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Tips on Caring for a Perennial Garden: Secrets to Create an Attractive, Season-long, Floral Display

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By: Elaine Petrowski

Caring for Your Flower Beds: Routine Maintenance for Garden Plants

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By: Sheila Aylesworth

Cottage Gardens Still Charm Us: A nursery Featuring Rare, Native and Cottage Garden Plants

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By: Annie Spiegelman

Top Ten Summertime Bloomers: Plants and Shrubs that Dazzle through the Hot Summer

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By: Annie Spiegelman

Geraniums: Long Lasting Blooms for the Summer Garden

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By: Annie Spiegelman

The Advantages of Ground Cover: An Informative Guide for a Gardener Curious About Ground Cover

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By: Sarah Smith

Creating a Home Garden on a Budget: Low Cost Ideas for Gardening and Landscaping Design

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By: laurie pizans

How to Grow Poppies: Caring For and Planting Papaver

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By: Jocelyn Wyatt

Versatile Bellflowers for Any Garden: Easy Care Campanulas Come in a Variety of Colours and Sizes

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By: Marianne Lepa

Painted Ferns for Shady Gardens: Athyrium niponicum Adds Color in Shade Landscaping

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By: Marianne Lepa

The Top 7 Southwest High-Elevation Perennials: No Care Perrenials For the Southwestern U.S. Over 5,000 Feet

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By: Cassandra Truax

Gardening Advice and Tips: What to Do in the Garden in June

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By: Angie Briscoe

Summer Garden: Flower Color Through the Season

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By: Ian Dutton

Growing Azaleas as Garden or Patio Shrubs: These Ornamental Flowering Bushes Produce Masses of Colourful Blooms

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By: Tony Allen

Garden Watering in Summer: Coping with Dry Weather

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By: Ian Dutton

Growing Camellias in Your Garden or on a Patio: Evergreen Bushes with Glossy Green Leaves and Bold Waxy Flowers

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By: Tony Allen

Growing Climbing Honeysuckles in Your Garden: These Ornamental Climbers Have Profuse, Often Fragrant Flowers

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By: Tony Allen

How to Grow Clematis for Your Garden or Patio: Ornamental Climbing Plants Giving a Spectacular Display of Flowers

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By: Tony Allen

Herb Gardening Basics: Simple Plants to Grow with Fragrance, Taste and Healing Properties

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By: Annie Spiegelman

Quick and Easy New Home Perennial Garden: Build an Instant Flowerbed in a New House for Less Cost

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By: Claudia M. Lenart

Flower Bouquets from your Summer Cutting Garden: How to Keep your Bouquet Standing Proud in its Vase!

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By: Annie Spiegelman

Declaring War on Flowerbed Weeds: Reclaiming the Garden or is Replanting Needed?

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By: Margo Dillard

How to Grow Rhodendrons in Your Garden: These Glossy Leaved Shrubs Flower Spectacularly in the Right Soil

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By: Tony Allen

Choosing a Wisteria to Grow in Your Garden: Popular Climbers Coming in Many Species, Varieties, Sizes and Shades

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By: Tony Allen

How to Grow Wisteria in Your Garden: Climbing Wisteria Produces Spectacular Panicles of Fragrant Flower

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By: Tony Allen

Growing Lilac Trees in Your Garden: Fragrant and Colourful Lilacs are Ideal Trees for a Small Garden

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By: Tony Allen

Choosing Plants for the Flowerbed: Plant Types and Life Cycles

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By: Margo Dillard

Garden Soil From Clay, Sand or Compost: A Mixture From the Ground Up

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By: Margo Dillard

Knowing the Seasons or Zones: Planting Thyme

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By: Margo Dillard

Night Life of Plants, Moon Gardens Explained: Why Some Flowers Bloom or Blossom in the Dark

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By: Amy Andersen

The Gardener Becomes an Artist: Creating Yard Art While Playing in Dirt

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By: Margo Dillard

Protect Flower Beds from Wild Rabbits: Stop Rabbits from Damaging Precious Gardens

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By: Megan Doyle

How to Grow Zonal Geraniums: Standout Flowering Plants for Your Summer Garden

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By: Deborah Aldridge

Thrifty Flower Gardening: Cultivating Blooms on a Small Budget

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By: Loraine R. Degraff

Making Newspaper Flower Pots: How to Create Recycled Newspaper Planting Pots

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By: Jocelyn Wyatt

Summer Flowering Plants for Hot Humid Weather: Achillea, Ajuga, Dianthus, Rudbeckia and Scaevola for Summer Heat

