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The Year of the Vines

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Gardeners tend to remember days, months and years by certain significant events and conditions.  Right now, too many people in the western United States are sweating through The Year of No Rain.  Five years ago, many of us who grow hydrangeas in the northeastern part of the country went through a couple of late spring … Read more

Opportunists

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Opportunist plants lurk in every garden, even those well maintained oases of perfection that routinely knock visitors’ socks off.  Some of those opportunists we tag as “weeds”, but others are perfectly respectable plants whose only sin is seeing the main chance and taking it.  In fall, some of the most prominent of these plants make … Read more