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Gardening Guides12 Japanese Maples for a Sunny Garden
The right maple in the right place shines in hot summer sun
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TreesGreat Design Plant: Cercis Occidentalis for Four Seasons
Plant western redbud in drought-tolerant and habitat gardens for its outstanding beauty throughout the year
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Gardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Cordia Boissieri
Texas wild olive adds beauty to the drought-tolerant garden with its white blossoms and dark green, leathery leaves
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Gardening Guides13 Japanese Maples for Shade
A surprising variety of these understory trees is waiting to make a statement in your shade garden
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TreesGreat Design Plant: Acer Rubrum Brings Shade and Beauty
Red maple — a fast-growing, low-maintenance Eastern native — has spectacular fall foliage and early-spring flowers that feed pollinators
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Gardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Larix Decidua ‘Pendula’
Soft, graceful and sculptural, weeping larch is a star in northern U.S. gardens
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Gardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Amelanchier Signals Spring With Airy White Blooms
With roughly 20 species of serviceberry native to the U.S., bees can feed on the early-season blooms while birds enjoy the summer berries
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Gardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Sambucus Nigra Caerulea for the Birds
Blue elderberry is a favorite of birds and other wildlife in its native California
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Gardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Arbutus Menziesii
This drought-tolerant West Coast native tree thrives with minimal water in difficult garden spots
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Gardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Betula Populifolia
Add a touch of cool northern forest to your landscape with the highly ornamental, fast-growing and wildlife-friendly gray birch tree
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Spring Gardening7 Spectacular and Practical Spring-Flowering Trees
Put on a beauteous show in the garden with a landscape tree awash in flowers — just do your homework first
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