Month: March 2023

This is Joe in northern Indiana. I’m a confident gardener outside, but I often struggle with houseplants. They are, however, a pretty essential aspect of getting through our long, cold, snowy winters, so I’ve been trying more, and have had some successes I’m happy with. Rabbit’s foot fern (Davallia fejeensis) has been an easy-to-grow star
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Today’s photos are from Vince in Sussex, United Kingdom. Just before COVID, I started the Instagram account @small_magical_gardens. The account has always been a hobby and faceless, as it’s about gardens and not me. It is not for personal gain. Drawing on my previous horticultural experience, I have a passion for sharing practical, realistically attainable
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Roses are quintessential garden treasures that evoke romantic images of Sissinghurst and other iconic British landscapes. Here in the United States, however, they have developed a bit of a bad reputation. Many gardeners have an outdated impression of roses (based on memories of their grandparents’ beds of hybrid teas) and consider them to be high-maintenance,
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Growing herbs from seed is an incredibly rewarding and inexpensive way to savor homegrown flavor fresh from your garden at your table. Getting the seeds to sprout is generally the easiest step. There are a few other essential steps, however, to successfully nurture seedlings into mature and useful plants. This includes providing adequate light and
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As gardeners look forward to the joys of spring, we often turn to pruning to satisfy our green thumbs. Knowing when and how to prune clematis (Clematis spp. and cvs., Zones 4–11) is often shrouded in confusion. However, arming yourself with a few basic principles will make the decision-making process much easier. Clematis are divided
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Today we’re back to Keith in chilly Zone 3 in Canada. Today I would like to share photos of the latest evolution in my garden that I didn’t have room for in my earlier post (Keith’s Zone 3 Garden) and some other random photos of annuals and perennials. This area was probably the most eye-catching
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Often the key to keeping roses happy, healthy, and looking their best is proper pruning. This is done using specific techniques and timing, depending on the type of rose you have. The following is a simplified way to approach rose maintenance that won’t take a blueprint or countless hours to accomplish. Deadhead spent flowers on
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Today’s photos are from Joan Ganley. My garden in January is always a cold and snowy place. Looking out on the snowy landscape, I make notes of where I might improve my winter interest. In the backyard this currently includes ‘Miss Kim’ lilacs (Syringa pubescens ‘Miss Kim’, Zones 3–8), spruce (Picea, Zones 2–7), crabapples (Malus),
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Green plants? Well of course! What else would our topic be for a St. Patrick’s Day episode? Today we’re talking about plants that are stunners despite being “just green.” Turns out that these selections of perennials, annuals, trees, and shrubs are some of the most textural and eye-catching plants you can grow. And, we’ll remind
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In this video I will go over my march garden checklist to give you the garden jobs for march. I will cover Planting, Fertilizing, Pruning, Cleaning, and more. MENTIONED LINKS AND VIDEOS – Find your frost date: https://www.almanac.com/gardening/frostdates – Free planting worksheet: https://www.nextlevelgardening.tv (click on downloads) – Order my book, “Companion Planting for Beginners” :
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