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Pruning Ornamental Grasses: short, medium, tall

Laura — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 15:05:17 +0000

Pruning ornamental grasses is an easy task with this helpful guide. Learn how to prune short, medium and tall ornamental grasses, plus evergreen grasses. Pruning ornamental grasses is a necessary garden chore, but don’t worry: it is an easy task to do. Once a year is all you need to keep your ornamental grasses looking...

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Little Leo Leopard’s Bane, early Spring blooming perennial

Laura — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:50:00 +0000

Leopard’s Bane is an easy-care, early Spring-flowering perennial, blooming non-stop all season. The charming yellow flowers will put on a show every year! These are dependable bloomers and benefit our early pollinators too. When most people think of yellow color in the Spring garden, Daffodils come to mind. But that just means that most people haven’t...

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Kramer’s Red Winter Heath

Laura — Thu, 09 May 2019 15:21:28 +0000

Kramer’s Red Winter Heath has stunning magenta flowers that bloom from January through April. This easy-care evergreen shrub is a must-have for your garden. Plant it for breathtaking Winter and Spring color! I first learned about heaths and heathers from reading books by the Brontë sisters — especially Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë) and Jane Eyre...

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2019 Philadelphia Flower Show – Garden Ideas

Laura — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 22:32:13 +0000

The 2019 Philadelphia Flower Show was filled with colorful flowers and plants. Here are my best photos for garden ideas from the Flower Power themed show! I attended the Philadelphia Flower Show for the first time this year and found so many garden ideas! This year’s 2019 theme was Flower Power, and the amount of...

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Marching into the Garden with Signs of Early Spring

Laura — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 15:26:51 +0000

What happened to Spring marching into the garden like a lion? Not yet this year, but the gardens continue to stir and stretch a bit. Spring is on the way! For today’s Six on Saturday photos from my garden, I’m sharing a sort of hodge-podge of what I’ve seen this week. This week’s series of...

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Early Signs of Spring in the Garden

Laura — Sat, 23 Feb 2019 14:55:53 +0000

There are early signs of Spring in the garden, and I am so excited to share them with you! Bulbs are peeking out of the ground and Heather is in full bloom! We had snow again earlier this week, covering everything for a day. I love the snow, and love the Winter season, but I’m...

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Is Your Lithodora Brown After Winter? There Is Hope!

Laura — Sat, 19 May 2018 23:32:29 +0000

Is your Lithodora brown right now? After the rough Winter weather, it’s possible your evergreen Lithodora looks dead. Do NOT do a thing. It will come back! Mine did! I wrote two articles years ago extolling the seemingly never-ending virtues of Lithodora. It’s an evergreen perennial and has the most intense blue flowers every Spring....

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Fothergilla: a unique, easy-care flowering shrub!

Laura — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 15:59:42 +0000

Fothergilla is one of my favorite shrubs for multi-season interest: bottlebrush flowers, blue-green leaves, bright Fall foliage, and pretty Winter interest. When you think of Spring-flowering shrubs, do you automatically think of Azaleas and Rhododendrons? You’re not alone, as they are some of the best sellers at the garden centers and nurseries every year. Today...

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Bog Rosemary Facts You Need to Know (Andromeda Polifolia)

Laura — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 17:13:41 +0000

Bog Rosemary is the perfect little plant for the wet spots in your landscape, because it’s small, evergreen, and covered in pink flowers every Spring. Here’s my own trial and error with this perennial shrublet. Bog Rosemary literally grows best in boggy areas of your garden, so think about those low, wet spots or an...

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How to make a faux moss frame (with a kit!)

Laura — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 18:13:51 +0000

How to make a faux moss frame (with a kit!) because A) moss is on trend in decorative home accents, and B) it’s fun to give indoor items an outdoor look! Oh, and it’s easy to use too! After I colored my pretty painted butterflies — see yesterday’s tutorial here — I wasn’t satisfied with the...

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