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Give your succulents a home in planters with character. Just add soil, water and plants.
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Turn your backyard into a flying circus with annuals and perennials that butterflies can’t resist. An Illinois garden offers lessons in wooing nature’s winged wonders.
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Flowers aren’t the only way to bring color to a garden. Today’s heat-loving coleus delivers instant vibrancy with (almost) zero effort.
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Find success with summer’s most popular garden crop with our tips for when to plant, where to plant, and how to care for your tomatoes.
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In cutting gardens or borders, inexpensive annuals like zinnias bloom in explosive color all summer long—and come fall, leave parting gifts of seeds for next year.
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Gardening in miniature brings whimsy and imagination to any space. Here are some tips for how to create your own fairy garden.
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Create plant identification markers that are the finishing touch for your vegetable or flower garden.
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Imagine a garden that yields armfuls of color all summer long, enough for bud vases in the guest room, centerpieces on the table and just-because gifts for friends. Our creative director, Kylee...
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If you’ve ever watered a pot of chives, you’ve grown alliums (aka ornamental onions). Now meet the rest of the family.
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Create a tasteful (and tasty!) privacy screen along a sunny deck or patio with a wall of potted herbs. You can build it in a few days—and snip flavor all summer long.