Design: Color

  • Falling in Love common poppy
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    How to Grow Poppies and Favorite Varieties

    Poppies (Papaver spp. and cvs., Zones 3–9) are one of the most beloved and desirable garden flowers, but they aren't as easy to please as many sources make them out…

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    An English-Style Garden in Tennessee

    Today we’re off to Tennessee to visit Lou Ann’s garden. My neighbor Linda calls my house “the English cottage,” and I suppose there’s reason enough. I lived in Suffolk for…

  • black locust tree with chartreuse foliage
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    GPOD on the Road: Vancouver Garden Tour

    We’re tagging along with Cherry Ong today, enjoying pictures from a series of garden tours she went on last June, organized by the Vancouver Hardy Plant Society. These photos are…

  • close up of white and light purple reticulata iris
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    First Signs of Spring in Indiana

    It's Joseph in northern Indiana here, where a string of warm days has pushed my garden over into the earliest flowers of spring. I picked this hellebore (Helleborus hybrid, Zones…

  • 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…

  • two chairs in the garden
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    GPOD on the Road: Vancouver Hardy-Plant Study Weekend, Part 2

    Back in June, friend of the GPOD Cherry Ong attended the Vancouver Hardy Plant Study Weekend and was kind enough to share photos of some of the gardens that she…

  • close up of Cyclamen with pink flowers
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    Visiting Spring in North Carolina

    Hi GPODers—it's your editor, Joseph, here. Last week I took a trip down from my home in northern Indiana to Raleigh, North Carolina, and got a little prelude of spring.…

  • pink fringed tulip blossom
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    Dreaming of Tulips in New York

    Today we’re visiting with Lee, who gardens in central New York State. We’ve visited Lee's garden before (Early Spring Blooms from the Mohawk Valley). Greetings from the Mohawk Valley. We're…

  • close up of light pink Martagon lilies
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    GPOD on the Road: Vancouver Hardy-Plant Study Weekend

    Back in June, friend of the GPOD Cherry Ong attended the Vancouver Hardy Plant Study Weekend and was kind enough to share photos of some of the gardens she toured.…

  • close up of golden ragwort with lots of yellow flowers in bloom
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    Floral Sunshine From Barb

    This is Barb Mrgich, Master Gardener from Adams County, Pennsylvania. I have sent in several entries in the past. (Butterflies in Barb's Garden and Barb's Favorite Photos ) I love…