3 Top Thugs And Bullies in the Garden
There are some plants that multiply freely………..too freely. I am speaking of some pretty flowers or foliage plants which are
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Flower Gardening
Old Overgrown Lilac? Cut It Way Back After Blooming!
How to make Old Lilac bloom again? Let me tell you what I did. It’s drastic, but it works. I
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Touch Me Not! Mimosa Pudica – Sensitive Plant
Mimosa Pudica or Sensitive Plant can entertain you…for real. It is so fascinating to watch it move when touched or
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Painting Those Bargain Plant Shelves For The Deck
If you have been following my blog and YouTube channel, you have seen the wonderful bargain I got on plant
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Love It or Leave It – Red Hot Poker Plant
The red hot poker plant or torch lily ( Kniphofia uvaria ) is an unusual plant for my garden. I
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Swedish Ivy Houseplant Cuttings – So Easy To Propagate!
I started out with a large pot of Swedish Ivy at my house, and I believe that this is one
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Adding Veronica Repens Sunshine To My Hypertufa Pots!
While on a recent plant shopping trip to Lowe’s, of course I had to stop in the garden center and
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Clematis in A Container on the Deck – Second Spring and It’s Doing Well!
As a vining plant, clematis is one of the most beautiful I have ever grown. Its color is so pretty
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Plant Pick : Easiest and Most Beautiful Platycodon
Is there a flowering plant that is easiest to grow? I would need it to be: NOT invasive, check! Beautiful
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Plant Pick: Miniature Sea Pink or Sea Thrift In Hypertufa
A few years ago, I had some miniature armeria or “sea pink” in my hypertufa troughs and I really loved
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Almost Wordless Wednesday – Beauty Without Words
I can try and represent beauty without words, but that will be hard for me. I seem to always want
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Happy and Colorful Snapdragons
Today let’s talk about Antirrhinum or Snapdragons Colorful snapdragons are beautiful spiked flowers which last all summer. Perfect for any
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Springtime in the Garden – Lovely Pastels
Walking in the garden early on a spring morning is a pleasant experience. You can walk through and admire all
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It Looks Pretty Grim for My Overwintered Elephant Ear Bulbs – All Dried Up!
Today I have brought out my overwintered elephant ear bulbs and it is looking pretty grim. They are all dried
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Plant Pick: Rock Soapwort or Saponaria
Rock soapwort is a perfect flowering plant for hypertufa. The real scientific name is Saponaria ocymoides and since it needs
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