Low-Cost Landscaping: Create a Stunning Oasis on a Budget
Who doesn’t dream of having a beautiful outdoor space to relax and unwind? But often, the idea of landscaping can seem daunting, especially when you’re on a tight budget. The…
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Planting Bulbs This Weekend? Ten Q&A Tips for Guaranteed Success
It’s that rare, magnificent autumn day, and you want to take full advantage of it by planting all of your spring-flowering bulbs, today. The following ten tips will guarantee the…
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Spectacular Trees and Shrubs for Color a Plant for Every Landscape
Color is everywhere! It’s a part of our daily lives, our natural environment, and the living spaces that we create for ourselves. It is also one of the fundamental attributes…
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Bountiful Landscapes: Ideas for Edible Gardens
When I was young, the late great naturalist Euell Gibbons was often on the radio or television encouraging people to eat from nature. The thought of an edible landscape instantly…
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Asian Influences in Our Northern Gardens: Eastern Origins of Common Landscape Plants
Imagine for a moment what our yards and gardens across the North would look like without plants whose lineages trace back to Asiatic origins. Imagine our gardens without Asiatic and…
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The Magnificent Flowering Giants of The North: Ornamental Crab Apples for Your Yard
We northerners sometimes don’t realize just how lucky we are. For all the very showy trees and shrubs that grace the landscapes of our southern neighbors, we actually have a…
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Top Ten Plants for Hummingbirds: Favorite Blooms for Attracting Hummingbirds to the Garden
Learn how to use plants in your landscape to attract hummingbirds to the garden. The Hummingbird is a long-time favorite of gardeners; little jeweled fliers that buzz about almost too…
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A Thousand Lilies for Every Landscape: Reporting From the “World Lily Capital”
To borrow the timeless words of Rod Serling, “Imagine if you will…” an idyllic community awash in a cacophony of colors, its countless gardens floating like shimmering islands atop the…
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A Lifetime of Endless Summers: Special Hydrangea Care Tips for Northerners
There are few northern gardeners who haven’t at least once wished that they could grow the lovely florist’s hydrangeas in their gardens, the kind with the enormous globular mopheads of…
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A Hummingbird Haven in Your Backyard
Many northern gardeners that we speak to in the course of our work are both surprised and delighted to hear that with some effort, they could easily enjoy hummingbirds in…
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Facing Down Your Landscape: How to Design with Facer Plants
To the average passerby admiring a beautifully landscaped scene, the smaller plants at the base of larger elements might go unnoticed, save for a nod to a choice plant or…
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Stone Pathway Filler Plant Basics – It’s What’s In Between That Counts
One of the most attractive of all walkways that a designer can introduce into a landscape or garden layout is a natural stone path. Stone is one of the fundamental…
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Using Boulders in the Residential Landscape
Boulders are a fundamental landscape element in the designer’s repertoire. We’ll discuss the principles of their use in the home landscape, fitting them into a garden composition, and how to…
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The Art and Science of Moving Plants
Probably the most common question we get is whether a plant can be safely moved from one location in the yard or garden to another and when to move it.…
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First Year Tree and Shrub Care
It’s always such a joy to welcome a new addition to your budding landscape collection. A new tree or shrub brings with it the promise of deep shade, showy flowers,…
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9 Bad Habits That May Be Harming Your Lawn
It’s hard not to keep comparing your lawn with your neighbor’s to see which one is more vibrant. However, with regular and correct lawn care in Bethesda, MD, your turf…
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Yard Care and Your Safety: 5 Tips You Should Never Forgo
Some see gardening and yard work as a chore, while others find it fulfilling and even calming. Whichever group you belong to, safety should always be your top priority. Make…
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Lawn Maintenance Tips for Busy Homeowners
Every homeowner dreams of having a healthy and lush green lawn surrounding their home. It will take you time and effort to achieve this result. But in the end, it…
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Guide to Successful Outdoor Garden Fountain Designs
Good outdoor garden fountain designs work together with the look and feel of the landscape. They meet the visual needs of their surroundings and do double-duty as either a backdrop…
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Avoid Telltale Beginner Landscaping Mistakes: How to Create a Home Landscape That Looks Professionally Designed
Follow these easily implemented, do-it-yourself garden design techniques to achieve the look of a professionally designed backyard landscape. Novice gardeners and new backyard landscapers make common mistakes that brand their…
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