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DesignRegional Picks: Best Natives – Midwest
Incorporating native plants into your landscape design is an easy way to help support your local wildlife. Native plants support native insects. If we keep our native insect populations healthy…
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ArticleRegional Picks: Large-Leaved Perennials – Northeast
1. Sycamore-Leaved False Nettle Name: Boehmeria platanifolia USDA hardiness zones: 5 to 8 Size: 3 to 5 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide Conditions: Full sun to partial…
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ArticleRegional Picks: Plant This, Not That – Midwest
Overused: 'Karl Foerster' feather reed grass (Calamagrostis × acutifolia ‘Karl Foerster’) 1.‘Heavy Metal’ Switchgrass Name: Panicum virgatum ‘Heavy Metal’ USDA Hardiness Zones: 5 to 9 Size: 4 to 5 feet…
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DesignConeflowers: The Best of the Best
When I started teaching horticulture in the 1980s, there was a love affair going on with coneflowers (Echinacea spp. and cvs.). There were a handful of tried-and-true cultivars to choose…
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ArticleRegional Picks: Cutting-Garden Essentials – Northwest
1. ‘Emily McKenzie’ crocosmia Name: Crocosmia ‘Emily McKenzie’ Zones: 5 to 9 Size: 2 to 3 feet tall and 12 to 18 inches wide Conditions: Full sun to partial shade;…
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