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GeorgiaFind plants that can handle hot summers, red clay soil, and the long growing season of a Southern garden.
OhioBuild a garden that returns strong each year with dependable perennials, native plants, and seasonal Midwest know-how.
CaliforniaExplore drought-conscious ideas for coastal gardens, dry inland yards, and the many growing climates in between.
TexasCreate a resilient garden with sun-loving plants, drought-tough natives, and practical ideas for serious summer heat.
MichiganMake the most of a shorter growing season with cold-hardy plants, summer color, and garden ideas built for snowy winters. 
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North Carolina What Brown Edges On Your North Carolina Hydrangea Leaves Are Really Telling You In Late Summer
You walk past your hydrangea on a muggy August afternoon and stop cold. The leaf edges are brown and crispy, like someone held a match too…
Texas Where Texas Gardeners Track Down Rare Natives The Big Box Stores Never Stock
You step outside before breakfast and a hummingbird whizzes past, a blur of ruby headed straight for your Turk’s cap. You love…
Gardening tips Gardeners Do Not Have Green Thumbs, They Have Dirty Hands And A Quieter Kind Of Peace
Most people who garden regularly will tell you it has something to do with how they feel afterward, not just what they…
North Carolina Why Carolina Wrens Keep Poking Through Your North Carolina Porch Planters All Day
You set your coffee down on the porch rail and notice the same small, rust-colored bird working its way through your fern…
Texas Cut Your Texas Salvia Back Now And Get A Second Wave Of Fall Blooms
Autumn sage has been putting on a show in Texas yards all summer, and right now, before the heat finally breaks, is…
Gardening tips Bamboo Grows A Usable Privacy Screen In One Season, But Only If You Trap Its Roots First
North Carolina Why A Black Racer Sliding Through Your North Carolina Yard Is Actually Good News
Texas 8 Tips For Growing Lemon Trees In Containers Through A Texas Summer
Gardening tips Keep Your Hummingbird Feeder Up Until October Because The Stragglers Passing Through Now Need It Most
Pulling your hummingbird feeder down too early is one of those small yard decisions that feels responsible but may actually leave a…
Texas 8 Texas Herbs You Get In The Ground Now For A Loaded Fall Kitchen
You step outside before breakfast and the patio finally feels lighter, like the long Texas summer just took its first deep breath…
Florida The Florida Herb By The Kitchen Door That Ants Walk Around Every Time
You prop the kitchen door open on a sticky North Florida morning, coffee in hand, and notice the ant line coming across…
North Carolina Before You Spray That Yellow Patch, Here Is What It Might Actually Be Doing In Your North Carolina Lawn
You step outside one morning, coffee in hand, and there it is again: that low yellow patch spreading through your grass like…
Texas A Strong Native Texas Vine You Plant Once For A Fence That Can Cover Itself Year After Year
Texas The Only Porch Plant You Need In Texas To Keep Mosquitoes Off Your Evening
Texas The Native Texas Shade Trees Homeowners Plant Instead Of Live Oaks Losing To Oak Wilt
North Carolina Why North Carolina Gardeners Should Never Squash A Black Rat Snake They Find By The Shed
You walk out to grab the garden hose and there it is, a long dark shape coiled against the shed wall, and…
Pennsylvania This Pennsylvania Native Fern Fills A Shady Corner Better Than The Hostas You Keep Losing
You walk out to the shady corner of your Pennsylvania yard one July morning and find your hostas chewed down to stubs…
Texas 8 Things A Texas Roadrunner Snaps Up In Your Yard Before You Finish Coffee
You step outside before breakfast and the patio already feels warm, the air thick with the promise of another Central Texas scorcher.…
North Carolina Your North Carolina Muscadines Are Loaded But Refusing To Sweeten, And One Watering Habit Is Why
You walk out to the trellis, pop a muscadine in your mouth, and it hits back with a pucker instead of the…
Pennsylvania 7 Reasons Borage Earns A Spot In Your Pennsylvania Front Yard This Season
Texas August Fertilizer and Texas Bougainvillea: A Regional Guide to Better Fall Color
Gardening tips Your Christmas Cactus Segments Went Soft And Wrinkled Overnight, But Watering It Now Is What Finishes It Off
Pennsylvania Native Pennsylvania Perennials That Outshine Black-Eyed Susans In Every Border
The spring sun peeks over the ridge on an early May morning, and you step out with coffee in hand, ready to…
North Carolina What It Really Means When A Whip-Poor-Will Calls Near Your North Carolina Yard At Night
You’re sitting on the porch on a warm Carolina evening, and suddenly that strange, repeating call cuts through the dark, saying its…