The Pantone Color Institute has recently announced its color of the year.  The color is selected to reflect the year ahead.  This year they actually selected two colors.  The two...
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If you are looking for color in your garden once the flowers have gone, you might want to consider adding a plant that has berries.  When you have plants with berries, you will also have a...
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If you have lived on the West Coast of the United States in the past few years, you might have experienced or lived through the effects of a wildfire.  Just watching the news and seeing the...
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Mailbox garden design focuses not only on the mailbox but on the space around it as well. Gardening around a mailbox will add curb appeal, but mailbox gardens can be more than just some plants...
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We often think of annuals as container plants or flowers whose purpose is to fill a space in the garden with a quick burst of color, but there are many annual flowers that are tall and rather...
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Black flowers and plants are unique and add some intrigue and mystery to your garden.  These plants may look black but are actually a deep shade of purple or red.

There are people...
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As we have mentioned before natural resources are not limitless. Water is one of those resources and we must balance having a beautiful garden using less water, especially if you live in an area...
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In the past, we have mentioned that foliage often does not get the recognition it deserves in the garden.  In recent years we have seen more interest in foliage and how these versatile plants...
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