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Seven gardening trends to change your life

The top gardening trends for 2023, including designing an environmentally friendly garden, growing mushrooms, the best gardening books and the hardy plants that can cope with climate change
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Gardening with Micki: Experiment with small-space gardening

Winter months are the perfect time to think about gardening and plan ahead for what you want to see blooming in your spring and summer garden. It’s also a perfect
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On Gardening: Superbena Royale Plum Wine verbena is Garden Guy’s pick for Viva Magenta, Pantone’s Color of the Year

Viva Magenta is the hot new color for 2023, according to Pantone, the gurus of all things color. Specifically, it is Pantone 18-1750. In the garden world, flowers will never
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Tensions mount between guerrilla gardeners and neighboring businesses

On Wednesday night, two men allegedly paid by Mission realtor Louis Cornejo were given a task: to move seven huge planters away from the west gate of the
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The Basics of Container Gardening – The Sun-Gazette Newspaper

On a cool day in late spring, I wandered in my back yard and counted 35 planted containers! I had collected the containers: large, medium, and small, from thrift stores, friends, and garden shops. They were various shapes and colors. And, of course, when planted, every container showcased plants I was interested in at the time. Several of the containers had been planted 5 or more years ago and were looking rather tired, some even had roots growing though the drainage hole! Others no longer served their purpose in highlighting a special plant or theme. Several containers were cracked or broken. And, keeping them watered in our hot, dry summers was getting harder. In my quest to revitalize and reduce the number of containers, I spent some hours researching container gardening.
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Gardening with Allen: These blooms are award winners

All-America Selections, a national nonprofit organization that tests plant varieties, has announced awards for six new flowers after competitive trials across North America.
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GARDENING: Winter damage begins to show

Winter burn could be seen on boxwood hedges in Clark County as early as November. Prune hedges in February or March to avoid damage to the plants.
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On Gardening: Dolce Appletini, Primo Wild Rose create heuchera heaven

Dolce Appletini and Primo Wild Rose were just two of the varieties that gave The Garden Guy’s container designs a touch of heuchera heaven. Now, like you, I find myself
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“Gardening in Weather Extremes” Program Coming to Dawson County

NORTH PLATTE – The Nebraska Extension Office is introducing a program series intended to help the backyard gardener’s plots and crops flourish despite Nebraska weather’s regular mood swings. The series, […]
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Gardening Update: Begonias with Carol Watson’s Greenhouse

Carol Watson features begonias in this week’s gardening update at Carol Watson’s Greenhouse.Watch the video to learn more.Carol Watson’s Greenhouse is open dail