steep slopes, under trees and shrubs, and in spaces that need erosion control. They also reduce…
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Design
How to Grow Tree Peonies in the Northeast
We gardeners in the Northeast are notorious for complaining about the weather, particularly about our cold, snowy winters and what often seems like too-short, too-hot summers, yet this four-season climate…
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How-To
Tips for Shopping at a Southern California Garden Center
Garden centers offer a wide range of lovely plants. Yet it’s important to consider not only the plants that we find eye-catching but also those that will thrive in our…
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Design
A Garden Jay Made in North Carolina
We’re visiting with Jay Sifford today. We’ve visited his personal gardens in North Carolina before (Summer in Jay's Garden), but today he’s sharing a garden he created for one of…
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How-To
Growing Green Mâche from Seed
When I was a child, my family celebrated the first days of spring with a garden salad of nutty, dark green rosettes that we called feldsalat. Back then, my mother…
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Design
Mother’s Day Gifts for Gardeners: Container Garden
Looking for Mother's Day gifts for gardeners? While it is traditional on Mother’s Day to give Mom a bouquet, cut flowers only last so long. A container will flourish and…
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Design
Designing a Cacti and Succulent Garden in the Southwest
Warming climate trends are creating more opportunities to add diverse succulents to Southwestern gardens. In Santa Fe, where I live, our USDA Zone has moved from Zone 5 in 1995…
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Design
Lynn’s Coastal Mississippi Garden
Today’s photos are from Lynn Naquin. This is my garden paradise in the coastal Mississippi city of Bay Saint Louis. We have about 1/2 acre, and it is filled to…
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Design
Episode 109: Shopping List Plants
Little kids have Christmas. Gardeners have spring. To us, this is the most wonderful time of the year. And with the start of the season come those inevitable trips to…