Fine Gardening – Issue 224
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Low-Maintenance Plants for Your Region
When we only prioritize plants we want over plants our landscape needs, each season is filled with a never-ending list of chores: pruning, pinching, watering, treating, amending, and fertilizing, with…
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9 Superb Shrubs to Plant in Clay Soil
My fellow gardeners, it’s time to bust the myth that having clay soil leads to horticultural heartache. Establishing and maintaining plants in heavy soil may require a bit more time…
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8 Expert Picks to Create a Serene Modern Patio
While we spend a considerable amount of time making our gardens hospitable for our plants, we must not forget to make these spaces equally inviting and comfortable for ourselves and…
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‘Takilma Gold’ Oregon Sunshine is a Bright, Cheerful Native Perennial for Summer
Oregon sunshine is a widespread and immensely variable perennial in the Aster family. It’s usually easy to identify by its silvery leaves with cobweb-like white hairs and cheery yellow daisy…
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Grow Northern Chinese Mayapple for Instant Magic in Shady Garden Spots
I’ll admit it—I’m a pushover for large foliage. Maybe it’s because I’m a big fan of (garden) drama. Perhaps it’s because I’m a huge proponent of juxtaposition in the landscape.…
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7 Garden Tips to Make the Most of Your Time and Money
1. Winning Tip: Never-ending DIY leaf mulch My husband and I are avid gardeners. We live in the middle of the woods, where we face many challenges, such as deer,…
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Planting Plan: Use Containers to Create a Lush Garden Oasis in a Small Space
Container garden designer Derrik Gagliardi’s garden in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a bit of a hidden gem. Walking past the property, you wouldn’t even notice the secluded side yard shielded from…
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Building Community, One Garden at a Time | Letter from the Editor
“Do you know that woman?” I asked John Mathews while in his front garden in Madison, Wisconsin, last year. We had been deep in conversation about a ginkgo when a…
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How Lawn Replacement Brings Beauty, Sanctuary, and Habitat to Summerhome Garden
In the world of gardening, terms like naturalistic, xeric, and climate-resilient have become buzzwords for a gardening style that uses less water, fosters biodiversity, and adapts to climate change.…
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How to Manage Common Summer Pests: Whiteflies, Mites, and Scale
As spring shifts into summer, an increase in insect and mite activity often follows. For heat-loving pests like spider mites, broad mites, scales, and whiteflies, regular scouting and early identification…
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How to Effectively Use Tropical Plants in Cool Climates
Choosing to use tropicals in my garden beds and pots was an easy decision. Not only am I mad for bold foliage, but I can use and reuse them every…
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Get to Know Your Clay Soil
Soil is a dynamic mix of mineral particles, organic matter, living organisms, water, and air. Since clay particles are extremely tiny and stack together tightly, clay soil will naturally have…
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Make a Big Impact in a Small Urban Space with Tropical Plants
A narrow strip of forgotten lawn was all I could see out of my apartment when I moved into a Victorian-era Minneapolis home more than 25 years ago. The yard…
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Maintaining Privacy in a Garden Without the Fence
The heart of my urban garden is completely secluded from onlookers, which was one of the primary goals when constructing it. Most people don’t know that it’s even there until…
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Silphiums: The Giant Native Plants We All Should Be Growing
As a budding horticulturist, my first encounter with prairie dock (Silphium terebinthinaceum) was intriguing and puzzling. The sheer size and verticality of the spade-like leaves slicing through grasses and forbs…
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Great Ideas from Community Gardeners
Philadelphia is known as America’s Garden Capital because there are more than 30 public gardens, arboreta, and historic landscapes within 30 miles of the city center. But walking through any…
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