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Garden Design/Plant Selection 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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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 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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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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Survivor Plants

June 18th, 2024

   Way back when I was a Cub Scout leader, we started the year by having the boys discuss what the pack’s rules should be.    The 8-year-olds’ first suggestion was, “No killing.”    I wouldn’t have thought of that, but it was definitely a good place to start.    That also happens to be […]

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The Four Life Stages of a Landscape

July 3rd, 2023

   Like most gardeners who have moved, I’ve had to deal with starting all over in a new landscape after spending years parenting an old one.    My case was probably a bit more extreme than most. My wife and I spent 32 years at our previous home – a third-of-an-acre yard in suburban Cumberland […]

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Award-Winning Plants of 2023

March 7th, 2023

   Why wing it with your plant selection when you can weigh the word of experts who know the difference among the good, the bad, and the so-so’s?    Each year, organizations of growers, horticulturists, researchers, and other plant experts bestow awards on what they consider to be the top plant performers – some new, […]

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Full and Fuller

May 31st, 2022

   I’ve seen a big shift these last few years in what gardeners view as the “best,” or at least the “desired,” way to garden.    The trend is strongly toward a natural look in which lots of different plants intermingle and grow in laissez-faire masses – similar to how plants grow in the wild. […]

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