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garden of grasses

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Chicago Botanic Garden

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late spring alliums

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10 Welcome Self Sowers In My Garden

10 Welcome Self Sowers In My Garden

There are times when nature offers unexpected gifts, and we can capitalize on that generosity when we find desired plants that multiply themselves in our gardens. From a single planting of seeds or when a shrub is allowed to set seed, we may find that our garden has the perfect conditions for baby seedlings that grow into a bountiful blessing. Not every garden will be the ideal seedbed for every…

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Annuals For Your Garden: Bachelor Buttons

Annuals For Your Garden: Bachelor Buttons

This is one of those flowers that inhabit my childhood memories. The gangly plants grew in a crowd and the signature cornflower blue flowers were always called “Bachelor Buttons” by my mom even though there are other nicknames. Cornflower, Basket flower, or Blue-bottle may be how you know them. Grayish foliage and a tall flexible stem topped by the pretty, ragged petaled blooms could be picked…

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Choosing Daylilies For Dependable Summer Bloom

Choosing Daylilies For Dependable Summer Bloom

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How To Make a Luminous White Garden

How To Make a Luminous White Garden

Catching Moonlight I think of a white garden as primarily one that is grown in a part shade nook of a garden, but so many beautiful white flowers are full sun lovers. While very lovely during the day, such a garden would really some into its own after dark, catching moonlight. White blooms become luminous on a summer evening. To make a garden with a monochromatic white theme, there are three…

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Blushing Lady, An Elegant Single Late Tulip

Blushing Lady, An Elegant Single Late Tulip

Lasting, Graceful, Gorgeous A lady with these qualities is welcome in the garden party of spring, and this tulip is fine addition to either a cutting garden or a spring display. Tall, with a long stem and an oval head which is ideal for vases, this has been one of the more perennial, lasting tulips in my garden. The color is a subtle shading from creamy yellow at the edges to a heart of salmon…

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Making Ajuga Fulfill Its Promises

Making Ajuga Fulfill Its Promises

I once read someone’s complaint against Ajuga, a plant that has a reputation as a vigorous groundcover that blooms with pretty blue spikes in the spring. They were disappointed with the lack of growth it displayed for them. For me, It has always been a very worthwhile member of the garden. Give it friable soil that is well drained but has regular moisture. I bet it will do well for you if it gets…

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Best Videos About Lavender

Best Videos About Lavender

British TV provides some of the best views and information on this most fragrant and favorite herb, so let’s start a feature length overview.   All About This Subshrub [embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM5eN31O40Y%5B/embedyt%5D If you want to know about varieties, uses of it, garden styles, and tours through beautiful gardens? This video is almost an house long and moves quickly through an…

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Propagate and Prune Your Forsythia Shrub

Propagate and Prune Your Forsythia Shrub

With its burst of warm sunshine yellow bloom, forsythias are often one of the first signs of spring in Ohio. For how to grow instructions visit the Forsythia Page, or read further about cultivars of forsythia. Here I have specific help for those who want to propagate or prune their Forsythia bushes. Videos for the best advice on how to accomplish these tasks and information highlights to give you…

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Ohio Buckeye, Aesculus glabra

Ohio Buckeye, Aesculus glabra

The Ohio Buckeye tree is beautiful and I remember a mature one that grew in my neighbor’s backyard when I was young. It was wide crowned tree with its big leaves providing deep shade, and thrived next to our black walnut tree. I loved collecting the nuts in the fall. That immediately tells you some important facts about this shade tree: it produces shade, a harvest of nuts, and is tolerant of the…

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How To Garden In Ohio

How To Garden In Ohio

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Cutting Garden Flowers For A Victorian House

Cutting Garden Flowers For A Victorian House

Flower arranging was first recognized as an art form in the Victorian era. Decorating the home with flower arrangements was considered an accomplishment that all young ladies should acquire. It was one of the skills that the mistress of the house acquired for gracious living. “No ornament is so appropriate for the dinner-table or mantel as a vase of flowers,” ~ “Arrangement of Flowers” Godey’s…

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Examples Of Gorgeous Hardscaping

Examples Of Gorgeous Hardscaping

Think of this as an ideabook of landscape features from across the internet. A curation of well done steps, wall, and other forms of hardscape married with softscape plantings that make inspiring garden pictures. Further Explore the Hardscape Idea Hardscaping can be defined and discussed, but there is nothing like pictures from gardens to get the creative juices flowing. I like to collect photos…

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pretty wreath design

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(via Morning Earth Artist/Naturalist Edith Holden)

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Country Diary is one of my favs!