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Tips and Tricks for Container Gardening With Conifers
Container gardening is perfect for anyone confined to a balcony or deck and is also a wonderful way to add color, dimension, and versatility to any landscape, large or small.…
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Great Plants for Focal-Point Pots
There are times in life when you just don’t have the patience to wait. You need a focal point, and you need it now. Maybe you’re throwing a party tomorrow…
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Low-Care Plants for Seating-Area Pots
If there is one hot plant group I couldn’t live without, it would be succulents. Their luxurious textures, shapes, and colors offer incomparable bold structure. I often create succulent gardens…
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Great Container Plants for Spring
It is next to impossible to pick my favorite spring plants for containers. So I imagine that my greenhouse is on fire: If I only had time to grab an…
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The Elements of Great Garden-Container Design Simplified
The principles and elements of design allow us to pair the plants we choose with the right companions and containers and to place them in the perfect location within the…
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Terrie’s Urban Sanctuary
We’re visiting with Terrie Lewine today: I live in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia, in a rowhome. I call my garden the Urban Sanctuary. The garden is a work in…
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Late Summer in Sharon’s Garden
Today we’re visiting with Sharon Danovich Lupone in Pittsburgh. We’ve been to her garden before (Sharon's Pennsylvania Garden, Part 2 and Sharon's Pennsylvania Garden), and today she’s sharing some views…
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Designing Containers With Plants From My Boston Garden
Nancy Kressin designs containers in Boston and is sharing some of them with us today. I first learned the term “shopping in my garden” from the writer and podcast host…
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12 Elevated Garden-Container Designs Where the Pot Is the Star
Containers add a pop of garden interest almost anywhere and in any season. One of my garden mentors, Thomas Hobbs, once said, “To design in a container, you must love…
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Container Planting Inspiration From Katie
Today we’re visiting with Katie Verdieck in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Katie is a landscape designer, and she specializes in creating beautiful containers. They’re great inspiration for every gardener because no…