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By: Feature Writer Christine Eirschele

How to Clean, Pack, and Ship Daylilies: A Proper Method to Prepare and Send Daylilies for Sale or Trade

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By: Jocelyn Wyatt

Growing Heirloom Flowers: Heirloom Plants Are Hardy, Easy to Grow and Beautiful

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By: Anna Harrison

How to Choose Deer Resistant Flowering Plants: Rough Foliaged and Strong Scented Flower Gardens to Deter Deer

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By: Feature Writer Christine Eirschele

Best Shade Plants for Small North Facing Patios: Fabulous Gardening Ideas for Containers in Shady Areas

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By: Elaine Walker

Catalog Plant Shopping the Wise Way: Make Your Garden Dollars Count

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By: Carol Wallace

Marigolds Great for an Inexpensive Garden: How to Plant a Beautiful Garden on a Budget

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By: Feature Writer Jennifer Wagaman

Agastache: Plant Hyssop for Color, Fragrance, and Hummingbirds

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By: Stephen Allen Christensen

Creating a Flower Garden with Color and Texture: Using Flower Texture and Color to Create a Unique Garden

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By: Feature Writer Jennifer Wagaman

The Beginner's Garden: Making It Look Great

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By: Carol Wallace

Making Hyper-Tufa Stepping Stones: Concrete Walkway a Unique Garden Feature

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By: Jackie Pearase

Growing Lilies: Tips to Keep Your Lilies Healthy and Multiplying

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By: Linnea Heinrichs

Learn to Cultivate Pansies and Violas: How to Grow these Delightful Flowers

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By: Deborah Harding

How to Grow Pansies and Violas: Spring Flowers with Sunny Faces

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By: Deborah Harding

Growing Violets and Pansies - Viola: Johnny-Jump-Ups are a Favorite Spring Flower

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By: Feature Writer Chris McLaughlin

How to Grow Delphiniums: These Stately Plants are Worth the Effort

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By: Anna Harrison

The Language of Flowers: What Different Flowers Symbolise

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By: Graidi Taylor-Rose

Rudbeckia Hirta for Annual Plant Gardens: More Easy to Grow Black-Eyed Susans that Attract Butterflies

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By: Feature Writer Christine Eirschele

Flowering Plants for Garden Walkways: Planting Ideas to Edge Sidewalks and Pathways in a Landscape

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By: Feature Writer Christine Eirschele

Keeping Deer Out of the Garden: It Can Be Done

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By: Anna Harrison

Early Spring Flowers Can Take the Cold: Flowers That Thrive in a Spring Garden

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By: Jeanne Grunert

Simple Pruning Guidelines for Garden Plants: Tips on When How and Why to Prune Garden Trees and Shrubs

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By: Tony Allen

Ornamental Holly Plants to Grow in Your Garden: Hollies' Glossy Leaves and Bright Berries Give Year Round Interest

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By: Tony Allen

Ornamental Maples for the Garden: Acers Include a Wonderful Variety of Attractive Ornamental Trees

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By: Tony Allen

Virginia Creepers and Other Parthenocissus: The Virginia Creeper and Related Species are Easy to Grow Climbers

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By: Tony Allen

Growing Buddleias or Butterfly Bushes: Flowering Shrubs or Small Trees With Abundant Fragrant Blossom

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By: Tony Allen

Popular Flowering Cherry Trees for the Garden: Ornamental Cherries are Easy to Grow in Any Temperate Climate

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By: Tony Allen

Grow Baptisia Geranium Calamintha and Sporobolus: Sustainable Perennial Plant Community Groupings for Small Gardens

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By: Feature Writer Christine Eirschele

Companion Planting With Poppy and Iris: Spring to Summer Flowering Perennial Plant Ideas for Gardens

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By: Feature Writer Christine Eirschele

Spring Flowering Plant Solomon's Seal for Shade: This Perennial Plant Will Light Up a Native Woodland Garden

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By: Feature Writer Christine Eirschele

A Conversation with Garden Artist George Carruth: Creator of Garden Smiles in Waterville Ohio Talks About Sculpting

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By: Feature Writer Christine Eirschele

Plants Called Joseph's Coat for Summer Gardens: Amaranthus Tricolor and Alternanthera Ficoidea Have Colorful Leaves

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By: Feature Writer Christine Eirschele

