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Northern Plains June Garden To-Do List
Plant, plant, plant! Before those summer temperatures really start to kick in, take advantage of late spring rains and cooler temps by planting out your annuals, perennials, shrubs, and trees…
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Your June Regional Garden To-Do Lists
The heat has turned up across most of the country. Now is the time to get down to some serious gardening business. Whether you're trying to keep the weeds at…
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Join Our Upcoming Virtual Symposium: Best of the Best Perennials
Join Fine Gardening and the Perennial Plant Association for a virtual symposium, "Best of the Best Perennials: 5 Experts Choose Their Favorite Perennial Plant of the Year® Winners." We can't…
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Watering Ways | Letter From the Editor
It’s hard to overestimate the importance of watering. It’s my favorite thing to do in the garden, and not just because I can do it with a drink in my…
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The Art of Watering the Garden
Have you ever noticed how vibrant your garden looks after a steady, soaking rain? Natural rainfall infiltrates soil in a way that is hard to match with artificial watering. We…
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Pruning Spring-Flowering Trees
Spring reaches its blooming crescendo with spring-flowering trees. Dogwoods (Cornus spp. and cvs., Zones 3–9), redbuds (Cercis spp. and cvs., Zones 4–10), crabapples (Malus spp. and cvs., Zones 3–9)—the list…
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Veggie Varieties for Italian Cooking
Late-summer harvests of juicy tomatoes, fresh herbs, delicious red peppers, and leafy greens inspire tasty suppers. And putting together a pizza topped with your very own, fresh-from-the-garden summer veggies is…
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Mid-Atlantic June Garden To-Do List
Add and subtract from your garden. June is a great time to assess what you have in the garden. By now the garden has filled in, and you can add…
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Midwest June Garden To-Do List
Plant, plant, plant! Add summer annuals to beds and containers, and cut back or replace spring annuals that look tired. Finish dividing and replanting summer- and fall-blooming perennials. If you…
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Northern California June Garden To-Do List
In the ornamental garden Deadhead, mulch, and fertilize roses. Along with regular deadheading, make sure to pick your roses often—both for filling summer bouquets and to ensure continuous bloom production.…