Latest articles by Emma Kendell
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Must-Have Plants That Will Be Twice the Price Come Spring – Add Them to Your Yard Now and Save Yourself a FortuneThese essential plants are often discounted as summer draws to a close so get them into your garden, pronto, while they're still on sale.
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Step-by-Step to a Fall Hanging Basket Full of Color and CharmHanging baskets aren’t just for summer! Swap in vibrant plants that thrive in cooler weather for a standout display that shines through fall and carries your yard into winter.
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Plant These $1 Bulbs in Your Lawn Now For Drifts of Pretty Fall FlowersGet these fast-growing crocus bulbs into the ground in September and enjoy lavender-hued blooms in a few weeks.
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Fill Patio Pots with Vibrant Plants that Last from Fall into Winter for a Wonderfully Colorful Cool-Season DisplayPlant these easy-to-grow cold-hardy plants in September to keep your yard planters full of color for months to come.
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Walmart is Clearing Out Garden Tools – 27 Great Deals That Deserve a Spot in Your ShedFrom pruning shears to shovels, weed pullers to wheelbarrows, these are the gardening tools with 4-star-plus reviews to snap up while they're on sale.
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I’m Making Rose Salt From Garden-Grown Petals – it’s My Secret Ingredient When I Bake the Best Brownies in TownMaking rose salt takes moments and tastes amazing, adding a sweet-and-savoury hit that raises recipes to new levels.
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10 Flower-Forever Versions of Your Favourite Annual Blooms – Plant Once, Enjoy for YearsFrom sunflowers to sweet peas, cosmos to foxgloves, save yourself the cost and effort of replanting every year with a perennial alternative.
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These 7 Flower Seeds to Sow in Fall Are the Best Investment You'll Make for Next Year's GardenFor the cost of a few packets of seeds, you can enjoy strong plants that produce drifts of flowers from late spring through summer.
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New LEGO Houseplants: is Brick-Built Better Than the Real Thing?Would you rather an unkillable peace lily made of LEGO or one that’s actually alive? I put both to the test…
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Boost Patio Containers with Tomato Feed to Encourage a Last Flush of FlowersPlants in pots have had a marathon of a summer, so a nutritious boost in August or early September will keep them flowering for an extra few weeks.
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10 Budget Backyard Ideas to Carry Your Garden Into Fall – Act Before August Ends for Late-Season Style That Doesn't Break the BankCheap, chic and seriously easy to do: a little forward planning lets you fill your yard with autumn flowers and appealing garden features for less.
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These Black-Eyed Susan Varieties Flower Even Longer than Goldsturm for Bonny Blooms All Through FallEnjoy months more cheery black-eyed Susan flowers with these 7 resilient rudbeckias – and now's a great time to plant them.
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You Can Now Be Composted and Returned to Your Garden as Soil – the End-Of-Life Care Option That’s Appealing to GardenersAshes to ashes, compost to compost: the biggest human composting facility in the world now means you could look after your plants forever more.
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Weekend Win: This Quick August Job Will Bring Bigger, Better Roses Next SummerSummer heat triggers stressed roses to grow suckers that sap water and nutrients from your plant, but it takes barely 10 minutes to remove them.
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10 New Set-and-Forget Bulbs to Buy Before August Ends – it’s the Easy Gardening Cheat to Borders Full of Striking Spring BloomsStandout new varieties of fall-planted bulbs always sell out before it’s time to plant them, and they're easily stored in a paper bag in your shed.
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ALDI’s $10 Big Resin Planters are the Quick Upgrade my August Patio NeedsI'll be filling my middle-aisle finds with plants that bloom into fall.
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Every Garden Needs One Plant That Keeps Flowering When Everything Else Gives Up – and You Can Rely on These 7 Late-Season HeroesFlowers that carry on blooming through summer into fall without much help from you, and reliably return year after year? Yes please!
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Anthropologie’s Urn Planters are a Gardener’s Dream, and I Found Some Brilliant Dupes to Get The Look for LessCan you tell which urn planter cost $300, $80 and $25? Here's how to get summer's most stylish patio accent without busting the budget.
