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How To Grow A Rose Plant Faster: Top Tips For Quick-Growing Blooms
Impatiently waiting for your precious roses to burst forth with color and lush fragrance? Follow our expert guide on how to grow a rose plant faster
By Tonya Barnett
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7 Low-Maintenance Plants For Front Yards – Boost Curb Appeal with Minimal Effort
Good landscaping is essential for creating curb appeal, but it doesn’t have to require a professional. These plants provide great visuals with little maintenance.
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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21 Plants That Like Heat And Full Sun For Summer Gardens
If you live in a hot climate or have a hot area in your yard, plants that like full sun and heat are just waiting for you to discover them.
By Bonnie L. Grant
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7 Garden Watering Mistakes That Harm Plants And Waste Water
Watering the garden is essential to keep plants thriving – especially during dry periods. Avoid these common watering errors to ensure healthy, happy plants.
By Bonnie L. Grant
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Drought-Tolerant Landscaping: Key Design Elements & Ideas
Planning for drought and heat tolerant landscaping involves much more than a pretty design. Learn the elements to consider before you decide on a landscape plan.
By Teo Spengler
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8 Butterfly Host Plants That Are Beautiful And Low-Maintenance
Discover the most attractive butterfly host plants to include in your garden and nurture local wildlife. As an added benefit, they are also easy to look after.
By Melanie Griffiths
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Essential Cottage Garden Ideas: 5 Ways To Dive Into The Cottage Garden Trend
If you’re after easy cottage garden ideas for old fashioned beauty in any garden, read on! These five thematic selections will help fill your plot with old world charm and elegance
By Susan Albert
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Heat Wave Gardening
Heat waves can cause serious stress for your plants. Give them plenty of shade and water. If possible, get them as healthy as possible before temperatures climb.
By Amy Grant
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Dealing With Heat Stress: How To Protect Vegetables In Hot Weather
Heat stress can cause serious problems for vegetables, leading to wilting leaves, shriveled fruit, and even plant death. Extra protection is essential.
By Susan Patterson
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8 Fast-Growing Ground Cover Plants – Hide Bare Soil And Curb Weeds
Ground cover plants are the ideal solution to green up bare patches of soil. These fast-growing varieties will add a professional look to your landscaping design in no time.
By Bonnie L. Grant
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Ultimate Flowering Alliums: 8 Ornamental Alliums For Every Garden
From sparkly firework shapes to mammoth spherical displays, ornamental alliums stand proud. Here are eight of the best flowering alliums for every border
By Tonya Barnett
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My Father’s Garden - A Trip Back in Time and Sunday Soup
On Father's Day, our editor Caroline reflects on how her father and his garden changed over the years, and how it's changed her own outlook going forward.
By Caroline Bloomfield
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How To Make Tomato Plants Grow Faster: 7 Tips For An Early Bounty
Accelerate the growth rate of your tomatoes – without sacrificing flavor – and start enjoying a delicious crop in as little as four weeks from planting.
By Bonnie L. Grant
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Grow Roses From Rose Hips: Discover A Great Way To Grow Endless Rose Plants
As well as adding color and interest to rose bushes after flowering, hips offer untapped potential for future plants! Find out how to grow roses from rose hips
By Tonya Barnett
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Growing Camellia: Ultimate Camellia Planting And Care Guide
When early spring rolls around it’s time to think about camellia planting and care. One of the most beautiful shrubs with, brilliant foliage and stunning blooms, it deserves some devoted attention.
By Teo Spengler
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Grow Bachelor Buttons: How To Care For Cornflowers
How to grow bachelor buttons
By Becca Badgett
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Edible Lavender Varieties To Grow In Your Herb Garden
Is all lavender edible? Not really. Some lavender is delicious, but not all varieties are the same.
By Amy Grant
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6 Rose Deadheading Mistakes To Avoid If You Want Blooms All Summer Long
Deadheading roses is key to maximizing their flowering period. However, these common errors will nip plants' blooming potential in the bud.
By Bonnie L. Grant