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Gardening tips 17 Perennials That Fill A Bare Bed So Fast You Will Not Buy More Plants Next Spring
You peer over the fence on a June morning and your neighbor’s bed is a wall of color, humming with bees, while yours still shows dirt…
Pennsylvania This Pennsylvania Native Perennial Blooms Longer Than Any Hosta You Have Ever Grown
Walk past a shady corner of your Pennsylvania yard in late May and you might notice something delicate swaying above a low…
North Carolina Why This Native North Carolina Vine Turns A Plain Fence Into A Wall Alive With Butterflies
Most fence lines in North Carolina just sit there, doing nothing but marking a boundary. But one native vine can change that…
Texas The Fragrant Texas Patio Plant That Handles 104 Degree Afternoons And Never Stops Smelling Good
Step outside on a July evening in Texas and the heat hits you before you even reach your chair. What you want…
Florida Florida Plants And Yard Design That May Support Kestrel Habitat, And What That Could Mean For The Lizards And Bugs In Your Garden
A small, colorful falcon no bigger than a blue jay can hover over a Florida yard like a tiny helicopter, drop fast,…
Gardening tips Your Coneflowers Droop In The Heat, But One Quiet Thing Under The Soil Is The Real Culprit
Pennsylvania More Ladybugs In Your Pennsylvania Garden Means Fewer Aphids Ruining Your Roses
North Carolina Skip The Tired Loropetalum And Plant These North Carolina Natives Where The Foundation Bed Needs Structure
Texas Most Texas Homeowners Yank This Purple Weed Out Before They Learn It Feeds Pollinators For Free
You spot a cluster of small purple flowers coming up through the St. Augustine, and your first instinct is to pull it.…
Florida The Meaning Behind Seeing Mockingbirds That Sing From The Same Spot In Your Florida Yard
You step onto the back patio before the sun clears the tree line, coffee in hand, and there it is again, the…
Gardening tips You Can Grow A Year Of Kitchen Spices In One Sunny Windowsill For Almost Nothing
Grocery stores already stock the starting material for three of the most useful culinary plants you can grow at home: ginger, turmeric,…
Gardening tips Your Sunflower Stopped Following The Sun Because It Grew Up And Now Faces East To Pull In 5x More Bees
Walk out to your garden on a summer morning and you might notice something odd: your sunflower head is locked in place,…
Gardening tips You Can Grow A Full Crop Of Potatoes By Understanding One Thing Happening Underground
Pennsylvania What It Really Means When A Fox Trots Across Your Pennsylvania Yard At Dusk
Texas Texas Oak Trees Are Declining: The Twolined Chestnut Borer, Oak Wilt, And What To Do Now
Florida Firebush May Be the Shrub That Helps Fireflies Survive in Your Florida Yard
Walk through most Florida nurseries and you will pass a shrubby, orange-flowered plant without giving it a second glance. That plant is…
North Carolina The Most Underrated North Carolina Native That Keeps Goldfinches Fed From Midsummer To Frost
Pull a patio chair into the yard on a September afternoon and you might catch a flash of yellow clinging to a…
Gardening tips The Slice Of Serenity You Find In The Garden Resets A Fast Day Faster Than Almost Anything Else
Some days move so fast that by mid-afternoon your shoulders are up near your ears and you have forgotten to drink water.…
Texas 7 Fruit Trees That Actually Ripen Through A Brutal South Texas Summer While The Peaches Next Door Crisp
You step outside before breakfast, and the patio already feels like a warm hug, thick with humidity that promises another triple-digit day.…
Pennsylvania These 8 Native Pennsylvania Shrubs Do Everything Butterfly Bush Promises And More
Florida The 7 Florida Native Plants That Bring Gulf Fritillaries Back To A Bare Butterfly Garden
North Carolina The Only Hydrangeas North Carolina Gardeners Keep After A Brutal Summer Fries The Rest
Gardening tips Your Stalled Tomato Plant Is Not Finished, It Is Hungry, And These Feedings Bring Back The Flowers
It is mid-morning, the humid air already heavy over your garden, and you lean on the fence eyeing tall, green tomato plants…
Pennsylvania This Underrated Pennsylvania Native Shrub Keeps Blooming From Spring Straight Through Fall
Most flowering shrubs give you two weeks of color and then go quiet for the rest of the summer. Shrubby cinquefoil plays…