Garden Adventurer: Beyond Purple: The Other Beautyberries
If you planted beautyberries (Callicarpa sp.) in your landscape in the last year or two, you probably now feel like a smart gardener. Why?…
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Garden Adventurer: Fall for Loose-Leaf Lettuce
Look up “August” in the dictionary, and the synonym “hot” will pop up — or, at least, it should. But even as summer reaches…
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Garden Adventurer: Crape Myrtles in the Dark
Few woody ornamentals are as constant in the summer garden as crape myrtles. Once established, they can be reliably counted on to light up…
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Garden Adventurer: Strange Beauty: Pineapple Lilies
Pick any ornamental perennial for your flower garden, and it will certainly be unique in its own way. However, there are some plants that…
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Garden Adventurer: A Fish Tale
With spring getting into full swing, decisions are being made on annuals to add to ornamental and vegetable gardens. While your choices are obviously…
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Garden Adventurer: The Bodacious Crossvine
Have an ugly fence or wall in need of being dressed up? Trellis looking bare and bland? Like the idea of lounging under a…
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Garden Adventurer: Agalonema Aglow
As winter weather chills the desire to work outside in the yard, many gardeners turn their attentions to the pleasures of houseplants. And one…
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Garden Adventurer: Color Your Indoor World with Calathea
As cooling temperatures begin to creep into the garden, backyard growers are turning inward — as in inside — for horticulture pleasures by way…
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Garden Adventurer: Conversation Piece: The Ginkgo Tree
Autumn is the perfect time to plant woody ornamentals, and if you are looking for a real conversation piece, grab a ginkgo tree (Ginkgo…
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Garden Adventurer: Caryopteris for Cary
Having been here long enough to feel almost indigenous, I do like most things Cary-related, and this preference has even pulled me to a…
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