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A Love Letter to Sanguisorbas – Gardenista
[ad_1] I came to gardening, as many of us do, not necessarily out of a love of the natural world but because of a…
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Plant-O-Rama Celebrates 30 Years: Here Are 7 Ideas We Took Away from the Symposium – Gardenista
[ad_1] After a surprise snow day reschedule, Metro Hort Group hosted its 30th Plant-O-Rama last Thursday morning at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Every year,…
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The Garden Decoder: What Are ‘Seed Banks’? (And Why Are They Important?) – Gardenista
[ad_1] Native Plant Trust Above: Inside Native Plant Trust’s rare plant seed cooler, one of several repositories that make up the rare plant seed…
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Vernonia lettermannii ‘Iron Butterfly’: Plant of the Year for 2026
[ad_1] The Garden Club of America (GCA) has named Vernonia lettermannii ‘Iron Butterfly’ Plant of the Year—which, according to its website, “is awarded annually…
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Winterberry 101: Native Berries to Brighten Winter – Gardenista
[ad_1] Despite being natively at home in bogs and on the edges of kettle ponds and other wetlands, winterberry, a native holly species, does…
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Resolutions Roundup: Garden Pros Share the 10 Ways They’re Changing Their Landscapes in 2026 – Gardenista
[ad_1] With the start of the new year, our minds are a-swirl with ideas for what we’ll do in our gardens come spring. For…
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The Best Garden Nonprofits to Donate to in 2025
[ad_1] As the year comes to a close, mailboxes (both real and digital) are flooded with donation requests from nonprofit organizations. This is a…
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The All-Star List: 5 Plants I Want More of In My Garden – Gardenista
[ad_1] December is the month for year-end reviews. There’s already a deluge of best-of lists for books and movies, but what about plants? I…
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Quick Takes With: Richard Hayden – Gardenista
[ad_1] Piet Oudolf designed a set of long-handled hand tools, a spade and a fork. They’re perfect for when you’re working on your knees,…
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American Persimmon Tree: How to Grow the Native Tree
[ad_1] Growing American persimmon trees checks several horticultural and culinary boxes. American persimmon—Diospsyros virginiana and hybrids of this species—are very cold hardy fruit trees,…
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Cues to Care: How to Design Ecological Gardens that Look Neat and Tidy
[ad_1] This is part of a series with Perfect Earth Project, a nonprofit dedicated to toxic-free, ecological gardening, on how you can be more sustainable…
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Blue Cardinal Flower: How to Grow Lobelia, a Native Perennial
[ad_1] Lobelia siphilitica, Blue Cardinal Flower Blue cardinal flower, also known as great blue lobelia, is a tall native perennial that blooms for long…
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Sumac Essence: A Native Alternative to Pomegranate Molasses
[ad_1] If you like tart flavors, then sumac essence might be the ingredient you didn’t know your kitchen was missing. Sumac essence is one…
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The Low-Impact Garden: Fiona Brockhoff’s Nature-Based Garden on the Mornington Peninsula
[ad_1] In just two weeks, Gardenista: The Low-Impact Garden lands in bookstores! We are so appreciative of all the interest the book has already…
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Downy Skullcap: How to Grow Scutellaria Incana, a Native North American Wildflower
[ad_1] Downy Skullcap, Scutellaria incana The longer I garden, the more I want to grow perennials that bloom for as long as possible, and…
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Pawpaw Streusel Cake: A Recipe for the Native American Fruit
[ad_1] When the evenings begin to nip and the light becomes clearer than it has been for months, you know it’s pawpaw time. The…
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Native perennials for late summer create a naturalistic landscape
[ad_1] When August melts into September, nights are suddenly noticeably longer, while flowering perennials seem to grow wilder, to compensate. One of the greatest…
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Hyper-Local Native Plant Nurseries: The Rise of the Backyard Nursery
[ad_1] This is part of a series with Perfect Earth Project, a nonprofit dedicated to toxic-free, ecological gardening, on how you can be more sustainable…
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Shrubs for Shade: Our Favorite Flowering Shrubs for the Shade Garden
[ad_1] For the many gardeners whose growing-spaces are either entirely or partly shaded, shade-loving shrubs offer an important, permanent layer of interest alongside perennials…
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The New York City Biodiversity Task Force on How We Can Help Better Support Our Ecosystem
[ad_1] This is part of a series with Perfect Earth Project, a nonprofit dedicated to toxic-free, nature-based gardening, on how you can be more…