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DesignHolly’s Denver Garden
Hi GPODers! Today we're heading to the Rockies and checking out a sensational alpine garden. However, Holly Culp didn't always garden at high altitudes and a lot needed to learn…
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DesignGreat Rock Garden Plants for Beginners
If you are just starting out, it is easy to become overwhelmed by the variety of rock-garden plants available. However, many classic rock-garden plants are available in choice garden centers…
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DesignBuilding a Rock Garden 101
Rock gardens are ideally suited for experimentation. The pockets and crevices between rocks are like a horticultural laboratory, providing microclimates where specialized plants produce a kaleidoscope of interest throughout the…
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DesignGPOD Vignettes: A Succulent Front Yard, New Blooms from a Zesty Plant, and a Compost Cake
Happy Friday GPODers! We're doing something a little different today, I'm starting a new series I'm calling "GPOD Vignettes". We often get submissions that are a little too short for…
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DesignGuidelines for Building a Rock Garden
Last fall, this column featured Showy Native Plants for Rocky Soils. Not included in that plant palette were rock gardens. While similar in that the plants for such spaces require…
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DesignGreat Native Plants for Western Gardens
In his article Weaving Vignettes Together, horticulturalist Dan Johnson gives us a look into his home garden in Denver, where he uses repeated plant groupings and consistent hardscaping to unify…
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DesignHow to Build a Crevice Garden
If this is the first time you’ve come across the phrase “crevice garden,” it won’t be the last. This style of gardening is on the tongues of every gardening taste…
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DesignCreate a Botanical Tapestry by Knitting Vignettes Together in Your Garden
What happens when an avowed plant collector puts down roots on a blank garden slate? When I purchased my property, the small lot in a Zone 5b/6a Denver suburb had…
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DesignJanet’s Rock Garden
Eric Sternfels sent in today’s photos. We’ve visited Eric’s garden before (Summer in Eric's Garden) but today he’s taking us along on a tour of a friend’s garden: Here is…
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Design9 Special Junipers with Unique Forms for the Garden
Few plants generate more revulsion in the garden than junipers. The mere suggestion of planting one often musters a similar reaction to that of saying a dirty word. Maybe we’ve…
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