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Mums are often used as autumn annuals, but these easy-care plants are actually perennial, and can come back to bloom year ...
When planting spring bulbs this fall, remember your companion plants! They can add contrast, serve as a backdrop, and hide ...
Dividing herbaceous perennials in the fall is an easy way to create new plants for your garden. A herbaceous perennial overwinters as a fleshy underground mass that can be cut into smaller pieces to ...
Now is a good time to divide your spring flowering plants. When planting peonies, the hole needs to be deep enough to ...
Fall is made for dividing perennials, and this knowledge provides a key tool for gardeners to control growth, revive crowded ...
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The City Gardener: Goldilocks days

Start (or continue) to clean up dead or diseased plants and remove yellowed leaves. Most spring annuals will be over by now; ...
Recently, taxonomists determined that Manfredas are really Agaves and renamed all Manfreda plants as Agave species,” writes ...
Sales offer an opportunity for people to donate unwanted items to be repurposed for others at bargain prices and keep tons of ...
Why a pixie haircut can unlock your inner ‘90s rom-com heroine for fall. Plus, all the celebrity inspiration of the moment, ...
Crocosmia, or montbretia, blooms in vibrant splashes of red, yellow, orange, or pink flowers. But if the blooms are sparse, ...
A former du Pont family home, owned by the University of Delaware, has a hidden garden open to the public, year-round. Dogs on leashes can come, too.
Perennial plants come back every year, and choosing types with flowers that hummingbirds adore will ensure these feathered ...