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READER PHOTOS! Michaele's garden in Tennessee
12 commentsLast fall, Micaele sent us some photos of her clouds of pink muhly grass (Muhlenbergia capillaris, USDA Hardiness Zones 7-10), and I don't know about you, but I fell in love with that plant refresh...
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Similar plants make a subtle tapestry
9 commentsWalking around the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, this might be the last plant combo you'd notice, tucked under a few shrubs near the exit. But when you've walked around as many public gardens as I...
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Gingers that every gardener should grow
14 commentsOur trip to Pennsylvania last week coincided perfectly with the rhododendron and the primrose blooms, which were stunning, but I was equally impressed with the gingers. It's still early days out...
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READER PHOTOS! Woolly thyme like tumbling water
14 commentsToday's photos are from Jan Meissner in Avon, Ohio. She says, "I love the way my woolly creeping thyme (Thymus pseudolanuginosus, USDA Hardiness Zones 5-9) flows into my dry creek bed like water...
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READER PHOTO! A lawn of thyme
16 commentsToday's photos are from Roberta Smith in Cologne, Minnesota. She says, "I have a lot of shrub roses in my front yard. In June when they are all blooming it is quite a sight to see with all the...
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READER PHOTO! Another great native groundcover
8 commentsToday's photo, wrapping up this week's groundcover theme, is from Veronica Guyre in Lyme, New Hamphire. She says, "This stand of bunchberry (Cornus canadensis, USDA Hardiness Zones 27nbspis...
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Even baby plants need to be seen!
5 commentsMore groundcovers! In Liz Niebling's garden in Exeter, New Hampshire, a swath of vinca is the perfect canvas for this vase-shaped hosta. A young hosta like this can be easily lost, visually, in a...
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READER PHOTO! An unexpected groundcover
9 commentsContinuing in the groundcover theme, today's photos are from Jane Horn in Prior Lake, Minnesota. She says, "I love using jewels of Opar (Talinum paniculatum cv., annual) as a ground cover. I...
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Go native!
9 commentsAs promised, here's the native alternative to the ubiquitous Japanese pachysandra (Pachysandra terminalis, USDA Hardiness Zones 4-8). It's Alleghany spurge (Pachysandra procumbens, Zones 5-9)! It has...
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