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Bold and Beautiful Zinnias
Big Flowers from Bigleaf Hydrangeas
10 Perennials Easily Grown from Seed
A gardener's checklist for early summer
Backyard Makeover Game
Make Your Own Hypertufa Container
The Only Shrubs You Need to Grow
How to Start a Vegetable Garden
Garden Catalog Collector
Viburnums are Versatile Shrubs
Video: Make a Straw-Bale Garden
25 Robust Summer Bloomers
Lilacs: Time for a Fresh Look
Off With Their Heads: Deadheading Perennials
Soil Testing is Worth the Effort
Enchanting Japanese Maples
All About Starting Seeds
Variegated Plants Create Drama
Friendly Ways to Battle Garden Pests
How to Grow Raspberries
Find the Perfect Tomato
Free Download: Rose Pruning and Bed Prep
Perfect Edges for Your Beds and Borders
15 Deer-Resistant Plants
Building a Compost Bin

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spuria iris

May 30, 2009

Spuria irises may be my favorite irises. They can be some of the most graceful, with delightful form and color. Tolerant of neglect, they can take a year or two to settle in, but then just keep on...

hedgehog cactus

May 30, 2009

The hedgehog cactus is amazingly hardy. It shrinks in the winter to a small bristly bump, then expands with warm weather to four or so inches high. Flowers last only a day or two, but what flowers...

I grow Eriogonum umbellatum not for the chrome yellow pompom flowers that bloom for a month in April-May, but for the rusty red colors that appear as the flowers fade in late May to June. I also grow...