Southeast Gardening223 Stories
Landscape DesignGreat Design Plant: River Birch
Pick this rugged native tree for its intriguing peeling bark, soil adaptability or leaves that bring dappled shade to a garden
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Gardening for ButterfliesGreat Design Plants: A Bevy of Beauties from the Meadow
Draw butterflies, birds and bees to the garden year-round with these low-maintenance Eupatorium varieties
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Southeast GardeningSoutheast Gardener's January Checklist
Resolve to see your garden with fresh eyes this year while you plant, plan and take care of necessary maintenance
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Edible GardensGreat Design Plant: Persimmon
Combining beautiful fruit, vivid fall leaves and low maintenance, this tree is a winner in the garden
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FlowersGreat Design Plant: Sasanqua Camellia
Pretty fall flowers belie this plant's hardworking nature and relative tough attitude toward disease
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Gardening GuidesSoutheast Gardener's December Checklist
Don't hang up your shears and gloves all month: 8 ways to keep your green thumb from freezing over
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FoliageGreat Design Plant: Foxtail Fern
Not actually a fern, this vivid member of the asparagus family has a distinctive appearance to awaken a garden year-round
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Gardening GuidesSoutheast Gardener's November Checklist
You're probably on top of planting bulbs, but don't forget to keep an eye on frost and drain your mower's gas tank
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Gardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Blue Sage
True blue and adored by hummingbirds, blue sage is easy to grow from seed in a sunny fall garden
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Gardening for ButterfliesGreat Design Plant: Scotch Heather
The moors aren't all moody, as this prettily colored evergreen shrub proves. Plant it en masse for an epic romance in your own garden
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Blue and Gray FoliageGreat Design Plant: Donkey Spurge
Yes, there's the awful name, plus the sap issue. But this plant's foliage and flowers bring something special to Eastern U.S. gardens
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