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Favorite Past Garden Columns Category

Get Those Trees in a Good Spot

April 22nd, 2025

   Trees are the most expensive plants in the landscape budget.    They not only cost the most at purchase time, but pruning and other care can chew up some dollars over the years. And if you have to have one cut down? Well, let’s not think about that bill.    Picking a tree is […]

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Under-Rated, Under-Used Underdogs of the Plant World

April 8th, 2025

   Some plants are way over-used – even though they’re trouble-plagued – simply because they’re familiar.    Others are way under-used – even though they’re virtually bullet-proof – simply because they’re not well known.    The arrival of a new gardening season is a good time to do something about that imbalance… to opt for […]

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How Many of These Top 10 Garden Foulups Will You Do This Year?

March 25th, 2025

   Not to insinuate that you’ve been lousing up your yard and garden, but from my travels over the years, it’s apparent that a lot of people are.    I’ve seen some sorry stuff going on… plant-killing stuff, work-generating stuff, money-wasting stuff, and just plain trouble.    Most of it is due to, as they […]

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The Best New Trees and Shrubs of 2025

February 4th, 2025

   A cold-hardy banana tree with maroon striped leaves, a snowbell tree that reblooms, and several more ever-higher-performing hydrangeas are among the most interesting new trees and shrubs hitting the market for the 2025 growing season.    Growers, local garden centers, and other plant experts mentioned the following 15 choices for my annual wintertime four-part, […]

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The Best New Perennial Flowers of 2025

January 28th, 2025

   A new line of high-performing mixed-species peonies, a super-sized new salvia, and several new varieties of pollinator favorites highlight the list of interesting new perennials debuting in the 2025 growing season.    Growers, local garden centers, and other plant experts picked the following 12 choices for my annual January four-part, best-new-plants series.    The […]

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The Best New Annual Flowers of 2025

January 21st, 2025

   A butterfly-magnet new ageratum, a shrub-turned-annual-flower called dampiera, and a new sunflower with a thousand blooms headline the list of interesting new annual flowers debuting in the 2025 growing season.    Growers, local garden centers, and other plant experts picked those and more for the four-part, best-new-plants series that I compile each January – […]

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The Best New Vegetables, Herbs, and Fruits of 2025

January 14th, 2025

   It’s another new year, and the garden is waiting in the wings to be filled in just a few months with fresh, home-grown produce.    This is a good planning time – not only to order seeds for the 2025 edible garden but also to hone in on the best varieties of vegetables, herbs, […]

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Gardening Trends of 2025

January 7th, 2025

   Nature-friendly gardening seems to be graduating from mere trend to a lasting and widespread mainstream movement.    That’s the prevailing development that gardening trend-watchers see as we head into 2025, with interrelated facets of that movement – including native plants, pollinator gardens, and less-perfect lawns – all growing and dominating how we view yard […]

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All We Gardeners Want for Christmas Is…

December 3rd, 2024

   If Santa Claus could work his magic in the garden like he does in the toy shop, what would gardeners want him to deliver?    Better weather would certainly be high on the wish list. Who else gripes more about the weather (too wet, too dry, too hot, too cold, too humid, etc.) than […]

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Landscape Improving, Stage Three

November 5th, 2024

   A landscape is never ever really “done,” as any experienced gardener will tell you.    However, the never-ending waltz of caring for a yard – and especially the amply landscaped variety – fits into one of three stages.    Stage one is the beginning of the line – or the end of the line, […]

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