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Fruits, Herbs and Vegetables Category

George’s Garden Predictions

March 4th, 2025

   This week’s futuristic-leaning Philadelphia Flower Show is exploring the theme of “Gardens of Tomorrow.”    Many of the show’s landscapers, florists, and student display-builders are interpreting where they see plants and gardening heading.    The theme also got me thinking about gardening’s future in our little corner of the world.    I think it’s […]

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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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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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Start Early in the Veggie Garden

April 12th, 2013

Planting the veggie garden isn’t just a May thing. That’s actually too late for a lot of crops. I’ve got two-thirds of my vegetable garden planted most years by early April.

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Those Dying Tomatoes

September 20th, 2012

I don’t know if your tomatoes are all dying like mine, but I keep running into blight and diseases problems every year. It’s getting hard to grow a decent ‘mater anymore.

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