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This Lily Has Colorful Summer Blooms Full of Fragrance
If a flower were to bloom only once a year, shouldn’t it be unique, captivating, and groundbreaking in many ways? I would like to introduce you to an exciting breakthrough…
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A Peaceful Retreat, 20 Years in the Making
Today’s photos come from Dennis and Patty Taylor. We have been gardening in a quarter-acre lot in Zone 5 in Bourbonnais, Illinois, since 1999. We have been featured in the…
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Garden Perfection, 40+ Years in the Making: Part 2
We’re back for day 2 of Elaine’s spectacular garden. Creating this garden from an empty 1-acre lot has been a project more than 40 years in the making, and the…
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Trial, Error, and LOTS of Lilies!
Today we’re visiting Doug and Elaine Downing’s garden in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. We live in a historic home originally built for the employees of Longwood Gardens. When we first came…
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An Artistic View of the Garden
Laura Snyder, in Ottawa, Ontario, sent in some beautifully artistic photos from her garden for us to enjoy: I have just started doing garden maintenance this past year after spending…
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Packing Color in a Small Garden, Part 1
Today’s photos come from Sharon Vickers of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. Her garden is such a wonderfully diverse array of beautiful plants so packed with color that we’re going to…
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Bring Color to the Fall Garden With Surprise Lilies
Surprise lilies. Hurricane lilies. Naked ladies. Spider lilies. Equinox flowers. Plants in the genus Lycoris sure have a LOT of different common names! These interesting and attention-grabbing names (naked ladies?)…
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Protecting Favorite Plants From Hungry Deer
Terry Redling sent in these photos of favorite parts of their garden in Gillette, New Jersey. Terry says that their favorite time of day is when they get to tend…
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Mountain Top Magic
My name is Myrna Mahon. I live on a mountain top at approximately 4700 feet elevation in Cullowhee, North Carolina. I have been gardening for about 20 years but only…
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Lily Love
Today’s photos come from Melissa Briggs, who sent us some pictures of her most treasured plants. This is the daylily ‘Egyptian Queen’ (Hemerocallis ‘Egyptian Queen’, Zones 3–9). This flower is…