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DesignPersicarias Deserve Your Love—Trial Results
For many years, persicarias—also known as knotweeds—inhabited the periphery for me. I saw them but mostly looked past them, thinking of them as filler more than thriller. My first genuine…
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DesignWhat’s New With Coneflowers?
I think many gardeners oscillate between loving and hating coneflowers—I know I do. It’s a phenomenon I’ve observed for nearly 20 years. I was there at the turn of the…
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Design10 Perennial Standouts
The Chicago Botanic Garden’s evaluation program has looked at nearly 10,000 different plants during the past 30 years, most of which were included in one of the more than a…
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DesignMid-Atlantic Natives on Trial at the Mt. Cuba Center
It’s so easy to fall in love with plants you see in a magazine or on a website, but when you’re trying to find out if they’re likely to perform…
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DesignLady and Painted Ferns—Trial Results
If you’re like me, you find that plants come in and out of favor all the time. A few years ago, I was all over blue grama grass (Bouteloua gracilis,…
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DesignWhy Aren’t You Growing More Baptisias?
Years ago, I decided to plant a baptisia in my small garden. I was willing to give up precious space to such a large plant in expectation of the vibrant…
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