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Regional Picks: Hot-Colored Plants – Midwest
1. ‘Southern Comfort’ Heuchera Name: Heuchera ‘Southern Comfort’ USDA hardiness zones: 4 to 9 Size: 14 inches tall and 2 feet wide Conditions: Full sun to partial shade; moist to…
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Design
Pull a Design Together With Ground Covers
The staff at your local garden center works hard to assemble eye-catching displays of colorful perennials, artfully arranged succulents, and architectural grasses. But the ground-cover section is likely an unremarkable,…
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Kitchen Gardening
Beyond the Basic Greens
Fresh-picked salad greens are among the most rewarding vegetables that a gardener can grow. What else yields tasty baby leaves in just 30 days from a few seeds sown in…
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Design
Matrix Planting
When designer Adam Woodruff was hired to create a landscape for a newly renovated home in Illinois, the existing site was mostly turf with a swimming pool surrounded by a…
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Design
Top 10 Large-Leaved Perennials
Whether you set out to design a garden with large-leaved perennials or you happen upon one or more in the nursery that you just cannot resist, adding an architectural giant…
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Regional Picks: Large-Leaved Perennials – Southern Plains
‘Little Joe’ Joe Pye Weed Name: Eutrochium dubium ‘Little Joe’ USDA hardiness zones: 3 to 9 Size: 3 to 4 feet tall and 2 to 3 feet wide Conditions: Full…
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How-To
8 Fall Chores That Can’t Wait
By the time that October rolls around, most gardeners are ready to throw in the trowel, retreat indoors, and curl up by the fire with a good book. But if…
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Design
Going with the Flow
By the time we moved into our nearly finished home in June 2008, I had created The Plan. And I drew The Plan in ink so that it would be…
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Article
Regional Picks: Plants with the Best Fall Colors – Southwest
1. ‘Blonde Ambition’ Blue Grama Grass Name: Bouteloua gracilis ‘Blonde Ambition’ USDA hardiness zones: 5 to 9 Size: 2 to 3 feet tall and wide Conditions: Full sun; average soil,…
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Design
Container Designs Without Annuals
The world of perennials has never been so diverse or so useful. New varieties offer more colorful foliage, longer bloom times, and dwarf habits that are perfect for small spaces…