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  • Eclipse bigleaf hydrangea
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    Eclipse® Bigleaf Hydrangea: An Amazing New Hydrangea with Black Leaves

    There are a bazillion bigleaf hydrangeas out there. So when a new one comes out, it really needs to stand out from the crowd. Meet Eclipse® bigleaf hydrangea—a unique selection…

  • broadleaf evergreens
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    Exciting Broadleaf Evergreens

    There are few groups of plants more valuable in the garden than broadleaf evergreens. They give the garden structure and interest when not much else is going on. This varied…

  • ‘Grey Owl’ eastern red cedar is a medium-size juniper
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    9 Special Junipers with Unique Forms for the Garden

    Few plants generate more revulsion in the garden than junipers. The mere suggestion of planting one often musters a similar reaction to that of saying a dirty word. Maybe we’ve…

  • cacti and succulent combination
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    Captivating Combination: Cold-Hardy Cacti and Succulents

    This extensive unirrigated planting of cold-hardy cacti and succulents basks on a warm south-facing slope in the Undaunted Garden at the Gardens on Spring Creek in Fort Collins, Colorado in…

  • terra-cotta urn in the middle of various colored ground covers
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    Visiting Sylvia’s Garden

    Cherry Ong is a frequent GPOD contributor, sharing both her own beautiful garden and those she visits on her travels. But she also helps out in her friend Sylvia’s garden…

  • various shrubs wit fall color
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    Fall in Anne’s Northern Garden

    We’re off to Canada today to visit Anne’s garden. You have visited my garden before (A Garden That Works With Nature Instead of Fighting It). We are located not far…

  • garden in early summer with foliage from bulbs and perennials beginning to bloom
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    Resetting the Border

    Kathy Schreurs in Sheldon, Iowa, is sharing her garden with us today. She wrote in right before the change from daylight savings time, and had this to say: It’s that…

  • close up of bright orange rudbeckia flowers
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    Stars in Keith’s Garden

    Keith Irvine is sharing photos with us today—some close-up looks at the stars of his Zone 3 garden in Oxdrift, Ontario. I struggled for years to get a decent mature…

  • Episode 147: Great Native Grasses
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    Episode 147: Great Native Grasses

    If you like the beauty and impact that ornamental grasses bring to a garden design, you will love the many shapes, forms, and colors that North American native species offer.…

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    The Summer That Was at the 45th Parallel, Part 2

    We’re back with Susan Warde in St. Paul, Minnesota! Yesterday we looked back at the year in her front garden, and today we’re taking the same tour through the seasons…