Fine Gardening – Issue 211
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Ready, Set, Spring! | Letter from the Editor
Do you make a spring shopping list for your garden? I do, although the way I develop that list has changed over the years. Now, instead of writing, say, “‘Blue…
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5 Things to Consider When Building a Walkway
No matter if you are looking to navigate a small city lot or some rural acreage, there are a few rules of thumb to follow when building effective pathways. Keep…
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How to Grow Woody Plants in Containers
Woody plants have larger root systems than most annuals and perennials, and some special considerations should be made for growing them in containers. Follow these guidelines to keep your trees…
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Be on the Lookout for Root-Knot Nematodes
If you’re the type of person who likes to learn about plant pests in your free time, odds are you have already heard or read about a group of organisms…
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Best New Plants for 2023: Exciting Options for This Season
Something unique happened this year when the editors here at Fine Gardening started reviewing the new offerings from various plant breeders: We found ourselves adding more items to our spring…
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How to Create a Butterfly Haven
I will never forget when I became hooked on butterflies. It was 2007, my first year working at Powell Gardens in Kingsville, Missouri. Each spring the garden includes milkweeds (Asclepias…
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Tips on Supporting Bees, Storing Hoses, Deterring Deer, Starting Tiny Seeds, and Discarding Invasive Brush and Vines
Have you ever noticed worker bees collecting water while they are out foraging? If you’d like to provide a water way-station for your little winged friends, fill a shallow dish…
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How to Build a Successful Butterfly Garden
With their populations in decline, butterflies need all the help they can get. Host and nectar plants are the key components for a butterfly garden. However, it’s a good idea…
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‘Transformer’ Yellow Fennel Flower Is a Showy Annual
At a glance, the most commonly grown love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena and cvs., annual) is just a charming little cottage garden annual, with spidery foliage and whirligig flowers in pastel shades…
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An Effortless Evergreen Fern
A few years ago we hiked the 268-mile (but who’s counting?) Pennine Way in England, sharing part of the trail with a fellow named Jack, who was walking the 1,215-mile…
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‘Candle Fire’ Okra Is Beautiful and Bountiful
Okra is no stranger to vegetable gardens, especially in the South, but this selection is right at home in ornamental as well as kitchen garden plantings. ‘Candle Fire’ has beautiful…
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New Veggie Garden Tools for 2023
With these transplant tongs, you’ll never damage your seedlings again How many times have you tried to ease your seedlings out of their tray only to shear off some of…
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Replace a Front Lawn With a Beautiful, Eco-Friendly Garden
Shaker Heights is a historic Ohio community known for stately homes, majestic trees, and expansive lawns. But along a side street, you will find a sight quite rare in most…
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10 Tips for Picture-Perfect Garden Pathways
Even though we gardeners are 100% focused on plants, we recognize the undeniable fact that pathways are an essential utilitarian element of a garden. They help us to navigate spaces,…
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Shopping-List Plants for the Mid-Atlantic
Little kids have Christmas. Gardeners have spring. To anyone who loves plants, this is the most wonderful time of the year. As warmer weather approaches, gardeners across the country eagerly anticipate…
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Shopping-List Plants for the Southeast
Little kids have Christmas. Gardeners have spring. To anyone who loves plants, this is the most wonderful time of the year. As warmer weather approaches, gardeners across the country eagerly anticipate…
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Shopping-List Plants for the Midwest
Little kids have Christmas. Gardeners have spring. To anyone who loves plants, this is the most wonderful time of the year. As warmer weather approaches, gardeners across the country eagerly anticipate…
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Simple Approaches to Rose Pruning
Often the key to keeping roses happy, healthy, and looking their best is proper pruning. This is done using specific techniques and timing, depending on the type of rose you…
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Low-Maintenance Roses With Incredible Fragrance
Roses are quintessential garden treasures that evoke romantic images of Sissinghurst and other iconic British landscapes. Here in the United States, however, they have developed a bit of a bad…
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Shopping-List Plants for the Southern Plains
Little kids have Christmas. Gardeners have spring. To anyone who loves plants, this is the most wonderful time of the year. As warmer weather approaches, gardeners across the country eagerly anticipate…
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Shopping-List Plants for the Northwest
Little kids have Christmas. Gardeners have spring. To anyone who loves plants, this is the most wonderful time of the year. As warmer weather approaches, gardeners across the country eagerly anticipate…
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Making Your Garden Beautiful and Functional With Pathways
No matter the size, style, or location of your cultivated patch of paradise, at the heart of every great garden is at least one pathway. These essential areas are an…
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Shopping-List Plants for Your Region
Little kids have Christmas. Gardeners have spring. To anyone who loves plants, this is the most wonderful time of the year. As warmer weather approaches, gardeners across the country eagerly anticipate…
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20 Great Plants for Butterflies
Because butterflies need a mix of host and nectar plants to survive, butterfly gardens also provide a wonderful cornucopia of beauty for the gardener. Annuals, perennials, trees, and shrubs that…
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Shopping-List Plants for the Northeast
Little kids have Christmas. Gardeners have spring. To anyone who loves plants, this is the most wonderful time of the year. As warmer weather approaches, gardeners across the country eagerly anticipate…
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Container-Garden Updates to Make for a Standout Design in All Four Seasons
What if a container design could last the whole year with just some simple updates?
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Best of the Sweetshrubs: Plant Trial Results
Woody plants take up a lot of space for a lot of years, so here at the Chicago Botanic Garden we must be choosy about which shrubs we try. A…
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Shopping-List Plants for Southern California
Little kids have Christmas. Gardeners have spring. To anyone who loves plants, this is the most wonderful time of the year. As warmer weather approaches, gardeners across the country eagerly anticipate…
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Tour a Beautiful, Eco-Friendly Front-Yard Garden
Lou and Dell Salza’s front yard in Shaker Heights, Ohio, is living proof that a garden can be both beautiful and ecologically functional. Making the most of a modestly sized…
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