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Orchid Flower Spikes: How to Train New Spikes for Beautiful Blooms
An orchid flower spike is where all the drama and beauty is. Learn to train new flower spikes without breaking them to keep your orchid looking gorgeous.
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6 Native Spring Ephemerals to Add Easy Beauty While the Rest of Your Garden Is Still Sleeping
These hardworking native spring ephemerals put on a show while most other plants are still sleeping underground. Add them to your garden for easy, early beauty.
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Which Flower Garden Style Suits You best? Find Out With Our Quiz
Are you a cottage garden romantic, a color-loving maximalist, or something else entirely? It's time to find out, once and for all...
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6 Slow-Growing Flowers You Need to Start Early – Or They Won’t Bloom This Year (They’re Totally Worth the Wait)
Some of the most breathtaking performers refuse to be rushed. From the rose-like lisianthus to the honey-scented heliotrope, give these 6 slow-growing flowers a head start now to ensure your garden is draped in summer color
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If Your Poinsettia Is Still Blooming in February, It’s a Keeper – but You Need to Act Now if You Want Flowers Next Christmas
A poinsettia still blooming in February is a good sign – but skip this key task now, and you can forget about seeing those stunning red bracts again.
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How to Grow Peonies in Pots for Years of Easy Color Even in Small Spaces
They are amongst the most exquisite ornamentals, yet peonies have a rep for being the domain of sprawling beds and borders. The truth is you don’t need loads of space to grow dazzling peonies in pots, as this expert guide reveals
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Discover Your Birth Month Peony and Its Deep Symbolic Meaning
Get ready to meet your floral soulmate, peony lovers.
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Should You Really Follow Plant Spacing Guidelines? When It’s Okay to Break the Rules
Are plant spacing guidelines actually a lie? Find out what you can get away with and when you should stick to the playbook.
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Zone 6 Planting Schedule – What to Start Each Month
Follow along each month to see what seeds to start indoors and what to sow directly in the garden. This is your ultimate Zone 6 planting guide.
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7 Flowers That Symbolize Friendship – Perfect for Galentine’s Day!
Get ready for the bestie bouquet to end all bestie bouquets…
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My Secret to Glorious Summer Roses Starts in Winter – I Get my Garden Birds to Do the Pest Control
Protect your precious roses from aphids, scale insects, sawflies and other garden pests with this ridiculously easy but effective late-winter hack.
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The Hidden Meanings Behind the Most Romantic Valentine’s Flowers
These beautiful blooms are in season for Valentine’s Day, and each one carries a love story of its own.
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This is February’s Birth Flower – And How to Grow It From Seed
Give your February garden a delicate touch with its symbolic birth flower for a charming, long-lasting display.
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Discover Your Birth Month Rose – and the Beautiful Meaning Behind Each One
Bold rambling rose? Generous golden bloomer? Here’s the rose that matches your birth month (and why it suits your personality best).
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Planting Poppies in Containers for Easy Color and Huge Impact in Small Spaces
Poppies are surprisingly easy to grow in pots when a few basics are met, making them a great fit for balconies, patios, and compact corners that don’t have room for traditional garden beds. Here’s how to pot your own dazzling blooms
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Start These 9 Flower Seeds in February for a Long‑Lasting Season of Color and Beauty
Dreaming of a dreamily colorful garden when the weather finally warms up? You've come to the right place...
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10 Bewitching Blue Flowers That Look Almost Unreal – Start Them From Seed This Winter for a Long Summer of Color
Give your garden a head start on summer with rare blue blooms that look almost too vivid to be real – all grown easily from seed indoors in winter.
