Southeast Gardening223 Stories
FlowersGreat Design Plant: Joe Pye Weed
This unsung beauty tolerates wet soil, provides beautiful late summer blooms and attracts butterflies and hummingbirds
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Gardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Papyrus
Out of Africa and into your garden, gently swaying papyrus adds an exotic touch to water features and riverbeds
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Gardening GuidesSoutheast Gardener's August Checklist
Brave the August heat and humidity in your summer garden, and you'll reap rewards this fall
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Gardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Knock Out Roses
As glorious as their high-maintenance kin for a fraction of the work, Knock Out roses make even beginners look like garden stars
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Gardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Cabbage Tree
Happiest in plentiful sun, this tropical-looking tree gives a pool area or backyard landscape an exotic view all summer long
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Gardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Sedum (Stonecrop)
Terrific at filling gaps and in a wide range of colors and shapes, sedum is a problem solver in the garden
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Purple FoliageGreat Design Plant: Purple Fountain Grass
Easy come, easy grow — give this low-maintenance grass pride of place in your garden
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Summer GardeningGreat Design Plant: Iranian Wood Sage
Architecturally spiky yet soft in a breeze, this heat-tolerant plant brings on the butterflies and gives gardens a delicious scent
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Gardening GuidesSoutheast Gardener: What to Do in July
Time to claim your prize: a bounty of fruits, veggies and flowers, but don’t forget to keep an eye on weeds, pests and water
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Red FoliageGreat Design Plant: Japanese Blood Grass
This dramatic, ruby-tinged grass bridges the gap between red and green, short and tall plants
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Gold FoliageGreat Design Plant: Hubricht's Bluestar
Billowy, willowy, and with blooms in three seasons, Bluestar makes a cooling, breezy impression in the landscape
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