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Combination Nation – Perfect Plant Pairings for Your Garden A garden is more than just the sum of its parts. It’s about getting some of the sum to party together at the same time! Over the years, we’ve come across...
Combination Nation – Perfect Plant Pairings for Your Garden A garden is more than just the sum of its parts. It’s about getting some of the sum to party together at the same time! Over the years, we’ve come across...
Introducing John Barrington’s Deliciously Fragrant Heirloom Carnations Glowing in the garden, Dianthus ‘Queen of Hearts.‘ Thank you John Barrington! If any of you follow my ramblings over the past several decades, you know that I am enamored with the genus...
Introducing John Barrington’s Deliciously Fragrant Heirloom Carnations Glowing in the garden, Dianthus ‘Queen of Hearts.‘ Thank you John Barrington! If any of you follow my ramblings over the past several decades, you know that I am enamored with the genus...
Top 10 Reasons Every Gardener Should Grow Verbascums Do you grow Verbascums? If you haven’t yet, it’s totally understandable as you rarely see them in front yard gardens, you never see them in garden centers, they’re not sold by the...
Top 10 Reasons Every Gardener Should Grow Verbascums Do you grow Verbascums? If you haven’t yet, it’s totally understandable as you rarely see them in front yard gardens, you never see them in garden centers, they’re not sold by the...
Give Monarch Butterflies a Boost with the Right Garden Plants GOOD NEWS DEAR GARDENERS! Things are looking a bit brighter for Monarch Butterflies this year! The latest count of Monarchs overwintering in Mexico increased to 150 million this year over...
Give Monarch Butterflies a Boost with the Right Garden Plants GOOD NEWS DEAR GARDENERS! Things are looking a bit brighter for Monarch Butterflies this year! The latest count of Monarchs overwintering in Mexico increased to 150 million this year over...
Problem-Solving Plants for Hot, Dry, and Hard-to-Water Areas By Earl Nickel Special contributor As a nurseryman of over 30 years, I’m pretty sure I’ve heard just about every garden problem you can imagine. Two of the most common problems gardeners...
Problem-Solving Plants for Hot, Dry, and Hard-to-Water Areas By Earl Nickel Special contributor As a nurseryman of over 30 years, I’m pretty sure I’ve heard just about every garden problem you can imagine. Two of the most common problems gardeners...
Heck Yeah Hellebores: Tough, Beautiful Blooms for the Shade Garden By Earl Nickel Special contributor We gardeners are always looking for something tough and beautiful for shade. But in the never-ending search for the “latest and greatest” we sometimes lose...
Heck Yeah Hellebores: Tough, Beautiful Blooms for the Shade Garden By Earl Nickel Special contributor We gardeners are always looking for something tough and beautiful for shade. But in the never-ending search for the “latest and greatest” we sometimes lose...
