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  • Trumpet spurflower
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    Unusual Fall Perennials for the Midwest

    In Andy Brand’s article Unusual Fall Perennials, he discusses some out-of-the-box plant picks for this spectacular time in the garden: “As we reluctantly accept the inevitable and begin preparing our gardens…

  • FALSE SINNINGIA
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    Unusual Fall Perennials for the Northeast

    In Andy Brand’s article Unusual Fall Perennials, he discusses some out-of-the-box plant picks for this spectacular time in the garden: “As we reluctantly accept the inevitable and begin preparing our gardens…

  • Western Ironweed
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    Unusual Fall Perennials for the Southern Plains

    In Andy Brand’s article Unusual Fall Perennials, he discusses some out-of-the-box plant picks for this spectacular time in the garden: “As we reluctantly accept the inevitable and begin preparing our gardens…

  • blue star creeper
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    Unusual Fall Perennials for the Southeast

    In Andy Brand’s article Unusual Fall Perennials, he discusses some out-of-the-box plant picks for this spectacular time in the garden: “As we reluctantly accept the inevitable and begin preparing our gardens…

  • unusual shade plants
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    Weird and Wild Shade Plants for the Northwest

    As we gladly came to the end of a wild and wet winter, I was excited to see some of the best of the weird shade-loving plants coming up. The…

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    Beautiful Plants in Alberta

    Brody lives in northern Alberta, Canada, and loves observing interesting native plants in the wild as well as growing all sorts of unusual plants at home. Drosera rotundifolia (sundew, Zones…

  • x Gordlinia grandiflora Sweet Tea
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    Return to Lydia’s Garden

    Today we’re in Mooreville, North Carolina, in Lydia Grupinski’s garden. Lydia shared some images of this beautiful space last week, and today we’re back to see more! Lydia wired Tillandsia…

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    Unusual Plants for Winter Interest

    My name is Andy Schenck, and I am a self-professed plant nerd, having worked in the horticulture industry since graduating from the University of Delaware many years ago. As the…

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    Great Native Plants From the Western United States—That Anyone Can Grow

    People on the coasts tend to think of much of the interior Western United States as all canyons and cowboys. The West has plenty of both, but so much more:…

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    Unusual Plants in a Collector’s Garden

    Mark Mitckes is a collector who likes rare plants and gardens in Zone 7a on a hill overlooking a lake in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He has over 300 woody plants…