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    How I Grew a Wildflower Meadow in the Pacific Northwest

    It is hard to read any garden magazines or social media posts without seeing wildflower meadows. It is fun to think about dedicating a part of your garden to wildness.…

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    Massachusetts Meadow

    Today we’re visiting Heidi Dollard’s garden. I have been gardening for 35 years in western Massachusetts. My gardens were always in the shade until four years ago, when we moved…

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    A Mostly Native Meadow Garden

    Today we’re visiting Haliburton, Ontario, to see Justin Dumitrescu’s garden. The garden is ten years old and features mostly native plants in an informal, meadow-like design. Stepping-stones lead through a…

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    Ironweed

    Vernonia fasciculata

    The flowers of Ironweed are like crimson torches in the late summer prairie.

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    ‘Moonshine’ yarrow

    Achillea 'Moonshine'

    This popular gray-leaved yarrow has 18-inch-tall yellow flower heads that last for several weeks in late summer.

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    ‘Phantom’ Joe Pye weed

    Eutrochium 'Phantom'

    'Phantom' Joe Pye weed is an excellent 3-foot-tall perennial that was bred especially for smaller gardens and mixed containers.

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    ‘Goldsturm’ black-eyed Susan

    Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii ‘Goldsturm’

    Large flowers consisting of brassy orange-yellow rays surrounding brown cones are what make this plant so popular.

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    Aster × frikartii

    Aster × frikartii

    This plant flowers profusely and for an exceptionally long time, from early summer to mid-fall.

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    Narrow-leaved coneflower

    Echinacea angustifolia

    This native meadow perennial has daisy-like blossoms in early summer.

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    Stiff goldenrod

    Solidago rigida

    This lovely goldenrod has velvety leaves that are gray-green in summer and dusky rose in autumn.