Northeast Regional Reports
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Northeast Regional ReportsPlanning a Garden From Scratch: Notes From Designing a Painter’s Garden
When the time came for me to transform a 90-year-old putting green into a perennial garden on my family's three-generation plot, I froze. As a designer, I usually seek out…
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Northeast Regional ReportsThe Best Lesser-Known Catmint Varieties
Few perennials are as hardworking as catmints (Nepeta spp. and cvs., Zones 4–8), which are sometimes also called catnips. While some gardeners might consider them overused by professional landscape designers,…
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Northeast Regional ReportsWinter-Hardy Hydrangeas
If you haven’t noticed, there are suddenly more hydrangeas (Hydrangea spp. and cvs., Zones 3–9) for northern gardeners than ever before. If you've become frustrated with getting a hydrangea to…
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Northeast Regional ReportsHow to Grow Celtuce
While celtuce, or stem lettuce, may sound like just another novelty vegetable, it's far from that. If you are not familiar with celtuce, just think of it as overgrown romaine…
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Northeast Regional ReportsPerennials for Dry Shade in the Northeast
Many of us in the Northeast struggle with the drier soil conditions found under tall evergreens, particularly the problematic summer-dry situations often found under towering Eastern white pines (Pinus strobus,…
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Northeast Regional ReportsDrought-Tolerant Shrubs for the Northeast
According to NASA Earth Observatory, one-third of the United States experienced some level of drought in 2020. Unfortunately, we know this was not a random anomaly but an increasing trend…
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Northeast Regional ReportsHow to Grow Tree Peonies in the Northeast
We gardeners in the Northeast are notorious for complaining about the weather, particularly about our cold, snowy winters and what often seems like too-short, too-hot summers, yet this four-season climate…
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Northeast Regional ReportsHow to Train Wisteria
Few plants can put on a spring show as elegant and impressive as wisteria (Wisteria spp. and cvs., Zones 4–9), but like many vines, this plant can be aggressive. Thankfully,…
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Northeast Regional ReportsPlants for the Northeast to Add to Your Shopping List
Whether you're walking through your local garden center, flipping through the pages of your favorite catalog, or scrolling the website of an online retailer, the sheer number of plant choices…
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Northeast Regional ReportsCorydalis Is an Underappreciated Spring Star
Early spring-blooming bulbs are very welcome in any garden, yet one genus seems to be overlooked by many of us, although it’s just as impressive as all the others. The…
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