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Snowdrops Chase Away the Winter Doldrums

Amid the sloshing, squishing, and squelching of spring in the Northwest, green tips and small white flowers start pushing through the soil. Some are up and flowering freely in January,…
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‘Carolina Primrose’ Is Not Your Grandmother’s Gladiola

Many gardeners are familiar with gladiolas. The usual response when asked about glads, however, along with a shaking of the head and a shudder, is “Not me.” No doubt they…
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A Delightful Bulb to Brighten the Late-Winter Garden

I remember my first experience seeing winter aconite (Eranthis hyemalis, Zones 3–7) in bloom at Fernwood Botanical Garden (Niles, Michigan) over 25 years ago. It was late March when I…
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Gambling on Tulips | Letter from the Editor

Voles and bulbs do not mix well. When I first planted my garden over a decade ago, I didn’t have a vole problem. But in more recent years, my property…
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Hardy Spring-Blooming Bulbs for Rocky Mountain Gardens

In the Mountain West we are fortunate to have a wide variety of bulbs to choose from that require minimal care. Our cold winters mean we don’t need to refrigerate…
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A Native Bulb With a Stunning Spring Show

It sometimes seems that all bulbs come from either the Netherlands or somewhere around Greece or Turkey. But North America is home to some stunning bulbs as well. Camassia is…
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Gardening Through Intense Weather

Today we’re visiting with Kim Herdman, in Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada, who has had a difficult gardening year. Fortunately, many of the plants managed to pull through and perform…
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Garden Photos from Maureen

Today we’re visiting with Maureen Budny in North Reading, Massachusetts. Maureen is an amateur photographer and has shared some of her photos with us before (A Photographer's Eye in the…
How-To
Growing Bulbs Indoors? Here’s What You Need to Know

Here’s the lowdown for keeping your winter bulbs thriving and pumping out the perks in midwinter. Light As much sun as you can muster is optimal. An unobstructed southfacing window…
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Plants I Was Thankful for This Year

Hi, GPOD readers! This is your GPOD editor Joseph, and on this Thanksgiving Day I thought I’d look back at some of the plants that I’ve been most thankful for…

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