Meadow Garden - Page 2 of 23 - Fine Gardening
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Traditional vs. Stylized Meadow Gardens
Many positive things can be said for planting a meadow garden. These naturalistic designs tend to be a bit wilder thanks to the use of native wildflowers and ornamental grasses,…
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How to Design a Meadow Garden With Multiseason Interest
Naturalistic, meadow-styles are visually dynamic, always changing, and have long seasonality. They evoke the feeling of being in nature and spotlight natural cycles of growth to decay. Some public gardens…
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A Native Meadow From Seed
Today’s photos are from James Dillon. I own a small landscaping/gardening company located near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. We specialize in residential landscape design/installation and small-scale ecologically valuable plantings like…
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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 fasciculataThe flowers of Ironweed are like crimson torches in the late summer prairie.
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Plant Guide
‘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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Plant Guide
‘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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Plant Guide
‘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.