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Enchanting Japanese Maples
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Spectacular Spring Bloomers
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Perfect Edges for Your Beds and Borders
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A Gardener's Checklist for Early Spring
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Design an Engaging Entryway
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Soil Testing is Worth the Effort
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Lilacs: Time for a Fresh Look
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15 Deer-Resistant Plants
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Cool-Season Annuals
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Garden Catalog Collector
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Friendly Ways to Battle Garden Pests
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Sweetly Scented Tulips
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10 Perennials Easily Grown from Seed
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How to Grow Raspberries
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All About Starting Seeds
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Video: Make a Straw-Bale Garden
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The Only Shrubs You Need to Grow
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Building a Compost Bin
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Backyard Makeover Game
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Viburnums are Versatile Shrubs
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Variegated Plants Create Drama
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Find the Perfect Tomato
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Make Your Own Hypertufa Container
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Celebrate Spring with Cool-Season Containers
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How to Start a Vegetable Garden
Garden Photo of the Day
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READER PHOTOS! Karen's garden in Illinois
18 commentsToday's photos are from Karen Cherry in Illinois. She says, "I grew up on a farm with a pragmatic father, who's mantra was "if you can't eat it, why grow it?" Yet he indulged my appetite for beauty...
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READER PHOTOS! Michaele's garden in Tennessee
11 commentsToday's photos are from Michaele Anderson in Friendsville,Tennessee. She says, "I am always enchanted when the frothy clouds of pink show up in the fall from what I call pink muhly grass...
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Tis the season...
11 comments...of grasses! This time of year, most of the excitement you'll find in northern gardens comes from blooming ornamental grasses blowing in the breeze. Here are a few shots that illustrate that...
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A humble garden ornament
13 commentsYou might think this is a piece of driftwood that Barbara Weirich dragged up from the shores of Lake Michigan into her garden in Benton Harbor, Michigan. That's what I thought, but associate editor...
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READER PHOTO! Grasses & a hay bale table
7 commentsOne last photo from Philip Leveridge in Austin, Texas. I fell in love with his hay bale garden table. He says, "These grasses lie between a couple of hidden galvanized steel stock tank pools. I...
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READER PHOTO! Touchable texture and contrast from two great plants
4 commentsToday's photo is from Philip Leveridge in Austin, Texas. Philip is a garden designer, and his home garden is called East Side Patch. Of this picture, he says, "I like combining contrasting...
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Whisper-soft texture at dusk
1 commentIn the garden of Sabrina and Freeland Tanner in Napa, California, a lantern is tucked into a low sweep of feather grass (Stipa sp., USDA Hardiness Zones 7-11), which just serves to enhance the...
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"Driftwood" and grasses
3 commentsThis is Barbara Weirich's Benton Harbor, Michigan, fall garden, where she took advantage of a fallen tree branch to create a beachy atmosphere with flowing grasses. Welcome to the Fine Gardening...
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Beach garden
1 commentIn this private garden in Michigan, the property drops off steeply, overlooking the shores of Lake Michigan. Sad that her grandchildren couldn't get to the beach, the homeowner/garden designer...
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A not-so-delicate container combo
2 commentsThis combo may look refined and fussy, but its anchor is one tough cookie. Japanese blood grass (Imperata cylindrica 'Rubra', USDA Hardiness Zones 5-9) is sometimes banished from borders due to its...
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It's a bit rusty...
Rusty metal blends into a garden amazingly well, especially when paired with a bronzy sedge. This photo was taken in Laura Crockett's garden in Hillsboro, Oregon. Welcome to the Fine Gardening...
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Ruby grass is pretty in pink
2 commentsRuby grass (Melinus nerviglumis) This gray-green, graceful grass is a wonderful, visually soothing addition to summer gardens. The pink blooms begin to appear on arching stems in spring and last...
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'Gold' Bar' miscanthus
2 comments'Gold Bar' miscanthus (Miscanthus sinensis 'Gold Bar', USDA Hardiness Zones 5-8) is a compact miscanthus developed by Joy Creek Nursery in Scappoose, Oregon. Its heavily banded blades add energy and...
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