Easy to Grow Plants for Beginning Gardeners: Annuals Sweet Alyssum, Marigold, and Nicotiana for a Garden Hobby

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By: Feature Writer Christine Eirschele

Garden Design Tips: Help for the Design-Challenged

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By: J. E. Carpenter

How to Take a Cutting: Propagate Your Plants by Taking Cuttings of Stems or Leaves

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By: Gina Hartoog

Common Stock Matthiola Incana: A High Performing Annual Investment for the Fall Garden

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By: Arlene Marturano

Planthropology by Ken Druse - A Review: The Myths, Mysteries and Miracles of My Garden Favorites

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By: Feature Writer Christine Eirschele

Hibiscus Plants for the Garden: Tropical Shrubs to Use in the Landscape

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By: Rod Whitlow

How to Find Garden Information for Home: Horticultural Publications and Places Provide Green Thumb Facts

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By: Feature Writer Christine Eirschele

Roy Diblik's Small Perennial Gardens (A Review): The Know Maintenance Approach- A How To Garden Book

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By: Feature Writer Christine Eirschele

Stokes' Aster for Sustainable Gardens: Drought Tolerant Native Perennial Purple Pixie for Small Spaces

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By: Feature Writer Christine Eirschele

Best Plants for Fall Gardens and Containers: Mums and More for Autumn Flower Power

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By: Joli Hohenstein

Simple Convertible Container Gardens: Great Ideas that Take You from Fall and Winter to Spring and Summer

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By: Joli Hohenstein

Fashionable Fall Gardens: Selecting the Garden Wardrobe with Supermodel Plants

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By: Arlene Marturano

A List of Hostas to Grow in Blooming Gardens: Plantain Lilies With Blue Leaves or Sun Tolerant or for Small Spaces

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By: Feature Writer Christine Eirschele

Hostas For Flower Gardens: A Guide To Planting and Caring for Plantain Lilies

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By: Feature Writer Christine Eirschele

Fall Sowing of Seeds in the Flower Garden: Add Fall Color and Prepare for Next Year

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By: Elizabeth Loveland

Create an Indoor Flower Garden With Geraniums: Save Pelargoniums by Over-Wintering Them as Houseplants

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By: Feature Writer Christine Eirschele

The Cheerful Chrysanthemum: Enjoy the History of the Ancient Flower and Learn How to Grow it

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By: Deborah Harding

Recording in a Garden Diary: Gather Phenology Information About Summer Flower Beds

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By: Feature Writer Christine Eirschele

English Style Gardens: Symmetrical and Patterned or a Profusion of Flowers

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By: Deborah Harding

Gardening at the Seashore: How to Plan for the Beach House Flower Bed

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By: Feature Writer Jacqueline Cross

Alliums Deer Resistant Garden Flowers: Drought Tolerant Ornamental Onion Plants Deter Small Rodents

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By: Feature Writer Christine Eirschele

Easy to Grow Crinums: Interesting Summer Blooms for the Southern Flower Garden

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By: Feature Writer Jacqueline Cross

Bring Height to the Flower Garden: Plantings and Structures that Create Height in the Landscape

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By: Feature Writer Jacqueline Cross

Growing Annual Zinnias from Seed You Collect: Color Your Yard, Attract Butterflies and Feed Birds

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By: Shantele Kempvanee

Tips to Create a Garden Landscape: Planning the Flower Bed

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By: Feature Writer Jacqueline Cross

Cupholder Bouquets: Quick and Simple Gift Travels in Style

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By: Laura D. Eisener

Have an Explosion of Pinks in your Garden: How to Grow this beautiful old fashion Flower

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By: Deborah Harding

Coleus - Jewels of the Garden: Colorful Leaves of Beautiful Gem Tones can Grace Your Garden

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By: Deborah Harding

Gardening With Wild Indigo: Native Plant a Garden Tour Focal Point

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By: Laura D. Eisener

Essential Tools for Gardening: Basic Tools Every Gardening Shed Should Contain

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By: Feature Writer Teresa Shaw

Grow Gardens for Hummingbirds: Plant the Correct Flowers for Pollinators by Learning Their Habitat

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By: Feature Writer Christine Eirschele

Butterfly Gardens for Pollinators: Attract Beneficial Insects by Growing Native Plants

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By: Feature Writer Christine Eirschele

Tips to Find Free Perennial Garden Plants: Divide & Trade with Other Gardeners for Gardening on the Cheap!

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By: Feature Writer Tami Port

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