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How to Force Bulbs

When you "force" bulbs to bloom out of season, you are using a "technique that imitates the environmental conditions that bulbs encounter outdoors, thereby tricking them into flowering earlier," as Marie Iannotti puts it. So my question to you is: Are you feeling tricky? Abo...

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About.co...dscaping — 20 hours ago

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What Plants Are the Stars of Your Yard?

What plants are shining most brightly in your November yard? In cold climates, flowers have now taken a backseat to foliage. For me, the stars for November (which include some holdovers from October) are the following plants -- chosen for their fall foliage, unless otherwise i...

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Candytuft

There are plants with "white" flowers, and then there are plants with "brilliant-white" flowers -- such as candytuft. In fact, candytuft puts on such a wonderful display that I recommend you go out of your way to grow it somewhere where you'll be able to enjoy its dazzling c...

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About.co...dscaping — 3 days ago

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'Arctic Beauty' Kiwi Vines

I grow 'Arctic Beauty' kiwi vines not for fruit, but for the ornamental value of their variegated leaves. "Variegated" is something of an understatement, however, when it comes to the foliage of kiwi vines. For the leaves can become tri-colored, flashing colors of pink, white and gree...

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About.co...dscaping — 4 days ago

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Regional Gardening Calendar for November

"November is when any similarity between gardening zones ceases to be," states Marie Iannotti. "Some of you are just moving into your temperate, gentle garden season and others will have almost no garden to speak of for several months to come." But as About's Gardening Guide p...

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About.co...dscaping — 5 days ago

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Organic Ant Control

Why might ant control be a landscaping chore worth looking into? In my article on organic ant control I answer that question. I'll say this much right here, though: it's not so much a "honey do" issue as it is a honeydew issue.... In case you decide that ant control is a landscap...

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About.co...dscaping — 6 days ago