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Gardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Solidago Speciosa
Showy goldenrod lives up to its name in eastern U.S. gardens, with bold, upright yellow flowers appearing in early fall
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Gardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Skyblue Aster (Symphyotrichum Oolentangiense)
This showy aster tolerates dry conditions and brings in the pollinators with its violet-blue flowers in fall
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Gardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Teucrium Fruticans for Drought-Tolerant Gardens
The silvery-gray foliage and blue flowers of this Mediterranean native stand out in low-water landscapes
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Gardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Solidago Flexicaulis Colors the Fall Shade Garden
Plant zigzag goldenrod in eastern U.S. gardens for its bright yellow flowers and tolerance of a broad range of conditions
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Gardening Guides4 Ways to Break the Rules in Your Garden
For a more creative landscape design, take a different approach to planting
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Gardening Guides10 Deer-Resistant Native Flowers to Plant This Fall
Learn about natives that embrace some kinds of wildlife but resist grazing deer
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Fall Gardening7 Delightfully Different Bulbs for Your Spring Garden
Fall planting: Stray from the standards for a more exotic spring garden that draws applause
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Gardening Guides10 Reasons to Love Vertical Gardens
Boring patios and lackluster views, begone!
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Gardening Guides6 Deer-Resistant Ground Covers to Plant This Fall
Learn about some of the only low, spreading plants that are reliably deer-resistant
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Gardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Conoclinium Coelestinum
Blue mistflower is a critical late-season native for pollinators that blooms for weeks
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Gardening GuidesBackyard Birds: How to Care for American Goldfinches
The American goldfinch is a bright-in-the-summer visitor and one of the only vegetarian songbirds. Here's how to give them a healthy habitat
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