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How to Create a Meadow Lawn with Native Plants
There’s satisfaction in that perfect crisscross of mown lines across flawless green grass, but with the herbicides, pesticides, water, fuel, and effort it demands, the infamous traditional turf lawn is…
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3 Tall Native Perennials to Add Height to Your Garden
It’s hard to deny that the Midwest hosts the lion’s share of tall and dramatic native perennials, but we in the Northeast also have some statuesque species that will make…
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Unique Plants to Fill the Native Niche in Your Garden
Is there something missing in your garden? There's a native plant for that!
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Brenda’s Garden Full of Native Plants
I’m Brenda and have been gardening all my life, inspired by my grandmother. When I was very young, I would visit my grandparents’ home in upstate rural New Hampshire, and…
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5 Must-Have Native Plants for the Southern California Garden
Even though we like to think much in our lives is predictable and at least somewhat under our control, everything is continually changing, and the garden is a perfect teacher…
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Heat-Tolerant Native Perennials for the Midwest
While the warm days of summer bring out some of the best in our gardens, challenges to our plantings may be exacerbated by both lengthy stretches of drought and prolonged…
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4 More Native Perennials to Add to a Spring Garden
After months of cold and little to do but dream up next year's plans, the spring is finally upon us, and activity has returned to the garden. The awakening landscape…
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The Year in Carolyn’s Garden
Carolyn Hirning, in New Albany, Ohio, went through her photos from the year and is sharing some of her favorites with us today. To begin with, my neighbor's chickens were…
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Native to Know: Indian Pink
Calling all hummingbirds! Indian pink (Spigelia marilandica, Zones 5–9), also called pinkroot, blooms all across the Southern Plains in late spring and early summer. Perhaps one of our showiest native…
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Tough, Hardy Native Perennials for the Midwest
Native perennials are becoming more popular and more available to gardeners every year. They have the merits of being adaptable in our climate, and some need less maintenance because they…