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Design
Exciting Evergreens for the Mid-Atlantic
Evergreens are crucial to achieving varied texture and form, as well as the key to any successful four-season garden. Unfortunately, many gardeners would put a lot of evergreens in the…
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Design
Create 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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How-To
How to Treat Needle Drop on Evergreen Conifers
This is a symptom that can signal anything from a severe tree problem to no problem at all. 1. What it looks like All the needles on a conifer begin…
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Terrific Small Trees for Yards of Any Size
Trees add beauty and curb appeal to your garden. They increase your property value, bring year-round structure, and provide habitat for wildlife. There’s no doubt planting a tree is a…
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Design
Creating Picture-Perfect Holiday Containers
The pressure to spend at the holidays is real. But decorations don’t need to break the bank. We gardeners can save big and do it in style by making wreaths,…
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Design
Having Fun Digging In
My name is Kat, and I’ve been gardening for two years in a small town in Ontario, Canada. Our village is in a rural area, and I’m very lucky to…
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Design
Favorite Plants in a New Jersey Garden
Today’s photos come from Ruth Anne Detwiler. I’ve been gardening for about 20 years in southern New Jersey, but we’ve been at this house for just eight years. There was…
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Design
Lessons Learned in a Gardening Life
Today we’re visiting the garden of Luana Carpenter in Massillon, Ohio. My parents were wonderful gardeners so I guess I was lucky to get the gardening bug from them. After…
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Article
Winter Solstice Wedding
The winter holiday season has begun--yesterday was the winter solstice--and today the full cold moon shines bright in the night sky. Yesterday, we celebrated the marriage of my daughter Lucie…
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Design
Episode 26: Broadleaf Evergreens
The bones of any successful garden are its woody plants. And the key to any successful four-season garden is evergreens. Conifers are great, but they can be pricey and…