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Adapting to Shade in a Tropical Garden
Geeta sent in these photos of a tropical garden. I have been trying to create a garden with a tropical feel to it for the last four years after we…
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Color Year After Year
Today’s photos come from Pallavi Divekar in Naperville, Illinois. I am all for perennial gardening and love to see the blooms year after year. I started this hobby a decade…
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Details Make the Garden
Peggy Sheets, from Bay St. Louis in southern Mississippi, sent in a wonderful batch of photos back in May, and while we published some of them then, she had so…
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Year-Round Garden Interest
My name is Keri Shinault. I live in Northern Kentucky, Zone 6a, and have been gardening for about 12 years. I am an artist and am just as happy painting…
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Embracing Wild Color
With spring soon arriving, graphic designer/writer and amateur gardener Jeff Fisher and his husband, law firm executive director Ed Cunningham, are looking forward to the return of the vibrant colors…
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Regional Picks: Large-Leaved Perennials – Southern Plains
‘Little Joe’ Joe Pye Weed Name: Eutrochium dubium ‘Little Joe’ USDA hardiness zones: 3 to 9 Size: 3 to 4 feet tall and 2 to 3 feet wide Conditions: Full…
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Regional Picks: Big Blooms That Don’t Flop – Midwest
1. Summerific® ‘Cranberry Crush’ Perennial Hibiscus Name: Hibiscus ‘Cranberry Crush’ USDA Hardiness Zones: 4 to 9 Size: 3 to 4 feet tall and 4 to 5 feet wide Conditions: Full…
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Regional Picks: Big Blooms That Don’t Flop – South
1. Tiger Lily Name: Lilium lancifolium USDA Hardiness Zones: 3 to 9 Size: 4 to 5 feet tall and 2 feet wide Conditions: Full sun; well-drained soil This is not…