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DesignGardening for a Wedding
Today’s photos come from Dusanka Marusic. I wanted to go tropical in New York for our son's wedding. This end-of-summer garden came together with some last-minute tweaking. Oleander and elephant…
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DesignDeer-Resistant Combinations
One of my greatest challenges as a designer and deer-plagued gardener is unpredictability. There are no rules. No guarantees. Just guidelines. I’ve watched deer devour thorny shrubs and trample fragrant…
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DesignA Small Tree With Four-Season Impact
Have you ever experienced PSFM? It stands for “post-spring flower melancholy.” It occurs after nature has given her best color seemingly all at once and then it’s over. Wouldn’t it…
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DesignDiscovering Fun and Unusual Houseplants
A lifelong love of gardening often springs from early experiences with houseplants or a vegetable garden. As a young adult living in apartments and rented spaces, I accumulated a large…
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DesignTea Olive Shrubs for the Southeast
If magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora, Zones 7–9) and gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides, Zones 8–11) are the iconic plant perfumes of Southern summers, tea olive (Osmanthus spp. and cvs., Zones 6–11) breezes in…
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DesignTropical Foliage for Sun and Shade
Hot and humid Midwestern summers allow us to luxuriate in a taste of the tropics in the garden. Although tropical flowers in red, orange, and yellow can provide a fiery…
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DesignThe Best New Hydrangeas
If you grew up on the East Coast as I did, you know that hydrangeas are an iconic plant. I dare anyone to visit Cape Cod in the summer and…
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DesignA Cottage Garden That’s Not Chaotic
Typical cottage gardens—the ones we see in English gardening books and magazines—are undeniably beautiful. But often, when gardeners in the States attempt to replicate their charming and iconic look, the…
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DesignRepotting Houseplants
July weather is hot and dry, so why not stay inside with the air-conditioning or a fan and catch up on your indoor gardening? Indoor plants need love too, so…
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Kitchen GardeningHerbs with Anise-, Fennel-, and Licorice-Like Flavors
I recently did a program at the annual Herb Society of America conference in Madison, Wisconsin thus titled; this is a modified version of the handout. Since we are celebrating…
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