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When to Plant Tulips
When to Plant Tulips (And Why We’re Mostly Not Fans) If you’re here because you Googled “When should I plant tulips?” let’s get this out ...
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Matrix Planting
Matrix Planting What Is Matrix Planting? Matrix planting is a design approach where a dominant, continuous ground layer supports and stabilizes a comparatively smaller number ...
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Landscape Transformation Process
Landscape Transformation Process Landscape Transformation Process: Every great garden begins with a little faith. The before stage can look bare, messy, or even disappointing at ...
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Ground Cover Plants
Ground Cover Plants Planting native ground cover plants is one of the most beautiful, sustainable, and wildlife-friendly ways to manage low-maintenance areas. It is also ...
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Plant Shedding
Plant Shedding. Plant shedding is the natural process by which a plant drops leaves, flowers, stems, or even entire shoots as part of its normal ...
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Growth Takes Time
Growth Takes Time Growth Takes Time In gardens and in life, growth rarely happens on our preferred timeline. We live in a culture that rewards ...
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The Long Garden Game
The Long Garden Game The Long Garden Game. Native wildflower gardens are certainly not just a trend. They are one of the most practical, hopeful ...
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Aphids on Plants
Aphids on Plants Aphids on plants cause more anxiety than they deserve. In most U.S. gardens, aphids are not native fauna. They are introduced agricultural ...
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Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) Family: Lamiaceae (Mint family). Native range: Widespread across North America, including all of New York State. Bloom ...
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Butterfly Habitat + the Future
Butterfly Habitat + the Future It’s early spring at the wildflower farm, and we’re dreaming of summer. The annual greenhouse potting began last month, building ...
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Roots Before Blooms
Roots Before Blooms Roots Before Blooms: How Native Gardens Truly Grow. One of the best ways to understand native gardens is through the idea of ...
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Sleep Creep Leap
Sleep, Creep, Leap: How Native Gardens Truly Grow One of the most helpful ways to understand native plant gardens is through a simple phrase: Sleep, ...
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Progress of a Project
Progress of a Project: Before, During, After Every great private landscape begins with uncertainty. At first, the before stage can look dull, like there’s too ...
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Before, During, After
Before, During, After: The Transformation of a Native Plant Garden Before During After. Every native plant garden begins with a view that appears a little ...
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Japanese Knotweed Remediation
Japanese Knotweed Remediation Japanese Knotweed Remediation: Listening to the Soil Beneath the Problem Japanese Knotweed is altogether often labeled an enemy. It spreads quickly, dominates ...
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