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National Gardening |
Growing Citrus in Containers By moving container-grown citrus trees into a greenhouse, sunroom, or bright indoor location, gardeners anywhere can grow them. |
National Gardening Lance Walheim |
How to Buy and Plant Trees Improve the health and longevity of your trees... |
This Old House Lynn Ocone |
Putting Down Roots How to add a tree to your yard---the right way. |
National Gardening |
Fruit Tree Site Selection Of primary importance when choosing a planting site for you fruit tree is that it receives as much sun as possible. |
National Gardening June 2000 Beth Marie Renaud |
Tomatoes in a Can Growing full-size tomatoes in containers saves space and protects plants from disease |
National Gardening |
Getting Started with Container Gardening Here's a look at some of the benefits of container gardening and choosing the right containers for your plants. |
National Gardening Patt Kasa |
Shop for Trees & Shrubs Years of experience have helped me hone my detective skills and I've developed an almost fool-proof method of choosing the healthiest specimens for my landscape. You can become a savvy shopper, too, by following these same guidelines. |
National Gardening Kris Wetherbee |
Meet the Asian Pears Growing your own is the surest way to experience them at peak flavor |
National Gardening |
Peach Care Peaches do best in well-drained, sandy soils. Plant in the spring so the tree will be well established by winter. |
Garden Gate |
Summer Escape: Planting Beneath Shade Trees If you've ever tried to grow a garden under a tree, you know that your plants have to compete with the tree's roots for space, water and nutrients. Here are some tips that can make growing a garden under a tree easier. |
National Gardening David & Tina Silber |
Meet Babaco Imagine yourself in the cool and misty mountain valleys of Ecuador. It was there--no one knows exactly when--that a horticultural miracle occurred. A new type of papaya appeared, one perfectly suited to home-garden growing: The six-foot-high plant is completely adaptable to container growing, and it fruits prolifically. |
National Gardening Lee Reich |
Pruning Fruit Trees How to get young trees off to a good start and keep mature trees productive... |
National Gardening Robert Kourik |
Gardening Fact or Fallacy? Though plants, soils and weather conditions are always evolving, it seems as if some gardening practices become embedded like fossils. |
This Old House December 2007 Jeanne Huber |
Choose a Live Christmas Tree Choose a live tree to extend the holiday spirit long past Christmas. Buy one now, plant it later, then watch it grow year after year. |
National Gardening |
Annuals and Perennials for Containers Learn the differences between annuals and perennials, and use this guide for planting and caring for them in containers. |
National Gardening |
Maintaining Container Gardens These simple maintenance tasks will keep keep your patio planters and window boxes looking their best throughout the growing season and help cold-climate gardeners prepare for winter. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Those Bloomin' Holiday Gifts How to keep holiday gift plants at their best year-round... |
National Gardening |
Peach Essentials Tips for growing peaches |
This Old House |
Winter Plant Tip: Buy Ugly Dormant bare-root plants make for a wise cold-weather purchase. |
National Gardening Robert Kourik |
Fabulous Figs Which fig tastes best? Is it 'Panachee', 'Celeste', or perhaps 'Conadria'? |
National Gardening |
Container Gardening 101 Today's condominium owners and apartment dwellers do not have to forsake gardening. In fact, they can create their own garden hideaway in small spaces. |
National Gardening Rick Darke |
Grasses in Containers Grow grasses in ornamental pots to create combinations that would be impossible in open soil. |
This Old House Doug Mackay |
Going to Pots Use containers to create a glorious garden anywhere |
National Gardening |
Perennials 101 Owing to a fairly recent revival of the casual "cottage garden" look, perennials are more popular with today's home gardeners than they ever have been. |
National Gardening Nan Sterman |
Hardy Kiwi Have you tasted these remarkable miniature kiwis yet? Every bit as delicious as the larger, more familiar fuzzy kiwi, hardy kiwis are much easier to grow and eat (skin and all). |
National Gardening Jack Ruttle |
The Holiday Cactus For lavish winter color, invite these rainforest natives indoors |
This Old House Jeanne Huber |
Planting in Pots Container gardens are a movable feast for the senses. Here's how to assemble and care for knockout combinations |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
EZ Pick Fruit Trees These naturally dwarf trees grow only 6 to 10 feet tall, are easy to care for, and are perfect for small families. Available in apple, peach, pear, and other varieties. |
This Old House March 27, 2001 Lynn Ocone |
Growing Perfect Tomatoes Treat yourself to one of the true pleasures of summer: your own homegrown tomatoes fresh from the vine... |
National Gardening |
Planting and Care of Annual Flowers When it comes to cut flowers, it's hard to beat annuals for their sheer production and ease of growing. |
National Gardening |
Planting Apple Trees Choose a site with full sun, moderate fertility, and good air circulation and water drainage. Apple trees will tolerate a wide range of soil conditions. While you can improve your soil with fertilizer and mulch, other factors will go a long way toward overcoming less-than-perfect soil. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Persimmons Consider the many virtues of persimmons, one of the most widely grown "exotic" fruits. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Getting Gardens Ready for Winter While gardeners in warmer climes (USDA zones 8 to 10) relish the cool air because it signals fall planting time, most gardeners across the country know it's time to wrap up the garden. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
When Good Tomatoes Go Bad Here's a list of eight of the most common tomato fruit problems not caused by insect or disease. |
National Gardening |
Planting and Pruning Plums European plums grow in tight clusters, but require little thinning. |
This Old House Josh Garskof |
Get Ready for Fall Now's the best time to spruce up your yard |
National Gardening Whitney Cranshaw |
Healthy Home Orchards Use basic pest control techniques to harvest a healthy fruit crop. |
This Old House Jeanne Huber |
Succulents: Ideal Plants for Summer Succulents thrive where most plants would shrivel. Here's how their ability to go days without water makes them ideal garden staples for the sweltering days of summer. |
National Gardening Deborah Wechsler |
Ten Steps to Giant Tomatoes If you want to join the ranks of supergrowers in your area, follow these 10 steps. |
This Old House February 2, 2001 Warren Schultz |
Getting the Best Deal on Plants Your guide to buying plants for the upcoming growing season... |
National Gardening Eliot Tozer |
Magnolias Starlike, often fragrant flowers and colorful, lush foliage make these trees an early-spring delight... |
This Old House Max Alexander |
A Tree for All Seasons Trim it now, plant it later, and watch it grow through the years. |
National Gardening |
Apple Essentials Tips on planting, tending, and harvesting |
National Gardening Robert E. Gough |
The Mighty Lingonberry Why, where, how to grow lingonberries. |
National Gardening Shila Patel |
The Indoor Tulips To speed up the seasons, you can nudge spring-flowering tulips to bloom in winter. |
National Gardening Michael Phillips |
Growing Organic Apples How to grow blemish-free apples without resorting to unfriendly sprays |
This Old House Ashley Womble |
Planters With Punch Gone are the days when terra-cotta ruled -- try these stylish containers for indoor and outdoor gardens. |
National Gardening Patricia Acton |
Pussy Willows Why not grow your own for late winter decoration? |
National Gardening Vicky Congdon |
Smoke Bush Cotinus, or smoke bush, can be grown across the United States and is available in several varieties. Buying, planting and growing suggestions are offered. |
National Gardening |
Fall Garden Cleanup Q and A Here are some questions we've received about fall cleanup in the garden, along with the answers given by our regional horticulture staff. |