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DesignCarla’s January Gardening
Carla Z Mudry is sharing her garden with us today. I know it sounds crazy, but you actually can garden in January! I have this giant Japanese maple we inherited…
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DesignSallie’s Pandemic Garden Project
Sallie Boge is sharing her garden with us today. We garden in Riverside, a nearby suburb of Chicago (Zone 5a–6b). In April 2020 we constructed two new 11x16 garden beds…
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DesignSouthern Native Plants That Can Work in Almost Any Garden
The South has much more to offer the rest of the country than the culinary delights of barbecue pork, pimento cheese, and fried green tomatoes. Strolling through woodlands of the…
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DesignTurning a Soggy Site into a Native Woodland Garden
When Lindsey Cline and Corey Shrader purchased their 9-acre property in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, it would be an understatement to say that there was a lot of…
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DesignFabulous Foliage in a Shade Plant: ‘Spotty Dotty’ Mayapple
There are times when, as an avid collector, I see a special plant for the first time and feel a desire start to bubble up. I try desperately not to…
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DesignThis Fast-Growing, Drought-Tolerant Shrub Is Great for Hedges and Screening
If you encounter this shrub when it is sending out new growth, you will do a double take. The fiery red foliage is absolutely stunning. Of course, once the leaves…
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DesignWinter Interest in Jay’s Garden
We’re visiting award-winning garden designer Jay Sifford’s home garden today. We’ve visited it before in other seasons, but today he’s sharing how it looks in winter. I designed my garden…
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DesignA Pollinator Garden on Lake Huron
Today we’re visiting with Laura Pisko and her lake-house garden on the east shore of Lake Huron in Ontario. For 10 years I have been developing a pollinator garden in…
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DesignThere’s a Unique Radiator Plant for Everyone
Radiator plants (Peperomia spp. and cvs., Zones 10–12) are beautiful and sturdy plants with overwhelming variety. While their flowers—like those of many houseplants—aren’t much to write home about, their foliage…
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DesignCollecting Plants in Southern California
Today we’re visiting with Nez, a plant lover who is building her own backyard botanical garden in Los Angeles. I think of this Monstera pinnatipartita as my “soul plant.” My…
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