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Enchanting Japanese Maples
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Perfect Edges for Your Beds and Borders
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Viburnums are Versatile Shrubs
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Sweetly Scented Tulips
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Backyard Makeover Game
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All About Starting Seeds
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Cool-Season Annuals
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15 Deer-Resistant Plants
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Friendly Ways to Battle Garden Pests
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Lilacs: Time for a Fresh Look
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Make Your Own Hypertufa Container
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Celebrate Spring with Cool-Season Containers
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Building a Compost Bin
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The Only Shrubs You Need to Grow
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How to Start a Vegetable Garden
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Design an Engaging Entryway
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How to Grow Raspberries
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Video: Make a Straw-Bale Garden
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Find the Perfect Tomato
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Bed of nails is a piece of cake
1 commentNo, it's not a carnival side show act, it's just one awesome plant. Bed of nails, also known as Naranjilla (Solanum quitoense, annual), is a fuzzy-leaved tomato relative that brandishes wicked purple...
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Another great Smithsonian combo
2 commentsCheck out this combo of tender plants at the Mary Livingston Ripley Garden in Washington, D.C. While the plants' forms are bold, their textures and colors are soft and soothing. Included are foxtail...
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Tropical fever
6 commentsFurcraea (Furcraea foedita 'Mediopicta', USDA Hardiness Zone 11) is the focal point in this combo at the Mary Livingston Ripley Garden of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. It's backed up...
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