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Planting Ideas5 Ways to Use Pastel Plantings in Contemporary Gardens
Learn how pink, lilac, lavender, cream and peach can bring a soft beauty to your landscape
Full StoryGardening GuidesYou Don't Need Prairie to Help Pollinators
Woodlands, marshes, deserts — pollinators are everywhere
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Heliopsis Helianthoides, a Pollinator Favorite
Plant smooth oxeye in eastern U.S. gardens for its bright, sunny flowers and upright form
Full StoryEdible GardensA Formerly Weedy Lot Now Brims With Edibles and Honeybees
Photographers transform their barren backyard into an oasis filled with fruit, vegetables, honey, eggs and more
Full StoryLandscape DesignCalifornia Says Goodbye to the Sprawling Ornamental Lawn
New state rules will effectively limit turfgrass to 25 percent of the landscape in most new and renovated yards
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Glandularia Rigida Paints the Ground Purple
Sandpaper verbena's deep purple flowers create a colorful carpet in drought-tolerant gardens
Full StoryGardening GuidesLet's Weed Out 4 Native Plant Myths
Plant wisely for a garden that supports pollinators and requires less work
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Elymus Hystrix Thrives in Shade
Plant eastern bottlebrush grass in eastern U.S. woodlands or shade gardens for midsummer flower heads and blue-gray arching grass blades
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Jeffersonia Diphylla
The long-lasting foliage of this eastern North American native excels at filling in a shady garden
Full StorySaving WaterLush Gardens With Low Water Needs
Drought tolerant doesn’t have mean spindly, brown and thorny
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Cleome Serrulata
Beckon bees and other pollinators in for a drink of nectar from this western U.S. native’s late-summer flowers
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