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DesignCare and Feeding Tips to Make Flower Containers Last Longer
With all the care and effort you put into selecting plants that last, you want to do your part to keep them looking their best throughout the seasons. Follow these…
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DesignTurning a Problem Into a Feature
Today we're visiting Kathleen Hooper's garden. When my family and I moved from two acres in Connecticut to our Winnetka, Illinois (near Chicago) house, I inherited a small landscaped yard.…
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How-ToHow to Water a Pot
There are several basic things that every gardener should know: how to pinch a plant, how to water a pot, how to keep dirt out of your fingernails, etc. In…
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CollectionGorgeous Garden Container Designs, Tips, and Inspiration
Like a blank canvas, a new container presents limitless opportunities and options for form, color, and texture. But before letting your imagination run wild with garden container designs for over-the-top…
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DesignLearn How to Make a Concrete-Leaf Planter
In Fine Gardening #200, Lisa Roper demonstrated how hand-cast leaves can create artful niches for drought-loving plants like succulents (8 Ways to Create Crowd-Pleasing Containers). If you would like to…
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DesignContainer Garden Candidates to Attract Bees for the South
We are more aware these days about the state of bee welfare than we have been before. It’s a fact that bees are incredibly important to the environment and to…
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DesignFour Decades in a Garden
I'm Rebecca Cullen, and I have lived in the same house in New Jersey, Zone 7, for 41 years. Having a passion for gardening has allowed me to continue even…
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DesignGo for Grasses to Soften Late-Season Containers—Planting Plans
Autumn is the time when grasses finally get their moment, so no fall container collection would truly be complete without giving them their due. With feather-like seed heads that catch…
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DesignTough Tropicals Make Great Thrillers in Fall Containers—Planting Plans
While including tropicals in a fall container planting may seem unusual, the fiery oranges and flame reds of plants such as canna can be just the thing to celebrate autumn…
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DesignSaying Goodbye to Annuals
Today’s photos come from longtime friend of the GPOD Cherry Ong. (If you've not seen her garden before, start here or here.) Thought I'd send some photos from before some…
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