In the last few years, plant breeders have come out with some really great varieties of hardy...
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Ornamentals
Deer-resistant perennials: Beautiful blooms and foliage for spring, summer, and fall
The other day I watched a deer walk through one of my raised beds, ignore the sage and chives, and...
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The daylily: A perfect perennial for the summer garden
A daylily is perhaps the perfect perennial. It thrives in full sun to partial shade, grows happily...
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Shasta Daisy: Growing tips, varieties, and pollinator power
Though I love my vegetable garden, as a horticulturist my first “plant love” was perennials....
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The best early spring flowering shrubs for your garden
Light up the spring garden with easy-to-grow early spring flowering shrubs like azaleas, lilacs, forsythia,...
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Coreopsis ‘Zagreb’ and other tickseed varieties that will make a cheerful splash in the garden
Coreopsis ‘Zagreb’ is a dependable, drought-tolerant perennial in my front yard garden....
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