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I Love Symphyotrichum ericoides aka White Heath Aster

Name: Symphyotrichum ericoides aka White Heath Aster Type of Plant: A perennial wildflower that is native to North America. This plant can grow in all types of soil, reaching between a foot and three feet tall. Heath asters begin flowering in early fall. Why I Love...

I Love  Lophospermum Lofos Compact Rose

Name:  Lophospermum - Lofos®Compact Rose sometimes called creeping gloxinia Type of Plant:  Trailing plants for sun to part-sun – they are perennial in Zone 9 or 10 (tropical) but annuals in the Northeast. Why I Love This Plant:  It’s great to have some new choices in...

I Love Solidago Canadensis aka Canada Goldenrod

Name:  Solidago canadensis aka Canada goldenrod or Canadian goldenrod Type of Plant:  A perennial native to north America that is adaptable and an important support plant for a wide variety of insects including long-tongued bees, short-tongued bees, wasps, flies,...
Hope

Hope

Periodically I will type a search term into my photo library to see what comes up. It always shows me any picture of text where that word appears, of course, or if I've used that word as the title for the photo....

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Saving Something Small

Saving Something Small

When I saw a hummingbird in my Massachusetts garden shortly before Thanksgiving, I did what many 21st Century gardeners would do: I posted a photo...

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Tiger Eye Sumac Love

Tiger Eye Sumac Love

Imagine: “I want more color in the gardens,” she said. “No problem,” he replied. The next day when she got home there was a flock of pink flamingos...

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Planning A Cutting Garden

Planning A Cutting Garden

You want to be able to cut a few flowers and stick them in a row of bottles above your kitchen sink. Perhaps you want to snip some colorful blooms...

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I Love American Holly

I Love American Holly

Imagine: Beth and John loved the stand of American holly trees in their backyard. On summer evenings the light grey trunks were visible as they sat...

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Flowers in February

Flowers in February

If you like picking small bouquets for the house, you don't have to give up this practice just because it's the middle of winter. In many parts of...

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Dear Garden Lady

Dear Garden Lady

Selected letters asking The Garden Lady's advice... Dear Garden Lady, I woke up with a black eye and blamed the dog, but it was actually the garden...

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