Archive for the ‘Ornamentals’ Category

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  Narrow trees for small gardens and tight spaces

  by Jessica Walliser

  Let’s face it. Most gardeners aren’t working with an endless amount of space. We have small yards and gardens and a...

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  Pint-sized picks and ideas for a miniature plant garden

  by Tara Nolan

  It was an enchanting hosta garden that got me thinking about the possibilities of displaying miniature outdoor plants. Tiny...

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  Selecting low-maintenance roses for the garden

  by Tara Nolan

  While they may have endured a high-maintenance reputation in the past, roses have been enjoying a renaissance, of sorts. Modern...

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  Salt-tolerant plants that will survive in road-salt-laced soil

  by Tara Nolan

  Each year, in late autumn, I’m awoken in the middle of the night by a giant thump, followed by shovelling noises. It’s the...

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  The monarch butterfly host plant: Milkweeds and how to grow them from seed

  by Jessica Walliser

  Winter doesn’t necessarily seem like the best time to be starting seeds outdoors in most of North America, but for one very...

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  10 plants with showy blooms

  by Tara Nolan

  Sassy, flashy, frilly, flouncy. I was trying to think of some good descriptors that connect all the flowers I’m about to talk...