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  • Design

    Last Summer in Syd Carpenter’s Garden

    Today we’re paying another visit to Syd Carpenter’s wonderful Philadelphia garden, where she boldly mixes all sorts of plants and garden art to wonderful effect. If you missed previous visits…

  • Design

    Rhododendrons for Fantastic Foliage

    I think my favorite rhododendrons are those that make statements with their foliage. Most plants have a window of flowering time within a growing season, and as spectacular as that…

  • How-To

    How to Prune Ninebark

    Pruning Basics for Ninebark (Physocarpus spp. and cvs., Zones 3–9) Because it adds brilliant foliage color to the garden for months, ninebark has become a popular substitute for the invasive…

  • Design

    Another Reader’s Favorite Plants

    Carol Verhake is sharing some photos of her favorite garden plants. I hope you’ll send in your favorites as well! Here in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, in my Zone 6/7 garden, I…

  • Design

    The Fern Fairway

    Today we’re back in Cherry Ong’s fabulous garden in British Columbia. The side garden developed this year is entirely a shade garden featuring ferns. We had so many names for…

  • Design

    Peak-Season Combos

    While most people tend to divide the gardening year into four seasons, I like to divide it into three time periods: planning, working, and enjoying. Winter is for planning. It’s…

  • Article

    Big Garden, Small Space: Part 2

    Yesterday we visited Eric Sternfels's backyard shade garden in Northwest Philadelphia, and today we’re back for another round of beautiful images from this wonderful little spot. A rich mosaic of…

  • Article

    Treasures in the November Garden

    Today’s photos come from Carla Zambelli Mudry, who is celebrating the end of the year in her garden. (To see Carla’s garden in warmer times, click here.) The November garden…

  • Article

    Packing Color in a Small Garden, Part 2

    Welcome back to Sharon Vickers’s garden in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. We saw part of this garden yesterday, and today we’re back for more color! This is the backyard garden.…

  • Article

    A Jungle in New England

    Today’s photos come from Michael Passarello’s garden in North Stamford, Connecticut. I am a gardener that has one of the most unusual gardens in Connecticut. I began it almost 20…