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DesignSmall Balcony, Huge Garden
Today we’re off to Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, to visit Wema Mojar’s beautiful balcony garden. Wema has transformed her tiny balcony space into a beautiful and productive garden. If you think…
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DesignUnique Plants for Early Spring Containers in the Northeast
After a long, snowy winter, one of the first signs of spring for gardeners in the Northeast is early spring seasonal containers. Since spring containers are typically only displayed for…
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DesignContainers That Celebrate Fall and Winter
As the growing season winds down and we put our gardens to bed, containers can be a creative playground going into fall and winter. The key to successful late-season containers…
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DesignGo for Grasses to Soften Late-Season Containers—Planting Plans
Autumn is the time when grasses finally get their moment, so no fall container collection would truly be complete without giving them their due. With feather-like seed heads that catch…
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DesignSpice Up Autumn Containers With Spiky Silhouettes—Planting Plans
Include spiky silhouettes in containers to lend a celebratory feel to your front stoop. Plants such as cordyline, featured in two of the containers below, can easily be paired with…
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DesignCreate Fall Containers With Evergreen Backbones—Planting Plans
Evergreens are a natural choice for fall and winter containers. When other plants in your pots go dormant, evergreens are a staple that help to see you through the off-season.…
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DesignTips and Tricks for Gardening in Containers
Are you confined to a balcony, deck, or patio and yet yearn to embrace your passion for all things horticultural? You have no reason to contain your enthusiasm. A window…
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DesignContainer Garden Design Using Just Three Plants
It’s easy to get carried away with container design, adding plants until the pot overflows. But simple designs can be stunning too, so the FG editors asked five designers to…
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DesignColor-Blind Plant Combinations
Today we’ve got some photos that Joe Hopkins sent in, along with information about the garden by Scott Dunlap. Joe asked that I get some information to you on the…
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DesignUnderused Picks for Spring Containers
Are you getting tired of planting your spring containers with the same plant palette of pansies (Viola × wittrockiana cvs., annual), hyacinths (Hyacinthus orientalis, Zones 5–9), and sweet alyssum (Lobularia…
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