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Snowy Winter Garden Tour: Winter Color and Texture

Laura — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 23:02:55 +0000

Enjoy this snowy Winter garden tour of our front yard garden beds, filled with evergreens, grasses and gorgeous Winter-blooming heath. There’s also plenty of fox and rabbit tracks! We finally had snow here in southern New Jersey! It wasn’t much, but the snow was enough for me to enjoy! I filmed a YouTube video showing...

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Backyard garden (Six on Saturday)

Laura — Sat, 08 Feb 2020 05:30:00 +0000

Some thoughts on my backyard garden bed in Winter for this week’s Six on Saturday gardening post. Six things going on in my own little gardening world. As I write this, our foggy morning has quickly turned into a severe rainstorm. We’ve had rain on and off for three days now, and our garden beds...

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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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Backyard Garden in Early February

Laura — Sat, 09 Feb 2019 05:05:27 +0000

This week’s Six on Saturday garden photos are a glimpse into my backyard garden in early February. There’s some nice evergreen shrub colors, but there’s also some work I need to do. Just keeping it real! Six on Saturday To follow along with all of today’s Six on Saturday gardener posts, visit The Propagator here....

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Evolution of a Garden Bed – Front Entrance

Laura — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 05:05:54 +0000

This evolution of a garden bed shows you how a front entrance garden bed has grown and changed from planting to the present day. A living work in progress! This is my third weekend participating in Six on Saturday, a fabulous idea run by The Propagator garden blog, as a way for gardeners the world over...

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Red Tip Photinia is one of my favorite evergreens!

Laura — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 00:11:39 +0000

Red Tip Photinia is one of my favorite evergreens! It provides year-round red and green color in your landscape with a bonus of pretty Spring blossoms. Here’s a look at our own Red Tip Photinias over the past few years . . . My love affair with trees and shrubs began when we left city living...

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8 Colorful Plants for a Wonderful Winter Garden

Laura — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 15:19:47 +0000

Let’s get close up and personal with 8 colorful plants for a wonderful Winter garden! What you see outside of your windows this time of year can be colorful and interesting! So here’s some colorful evergreen eye candy to inspire you . . . As I type this to you, we’re in the midst of another...

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