azaleas

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    Guide to Growing Great Azaleas

    One group of plants you can use to create a blooming bridge between spring and summer are azaleas (Rhododendron spp. and cvs., Zones 3–9). As one of the most popular…

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    Virginia Garden Full of Azaleas

    Pat Clements sent in today’s photos. I live in a hundred-year-old home in Mechanicsville, Virginia. When we moved here I said I was only going to have a small herb…

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    Garden Details

    Today’s photos come from Ellen Kirby in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. We previously featured her garden here, here, and here. This photo focuses in on a tiny piece of beauty. Sometimes…

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    Making a Secret Garden

    Today we’re visiting the garden of Tracie Bangs in Norfolk, Virginia (Zone 8). We moved to an animal-infested old home in a jungle six years ago in Norfolk as we…

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    Carla’s Woodland Garden

    Today we’re back in Carla Zambelli Mudry’s garden in Malvern, Pennsylvania. My shade and woodland gardens are looking magnificent because we’ve had so much rain. I now hope I get…

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    Azaleas, Ferns, and More Spring Favorites

    My name is Luana Carpenter from Massillon, Ohio. I think for those of us living in colder climates the anticipation of spring is such an exciting time—watching plants emerge from…

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    Peonies and Other Favorites

    Lynn Crawford is sharing some of her favorite blooms from her garden with us today. I have been an avid gardener for more than 60 years. My mother, Charlotte, and…

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    Returning to the Garden in 40 Shades of Green

    Today Emmanuel Touhey, who has shared his garden with us before, is back to give us a glimpse of what it looks like in the spring. I thought I’d share some…

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    Favorite Spring Blooms

    Today’s photos come from Tara Messina, who is a flower farmer in Connecticut and also gardens for private estate clients. She shares some of her favorite spring flowers from her…

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    Memories of Spring

    Beth Tucker shared her previous garden in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, with us before. In that post, she showed us how it looked in winter, but today we’re visiting this beautiful…