Allium - Fine Gardening
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How-To
Growing Summer Alliums: Conditions and Care
When given proper conditions and care, summer alliums are stellar, reliable performers in the landscape. Here are some insights into growing summer alliums that can help you manage and enjoy…
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Pat’s Ontario Garden
Today’s photos are from Pat Cassidy. I have been gardening in this space for 30 years now just outside Ottawa, Ontario. The first couple of years, as it is for…
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The Garden Brought Inside
My name is Fran Cohen, and this is my second submission to GPOD. (Check out Fran's first submission here.) I've been gardening here in Rhode Island for more than 30…
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Joseph’s Favorite Flowers of the Year
This is your GPOD editor, Joseph, sharing some photos with you today. As the gardening season winds down, I like to go through the photos I’ve taken over the year…
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Wendy’s Cottage Garden
We’re in Wendy Lagozzino’s beautiful garden today. I have an English-style cottage garden surrounding a house built in 1900. Back in the 1980s, I changed the landscape during a remodel…
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Design
Plants Bring Joy!
Today we're visiting Jana Trusz's garden. I live in Canton, Massachusetts, and have been gardening forever. Our lot backs up to conservation land and includes a great deal of woodland…
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Design
A Banner Year in the Garden
My name is Biyuan Yang, and I garden in northern New Jersey. I have shared pictures of my garden before (click here and here), and this year my garden is…
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Flowers Fit for a Monarch
Today we’re visiting Lynn DeSantis’s garden, where she has a lot of flowers that attract the attention of humans and butterflies. Stokes aster (Stokesia laevis, Zones 5–9), obedient plant (Physostegia…
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Design
Azaleas, Ferns, and More Spring Favorites
My name is Luana Carpenter from Massillon, Ohio. I think for those of us living in colder climates the anticipation of spring is such an exciting time—watching plants emerge from…
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Design
How to Break Up the Sea of Green in the Garden
Janice Becker’s garden in Deerfield, Illinois, is an island of horticultural diversity in a neighborhood ruled by turf grass, mature trees, and occasional ground covers. She has created a plant…