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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. |
This Old House |
Winter Plant Tip: Buy Ugly Dormant bare-root plants make for a wise cold-weather purchase. |
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 |
Planting Groundcover Use low-growing perennial plants and shrubs as groundcovers to cover slopes and rough ground or to replace high-maintenance lawns. Choose plants that thrive in your particular soil and climate. |
National Gardening |
Getting Started With Perennials First, we dispel a common myth: You don't need to be an expert gardener to grow perennials. Then we answer a few common questions about perennials. |
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 June 2000 William Bryant Logan |
Helping Plants to Help Themselves Mycorrhizal fungi promote plant growth and reduce fertilizer dependence |
National Gardening Jack Ruttle |
Hostas: Ultimate Shade Perennials Midsummer is peak shopping for this top perennial |
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... |
This Old House Lynn Ocone |
Putting Down Roots How to add a tree to your yard---the right way. |
National Gardening Karen Dardick |
Shrub Roses Many kinds of shrub roses have been introduced in recent years, especially the ground covers, such as "Cliffs of Dover," "Flower Carpet" and "Jeepers Creepers." |
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 Lynn Ocone |
Lavatera Annuals and perennials for cottage gardens |
This Old House Roger Cook |
Smart Sprinkling When the skies are cloudless and the days are hot and long, you can help your lawn and garden survive by watering wisely |
National Gardening Jane von Trapp |
Entry Garden Make-Over A front entrance garden has to be functional and inviting, but where do you begin? |
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. |
This Old House Josh Garskof |
Get Ready for Fall Now's the best time to spruce up your yard |
National Gardening |
Planning a Low-Maintenance Landscape Landscapes that require minimum time and money to maintain require thoughtful planning and installation. So invest early in planning and structures, and you'll pay (and work) less later. |
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. |
This Old House Lynn Ocone |
Houseplants for People Who Can't Grow Houseplants No matter the color of your thumb, this guide will help you select and care for plants that will thrive. |
This Old House Roger Cook |
Right Plant, Right Spot Follow these 4 rules for plant shopping and you'll never end up with a garden misfit |
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. |
This Old House Thomas Baker |
Dividing Plants What to do when a perennial gets too big for its bed? Divide and conquer! |
National Gardening John R. Dunmire |
Guide to June Gardening The month may present different images in various parts of the country, but to most gardeners, it conveys feelings of richness, abundance, and completion. |
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. |
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 |
This Old House Deborah Snoonian |
Best Places to Buy Bloomers Great online nurseries you might not yet know about. |
National Gardening William Ross |
Fruit Trees in Containers For folks who want to grow their own fruit, but who don't have adequate space or a suitable climate, growing fruit in containers offers several opportunities. |
National Gardening Jack Ruttle |
The Holiday Cactus For lavish winter color, invite these rainforest natives indoors |
National Gardening Holly Shimizu |
Coneflower This tough and cold-hardy perennial also has health benefits... |
National Gardening Barbara Pleasant |
Marvelous Mums Plant these hardy fall-bloomers now or in spring |
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 Ann Whitman |
Making a Water Garden in a Tub To the uninitiated, water gardens seem complicated, expensive, and fussy. But many of the principles of gardening in water are the same as those for gardening in soil. If you can grow a tomato, you can grow a water lily. |
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 Kasha & David Furman |
Chinese Tree Peonies A guide for planting and cultivating Chinese tree peonies. |
National Gardening Bonnie Lee Appleton |
Fall Tree Care The attention young trees need in Fall |
National Gardening Robert Smaus |
The Water Garden The serene beauty of a water garden offers opportunities for all kinds of reflections... |
National Gardening April 2000 Barbara Pleasant |
Balloon Flower Easy to grow, reliable, looks great as a border -- and it's blue |
National Gardening Jack Ruttle |
All-American Daylilies No other perennial gives as much for so little |
National Gardening Karen Dardick |
Miniature Roses For the Holidays No longer for hobbyists only, these roses are a colorful poinsettias alternative... |
National Gardening |
Choosing Perennial Plants When choosing perennial plants you'll need to consider their hardiness rating, your planting location, and when they flower so you'll have season-long color. |
National Gardening |
Oriental Poppy Sporting huge, cup-shaped blooms in early summer, the Oriental poppy is the most striking of the perennial poppies, and the delicate, papery flowers belie the plant's hardiness and durability. But you should still heed these tips. |
National Gardening Lance Walheim |
How to Buy and Plant Trees Improve the health and longevity of your trees... |
HBS Working Knowledge January 31, 2005 Cheryl Lyon-Jenness |
Growing the U.S. Horticultural Boom In the mid-1800s, horticulture took off in America---but conflicts between horticulturalists and their customers soon took root. This Business History Review excerpt examines first-hand sales strategies of plant peddlers to reach a geographically dispersed market. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Fungi for Roots Mycorrhizae fungi help plants grow... |
National Gardening Lynn Byczynski |
Organic Flower Farming Growing cut flowers for farmers' markets. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Disabled Workers Distribute Free Plants An professional garden photographer started a nonprofit web business to help disabled residents work and to help send unwanted plants all over the country. |
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. |
National Gardening |
Buying Strawberry Plants What to look for and know when buying strawberry plants. |
This Old House C. J. Hughes |
Splendor in the Grass With showy plumes and leaves that rustle and sway, ornamental grasses can add surprising texture to your yard. Also, here is a step by step guide to split an overgrown grass plant. |