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evergreen shrubs

7 Landscaping Mistakes

We all want to have a beautiful yard, with easy care landscaping that is the envy of our neighbors. And, being a nation of do-it-yourselfers, many of us create our home landscape design by looking at garden magazines with inspirational articles, plans and pictures.
But it takes more than photo inspiration to make a workable garden [...]

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Rhododendrons – My Favorite Flowering Shrub

Rhododendrons have become one of my favorite shrubs. These gloriously flowering evergreen shrubs come in colors and varieties to suit almost any region and any garden. They are quite hardy, but need to be placed properly in the garden . Like their relatives, azaleas, they are woodland plants, so must have particularly good drainage, an [...]

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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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Grow Rhododendrons for Year-Round Interest

Rhododendrons are beautiful woodland plants that can thrive in your garden, giving  year-round interest. Over 1000 varieties of rhododendrons are available, most with showy, colorful flower displays. They range in size from tiny species just inches tall to mid-sized shrubs to R. giganteum, which can reach 30 meters tall.
Rhodos are widely distributed throughout the world, [...]

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