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Showing Off Fall Containers

Fall can be such a sigh of relief. If you’re thrilled when the heat lets up, just think how your plants feel. There’s no central air conditioning for the garden. Plants seem to put on one final hurrah in the fall, both in jubilant colors and refreshed foliage.

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Featured Plant of the Week: Rosemary

One of the great pleasures of summer is the abundance of fresh herbs and their fragrance as you pick them. For many of us, summer is just about over. But there is one herb that truly loves the chill of fall, rosemary.

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Winter Mulching

In areas that experience freezing temperatures, winter mulching of the garden differs from mulching during the growing season. We mulch our gardens in the spring to suppress weeds, retain moisture and feed and warm the soil. While we may spread a layer of soil conditioning compost or manure in the fall, the primary reason for winter mulching is to protect our plants from the harsh conditions of winter freezes, thaws and winds. There are several ways to do this.

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Gardening Question of the Week: Do Row Covers Protect Plants from Frost Damage?

Frost happens, even when you least expect it. Sometimes it’s a relief, to finally be able to put your garden to bed. Sometimes it’s a freak occurrence and you’d like to keep your plants going a little longer, or you’re panicking because you just put them out and wish you hadn’t.

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Smooth Witherod Viburnum (Viburnum nudum)

Smooth Witherod Viburnum (Viburnum nudum)

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Ophiopogon 'Nigrescens'

Black Mondo Grass (Ophiopogon ‘Nigrescens’)

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True Blue Geranium 'Johnson's Blue'

Geranium ‘Johnson’s Blue’

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September in the GardenA Regional Gardening Almanac

September gardening can mean cool, crisp nights or hot, hazy, Indian summer days. Either way, there’s no time to rest. Short season gardens need to be put to bed. Warmer zones are starting a whole new growing season. Even the southern hemisphere is back in the gardening groove. So here are some monthly gardening tips to get you back out in the garden this September.

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Hibiscus 'Panama Red' (Hibiscus acetosella)

Picture of Hibiscus ‘Panama Red’

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When You Think Cranesbill, You Think Geranium endressii

Growing Geranium endressii

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