5 Small Trees for Fabulous Fall Color

5 Small Trees for Fabulous Fall Color

One of the greatest joys of gardening is standing witness to the everchanging Kaleidoscope of color through the seasons and Autumn is the crescendo. It’s a time when the veil between worlds is thin and the plant kingdom shows its true colors...

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Time to Grow a Victory Garden?

Time to Grow a Victory Garden?

Victory Gardens were promoted by the government about a hundred years ago during World War 1 where Americans were urged to utilize every flowerpot and patch of land available to grow veggies and edibles. In response to the need for food...

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DIY Garden Art to Bring Magic to Your Garden

DIY Garden Art to Bring Magic to Your Garden

Gardens are a wonderful way to explore our creativity. A friend who owns a rhododendron nursery once told me a quote I loved. “Gardening is the slowest of the performing arts”. So true! Gardens are never the same from year to year. They are a...

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Wonderful Weigelas for Every Landscape

Wonderful Weigelas for Every Landscape

Spilled Wine – Wine & Roses – Sonic Bloom – Snippet Dark Pink – Variegated – French Lace – My Monet – Czechmark Trilogy – Wings of Fire – My Monet ’Sunset’ Weigelas are a favorite garden stable. Older...

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Designing with Mahonia ‘Soft Caress’

Designing with Mahonia ‘Soft Caress’

(Berberidaceae Mahonia Eurybracteata Soft Caress’ PP20183) Fabulous textural evergreen for the shade garden unlike anything I’ve seen. Like all Mahonias it’s tough as nails, drought tolerant and evergreen. Unlike most Mahonias it is thorn...

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