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Using Plants with Contrasting Foliage

I wrote a new article today on using plants with contrasting foliage. Check it out.
This is the first article in what will be a series. Now that I’ve laid the general groundwork I will go back and tackle specific plants for each popular foliage color such as red, blue, and yellow.

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Buying for Bloom Power

We just got dumped on with a big load of snow, so this is a perfect time to talk about flowers.
Seriously though, it is mid-February and the gardening catalogues have started to arrive in full force. I know I am starting to think about what new plants I’ll buy this year, and I’m sure I’m [...]

Using Ditch Lilies to Fill Spaces

We have some bad neighbors, they don’t take any care of their house or lawn, they’re constantly being cited by our city’s ordinance enforcement department for things like having grass that is too long. No one on our block likes them, when we moved in we heard nothing but bad things about them from all [...]

Asters or Mums for Fall Color?

I bought two plants from Lowes in 6 inch pots in the fall of 2004. One was labeled Beth, a mum (short for chrysanthemum). The other was Wood’s Purple an aster. Both asters and mums are daisy-like flowers known for their fall color, meaning they bloom in the fall when others are not blooming. [...]

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