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Theme Gardens

How to Create a Butterfly Garden

People who love to garden also tend to enjoy watching butterflies flitting about. After all, butterflies are just as pretty to look at as the flowers that they visit. Gardeners can entice even more butterflies to visit their gardens by creating gardens specifically for butterflies.
It’s quite easy to create a butterfly garden. You may even [...]

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Purple Foliage Plants

In ancient Rome, certain shades of purple were reserved for the rulers. Wearing purple by non-royals was punishable by death. This royal color in the plant kingdom can range from rich understated purples to warm burgundy and deep coppery reds, to a dark red-green that appears almost black. People tend to gravitate towards purple foliage [...]

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Companion Planting – Does it Work?

Companion planting is a method of growing plants together, with the idea that they will benefit each other in some way.
But, just as we have good neighbors, there are bad neighbors as well. Some plants really dislike each other, and shouldn’t be planted in close quarters, as it may cause one to perform poorly or [...]

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Plant a Fragrance Garden

What could be more wonderful than strolling through a flower garden full of scent and fragrance and in bloom all season from spring through fall?
Everyone loves a fragrant flower, whether it’s spicy, musky or sweetly scented. By selecting carefully, you can design and plant a flower garden to provide special scents and aromas to appreciate [...]

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Plants for a Shade Garden

Make an Oasis
Make an oasis in the shady spots in your  yard with plants for a shade garden. You can have a lovely display of greens and colors on the north side of a house, under tree canopies or in a corner that gets little direct sunlight; in the spots you thought couldn’t support plants. [...]

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