Tips for Growing Daffodils
The very word Daffodil is magic, for these rugged and cheerful blooms are the first major flowers of spring, and they light up the landscape on even the dreariest day. Many gardeners know the familiar...
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Discover the Delights of Tree Peonies, Paeonia suffruticosa
Why grow Tree Peonies? Tree Peonies are magnificent, long-lived woody shrubs that no garden should be without. Some varieties reach 4–5′ in height, and plants are capable of bearing fragrant flowers up...
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Tips for Growing Peonies
One of our favorite sights and scents in the garden is the yearly parade of Peony flowers that happens each June at the farm in Morris, CT. These gorgeous, and often fragrant, plants are very easy to...
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Top 5 Perennials for Late Season Interest
Create an autumn color show in your garden with perennials that come into their own late in the season. Asters, Ornamental Grasses, Rudbeckias, Russian Sage, and Echinaceas are among the plants that...
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Amending Your Soil to Maximize Tomato Harvest
Some of the fruits of our colleague’s 2015 tomato harvest, rinsed and ready for cooking and freezing. When it comes to growing tomatoes, it seems every gardener has an opinion about how to get the...
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Our Top 5 Gifts for Mother’s Day
For moms everywhere, the last year has been a tremendous challenge. In addition to juggling the routine demands of family life, many were called upon to manage daily child-care duties and the ups and...
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Five Ways to Use Woodland Strawberries (Fraises des Bois)
Woodland Strawberries are about the smallest you will find. But don’t let their diminutive size fool you. These oblong berries, each about the size of a small almond, pack a remarkable amount of...
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5 Tools for Bulb Planting
We’ve spent decades testing tools and supplies for planting bulbs each fall and we keep coming back to a few favorites. Using the right tools and supplies makes the planting easier, and more...
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Attracting Butterflies to Your Garden
You can attract a variety of butterflies to your garden by offering some of the blossoms they love best and by incorporating accessories that provide support. The plants highlighted here all produce...
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Fragrant Shrubs Add Beauty & Perfume to the Garden
Experienced gardeners can tell the season by the scents that fill the air. Spring brings the transporting perfume of Lilacs and the unmistakable sweet spicy vanilla fragrance of Viburnum carlesii. Late...
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