southeast - Fine Gardening

  • Blue Shadow Fothergilla, Color Guard Yucca and Wedding Gown Bigleaf Hydrangea
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    The Best House Foundation Plants for Your Region

    When it comes to choosing foundation plants for your home, it’s important to pick species that not only enhance your landscape but also thrive in your specific climate. That’s why…

  • patio with small garden beds and containers surrounding
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    GPOD Vignettes: Small Gardens with Big Impacts

    Happy Friday GPODers, and welcome to our second installment of GPOD Vignettes! In case you missed it, check out our first installment of this series here: GPOD Vignette #1. When…

  • sloped garden bed full of wildflowers
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    Gail’s Garden on the Side of a Mountain

    Hi GPODers! Today's photos come from Gail Bromer in Black Mountain, North Carolina. As the name suggests, Gail gardens in a very mountainous region and deals with something many gardeners…

  • shady garden patio surrounded by pink and purple plants
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    A Purple Plant Palette in Asheville, NC

    Happy Friday, GPODers! It's safe to say that every gardener has a particular penchant for color. Whether it's a riot of color combinations (flowers and foliage in every hue and…

  • bright red and green blown glass leaves in the bog garden
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    Back in Jay Sifford’s Beautiful Bog Gardens

    Today we're exploring more of Jay Sifford's lesser-seen back garden. We've toured and featured the award-winning landscape designer's immaculate stylized meadow front garden, but now we're wondering why the blooming…

  • spring ephemerals in the garden
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    Spectacular Spring Ephemerals in Jay Sifford’s Back Garden

    It's always a treat when award-winning landscape designer Jay Sifford sends in photos of his fabulous home garden in the mountains of North Carolina. Today we have an extra-special treat:…

  • mixed planting of various azaleas
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    Guide to Growing Great Azaleas

    One group of plants you can use to create a blooming bridge between spring and summer are azaleas (Rhododendron spp. and cvs., Zones 3–9). As one of the most popular…

  • Ikandi Japanese maple
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    Shopping-List Plants for the Southeast

    If you’ve run into a garden rut, we’ve got you covered. It’s time to start planning for your first trip to the local nursery or garden center. What plants will…

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    Beautiful Flowering Native Vines for the Southeast

    Vines are a great way to add vertical interest to your ornamental flower beds, and native vines have the added benefit of supporting native insects. It sounds like a win-win,…

  • close up of Leucojum vernum in bloom
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    Carol’s Winter Garden

    Carol in Hendersonville, North Carolina, is sharing some beauties from her winter garden with us today. The winter garden is dearly appreciated. Honeybees emerge for the snowdrops (Galanthus spp., Zones…