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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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Gardening 101: Oro Blanco Grapefruit Tree – Gardenista
[ad_1] The first thing to know is that Oro Blanco is not your grandma’s super tart grapefruit, the kind that puckers your lips and…
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10 Things Nobody Tells You About Narcissus – Gardenista
[ad_1] Nobody ever says “I should have planted fewer narcissus bulbs” when the flowers start blooming in springtime. With their cheery bobbing heads, these…
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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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Gardening 101: Opium Poppy – Gardenista
[ad_1] Opium Poppy, Papaver somniferum The notoriety of Papaver somniferum, the “sleep-inducing poppy,” is only partly to do with its outlaw family. Opium poppies are grown…
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Perennials for a Shade Garden: Our Favorite Native Species and Hardy Flowering Plants
[ad_1] All week, we’re revisiting the most popular stories of 2025, including this one from July. A shade garden is a green and contemplative…
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The Best Plants to Attract Hummingbirds to Your Garden
[ad_1] All week, we’re revisiting the most popular stories of 2025, including this one from March. The humble hummingbird has always been a pollinator…
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Poinsettias: Rethinking a Christmas Cliché – Gardenista
[ad_1] Happy holidays! This week we’re revisiting our favorite festive stories from years past, like this one: The poinsettia revolution was a long time…
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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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8 Favorites: Houseplants for the Bath – Gardenista
[ad_1] The best room in the house for your plants is…the bath. Houseplants perform well with natural light and shower mist; as an added…
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The Beauty of Decay: 10 Perennials to Add Structure to a Winter Garden – Gardenista
[ad_1] As gardens fade and the days darken, it’s tempting to forget about what’s going on outdoors until early spring when everything jolts back…
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Gardening 101: Common Fig – Gardenista
[ad_1] Common fig, Ficus carica The next plant I plan to buy for myself (and not for a garden client) will definitely be a…
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Gardening 101: How to Store Dahlia Tubers in Winter – Gardenista
[ad_1] I don’t know any gardeners who casually grow dahlias. Their fireworks riot of color has an intoxicating effect. You may start with one…
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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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Datura: How to Grow Devil’s Trumpet Flower, a White Bloom with a Sweet Perfume
[ad_1] Devil’s Trumpet, Datura Some of the last flowers to bloom as the growing season draws to a close are Halloween-ready: the headily scented…
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Moonflower Vine: How to Grow Ipomea Alba, a Night-Blooming Flower
[ad_1] Moonflower vines are a quiet delight of the waning season. They are morning glory’s nocturnal cousin, and their wide, near-luminous white blooms begin…
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Expert Advice: 10 Tips from Old House Gardens for Planning a Spring Bulb Garden – Gardenista
[ad_1] In Chicago, where I grew up, tulips were pretty much the only thing that kept us going through the winter. You can survive…
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All-White Gardens: 15 Favorite Examples of White-on-White Landscapes
[ad_1] Nature abhors a monoculture, but not necessarily a monochrome culture. Against a leafy green backdrop, a single color stands out dramatically—particularly when that…