Planting and Maintenance

A Southeast Sensory Garden Plan

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Choose these plants and flowers to create a garden founded on the senses.

Sago Palm: How to Grow

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Our garden experts offer sago palm planting, growing and care tips for this ancient plant.

Florida Meditation Garden Plan

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Create a little bit of heaven in your backyard: In this landscape design, bamboo panels and native plants create a private garden retreat.

Exotic Asian Greens to Plant for Fall

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Add some Eastern spice to your fall garden with unusual Asian greens.

Veggies You Can Start From Seed and Veggies You Can’t

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Nearly any plant can be started from a seed, but in vegetable gardening starting from seeds may not be the best plan.

How to Grow Organic Herbs

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Consider the health benefits of growing herbs organically.

Make Your Own Custom Planters

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Tea cups and cinder blocks make cheap and unique planters for very low cost. They will add personality and character to any outdoor space.

A Florida Sensory Garden Plan

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Use this guide to create a stimulating, sensory garden.

Growing Strawberries in Containers

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If you don’t have enough sun or space to grow fruiting trees or shrubs in your yard, give strawberries a try.

Grow a Kaffir Lime Tree Indoors

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You'll need to provide lots of light to grow this citrus as a houseplant, but its spicy-lemon flavor is worth the effort.

A Cherry Blossom Dessert Recipe

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D.C.'s famous festival puts cherries on top of everyone's minds.

Growing Dwarf Fruit Trees

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Turn your backyard into a miniature orchard—these gorgeous fruit trees are perfect for pots.

What Would Don Draper Plant?

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It's doubtful that the "Mad Men" hunk spent his mandatory leave of absence in the garden. But if he did, here's what he might have planted.

A Fruit Garden for the Rockies and High Plains

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Imagine stepping outside your back door to pick raspberries, strawberries, kiwi, persimmons, apples and pears. Here's a beautiful sitting area for your yard that will taste as good as it looks.

An Upper Midwest Sensory Garden Plan

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This landscape plan provides a fragrant, colorful "wrap" for any patio.

How to Plant a Cactus Container Garden

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Look sharp. You can make a cactus container garden in about an hour.

Deer-Resistant Annuals

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Outsmart Bambi by learning which annuals deer don’t usually eat.

Backyard Landscaping Ideas with Edibles

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A backyard gets a landscaping makeover with a design that mixes ornamental flowers with edible plants like grapes, cherry tomatoes, basil, sweet peppers, and strawberries.