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Perfect Perennial Pairings for Spring Color with Trees and Shrubs
Posted by Annie Algren on May 4th 2025
Perfect Perennial Pairings for Spring Color with Trees & Shrubs Spring is the perfect time to bring fresh life and color to your garden, and if you are eager to make a bigger, bolder...
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Perfect Perennial Pairings for Spring Color in the Sun
Posted by Annie Algren on May 1st 2025
Perfect Perennial Pairings for Spring Color in the Sun Every spring, the Midwest gardener patiently waits for the gardens to slowly thaw and melt away the long winter blues. The winter s...
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Perfect Perennial Pairings for Spring Color in the Shade
Posted by Annie Algren on Apr 22nd 2025
Perfect Perennial Pairings for Spring Color in the Shade As the chill of winter fades and the promise of spring begins to bloom, shaded areas of your garden can come alive with fresh col...
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Planting Perennials for Cut Flowers
Posted by Annie Algren on Apr 15th 2025
Planting Perennials for Cut Flowers Planting perennials for cut flowers is the secret to filling your garden with vibrant, long-lasting blooms that keep giving, season after season. Step...
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How to Prune Hydrangeas
Posted by Jessie Jacobson on Mar 27th 2025
How to Prune Hydrangeas Hydrangeas are a staple in any Zone 4 (but we are now classified as 5!) garden. We love them and can't ever get enough. Their glorious blooms are the sweet reward...
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Get the Gardens Ready for Winter
Posted by Jessie Jacobson on Sep 22nd 2024
Get the Gardens Ready for Winter As the sun sets earlier and earlier in the sky each week, residing at a lower angle and casting a distinctly autumnal light on the cooler days ahead, it'...
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Fall is for Planting
Posted by Jessie Jacobson on Sep 5th 2024
Fall is for Planting Perennials The cool, crisp air of fall gives us and the garden a welcome relief at the end of the summer. Now is the time for planting! Our glorious fall weather off...
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Hosta
Posted by Jessie Jacobson on Aug 18th 2024
Hosta (Plantain Lily) A longstanding and familiar favorite, Hosta (HOSS-tuh), or plantain lily, of the Asparagus family, Asaparagaceae, offer an unrivaled variety of appearances fit for...
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Echinacea
Posted by Jessie Jacobson on Aug 4th 2024
Echinacea (Coneflower) There’s nothing quite like the commanding presence of summer perennial blooms, especially the familiar rainbow of blooms of the numerous cultivars of purple...
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