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  • By Patricia Vecchio
  • September 28, 2020

Adding Camellias to Your Landscape

What’s not to like about Camellias? They're green all year, flower for a long time when flowers are hard to find in the landscape, have a wide range of blossom types and colors, and according to many, are reasonably deer resistant.

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  • September 28, 2020

Choosing Tough Perennials for Your Garden

From a gardener's perspective, one important advantage of a perennial plant is that it typically lives for 2 years or more, even though it may die back during the winter months. 

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  • By Patricia Vecchio
  • September 28, 2020

How to Make a Succulent-Topped Pumpkin

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  • September 28, 2020

Nectar Plants for Migrating Pollinators

This time of year, around September, threats facing migratory wildlife are more on our minds. The flyway corridors that migratory pollinators use have been diminished and fragmented by development, pesticides and exotic (non-native) plant invasion. 

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  • September 28, 2020

Succulent Arrangements

Once you have a little knowledge, the world of container-growing succulents will open up to you. Succulents are so eye-catching because they come in such a variety of colors, shapes and textures from which you can make striking combinations.

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  • September 28, 2020

Top 12 Deer Resistant Flower Bulbs

Creating a beautiful garden when deer live in your neighborhood can be a daunting task. Ways of deterring deer vary from temporary and permanent physical barriers, to motion activated devices, repellants, and even to attracting deer to an alternate area. 

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