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Candytuft: Your Ultimate Guide

Laura — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 14:47:53 +0000

Candytuft: a gorgeous evergreen perennial with white flowers that light up the Spring garden! Learn why this easy-care beauty is a garden must-have. Whether you love to garden, or you can’t be bothered and just want to put something into the ground and forget about it, Candytuft is a plant you should pick up this...

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When, Why and How to Prune Lavender

Laura — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 15:13:23 +0000

When, why and how to prune Lavender, plus you’ll see what unpruned overgrown Lavender looks like so you don’t make this mistake. This article covers when, why and how to prune lavender. I’ll discuss what time of year is best for Lavender pruning as well as why pruning Lavender is important. Next, I’ll explain exactly...

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Lavender Phenomenal: best lavender for heat and humidity!

Laura — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 12:15:00 +0000

Lavender Phenomenal is one of the hardiest evergreen lavenders around. It handles heat, humidity and rough Winter weather with ease! Learn why you will love this lavender! A few years ago, I wrote an article here about how to harvest lavender the easy way. A reader asked what type of lavender I had in my...

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How to Prune Stella D’Oro Daylilies

Laura — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 18:00:00 +0000

How to prune Stella D’Oro Daylilies, including spent flowers and seed pods. Also how to remove seed pods and prevent them from developing during the blooming season. Helpful images and video included. This article will show you how to prune Stella D’Oro daylilies and answer many of the common questions surrounding pruning and deadheading these...

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The Hellebores are coming!

Laura — Sat, 22 Jan 2022 17:18:07 +0000

Hellebores are new to my garden this year, and in this article I describe my joy at seeing the flower buds coming up for the first time! I am beside myself with joy right now, after an afternoon of cleaning up leaves for the 74th time from one of the backyard garden beds. I made...

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How to Plan a New Garden

Laura — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 00:50:55 +0000

How to plan a new garden with detailed advice about effort, sun, soil, deer, rabbits, trees, shrubs, perennials, bulbs and annuals. With careful planning, you can have a new garden that will thrive! Planning a new garden — especially when you’re starting from scratch or are new to gardening — can seem overwhelming! But the...

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Dappled Willow: The Complete Guide

Laura — Sun, 24 Jan 2021 18:00:00 +0000

Dappled Willow is an easy-care shrub with gorgeous Spring and Summer color plus red twigs in Winter. Great for wet spots in your yard. Learn about Dappled Willow in this complete guide and see if it might be the perfect shrub for your landscape. Do you have a wet spot in your yard? Do you...

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Fall Garden Tour with red and yellow twig dogwoods

Laura — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 15:49:17 +0000

Enjoy this November garden tour of our front yard “other” side bed featuring red twig and yellow twig dogwoods, a river birch tree, Knock Out roses, grasses, evergreens and perennials. Includes video! The other side bed in our front yard — for lack of a better name — is an easy bed to maintain, mainly...

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Lavender Chiffon Rose of Sharon Care

Laura — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 16:08:06 +0000

Use this Lavender Chiffon Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) guide to grow this pretty flowering perennial shrub with a long season of continuous blooms! Easy to maintain and pollinators love it! I love Rose of Sharons — any and every one — all colors, shapes and sizes. If I could have all of them in...

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Black Eyed Susans: Rudbeckia fulgida Goldsturm

Laura — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 16:51:15 +0000

Rudbeckia fulgida Goldsturm Black Eyed Susan glows in the landscape! Handles heat, humidity and clay soil, and blooms mid-Summer into Fall. Learn the pros and cons in this guide. Table of Contents Are Black Eyed Susans perennials? The perennial version of Black Eyed Susan is Rudbeckia fulgida The origins of Rudbeckia fulgida Goldsturm Black Eyed...

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