Spring Color - Fine Gardening

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    Underrated Flowers of Spring

    It is spring in my garden in northern Indiana, and the bulbs are showing off like crazy. Daffodils are everywhere, and tulips are poking up and getting ready to bloom.…

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    GPOD on the Road: Keukenhof, Part 2

    We’re back today with photos that Marilyn Regnier shared with us of her once-in-a-lifetime trip to see the famous Keukenhof spring flower-bulb displays. The park in Lisse, Netherlands, shows off…

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    First Signs of Spring in Indiana

    It's Joseph in northern Indiana here, where a string of warm days has pushed my garden over into the earliest flowers of spring. I picked this hellebore (Helleborus hybrid, Zones…

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    Daffodil Season in Carla’s Garden

    We’re visiting with frequent GPOD contributor Carla Z. Mudry in Malvern, Pennsylvannia today. Daffodils are now everywhere! It is so worth it to plant different kinds of daffodils not only…

  • Episode 132: A Tribute to Tulips
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    Episode 132: A Tribute to Tulips

    Tulips are a lavish spring gift that all gardeners can give to themselves and to their neighborhoods with just a little advance planning. Whether you order your tulip bulbs as…

  • bright red tulips and pink phlox planted at the edge of a retaining wall
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    Sue’s Front Garden

    Today we’re checking in with Sue in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where spring has arrived. It is just the beginning of all the blooms, but after the cold and gray and brown…

  • close up of yellow pink and blue spring bulbs
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    GPOD on the Road: Centennial Park Conservatory

    Friend-of-the-GPOD Cherry Ong was in Toronto recently and sent us these photos from the Centennial Park Conservatory. These are specifically of a part of the greenhouse where there was a…

  • mass plantings of blue grape hyacinths with yellow daffodils and orange tulips
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    GPOD on the Road: Keukenhof

    Keukenhof is an iconic park in Lisse, the Netherlands. It sits in the heart of the bulb-growing region and is an over-the-top showcase of the region's most famous export. These…

  • garden bed full of irises
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    Jane’s Illinois Garden

    Jane is sharing her northern Illinois garden with us today. This year the weather has been favorable for my plants to flourish, with periodic rain and warmth despite the windy…

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    Spring in Northern Indiana

    It is your GPOD editor, Joseph, here today, sharing some images of spring in my garden and around town where I live in northern Indiana. One of my favorite daffodil…