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2023
- Feb 27, 2023 Hedgerow Habitat meet Pollinator Strips and Beetle Banks Feb 27, 2023
- Feb 17, 2023 Understanding Agastache: which species and hybrids are the most appropriate for a native garden in Westchester County NY Feb 17, 2023
- Feb 15, 2023 Borage for Bees and Pollinators Feb 15, 2023
- Feb 7, 2023 Pollination 101: A Brief Review of The Birds and the Bees and the Flowers and the Trees Feb 7, 2023
- Feb 5, 2023 Asexual Reproduction in plants is part of the natural repertoire for many perennials and is important in forming and maintaining plant communities. Its not all about seeds! Feb 5, 2023
- Jan 19, 2023 Perennial Plant of the Year 2023 Rudbeckia X 'American Gold Rush' Jan 19, 2023
- Jan 3, 2023 It's time to re-organize the pantry Jan 3, 2023
2022
- Dec 31, 2022 Words of Wisdom Dec 31, 2022
- Nov 28, 2022 From a recent Roy Diblik YouTube video. The screenshots speak for themselves! Nov 28, 2022
- Nov 15, 2022 2022 draws to an end Nov 15, 2022
- Oct 18, 2022 A Reblooming Hydrangea macrophylla Selected by Michael Dirr himself Oct 18, 2022
- Sep 21, 2022 Crimson Barberry Is Back! Sep 21, 2022
- Aug 26, 2022 Midwest Groundcovers - One of the wholesale nurseries I wish I could shop at! Aug 26, 2022
- Jul 28, 2022 Some more new perennials that I'd like to try, and why Jul 28, 2022
- Jul 4, 2022 Open Graded Base: How to make your new hardscape installation better, more permeable and more robust to freeze-thaw events Jul 4, 2022
- May 18, 2022 Doug Tallamy's Homegrown National Park Idea May 18, 2022
- Apr 14, 2022 OK - I've given up on writing about new plants for 2022. Instead, here are a few new plants that I've seen pictures of and hope to find and try out this season Apr 14, 2022
- Mar 6, 2022 Plant Patents Mar 6, 2022
- Feb 12, 2022 Making Sense of Plant Names Feb 12, 2022
- Feb 6, 2022 The start of the 2022 Season - some things I wish for Feb 6, 2022
- Jan 30, 2022 Back to Landscape Design for a change: a Naturalistic Planting Design by Nigel Dunnett for The Garden of Pooled Talents Conceived and Designed by Stephen Broadbent Jan 30, 2022
2021
- Dec 28, 2021 2021: The Second Year of the COVID Pandemic is Ending, but the pandemic isn't! Dec 28, 2021
2020
- Jul 20, 2020 2020: The First Year of the COVID Pandemic Jul 20, 2020
- Feb 29, 2020 Leap Day! Feb 29, 2020
- Feb 14, 2020 Spring is around the corner – It's time again to consider downsizing your lawn Feb 14, 2020
- Jan 7, 2020 Happy New Year Jan 7, 2020
2019
- Dec 10, 2019 Plant(s) of the Year 2020 Dec 10, 2019
- Oct 24, 2019 Why do so many landscapes fail? Oct 24, 2019
- Aug 2, 2019 Get Outside and Play! The benefits include balance, confidence, climbing, strength, overall fitness and fun Aug 2, 2019
- May 13, 2019 Planning for Planning a Back Yard “Orchard” - Choices for small-ish fruit-bearing trees to plant in the back yard May 13, 2019
- Apr 22, 2019 Got Geese? Apr 22, 2019
- Mar 25, 2019 Rain Garden Effectiveness - Data Collected Over a 4 Year Period in Cincinnati OH Mar 25, 2019
- Feb 19, 2019 Here's the letter I sent to our School District in 2015. Spoiler alert - nothing happened! Feb 19, 2019
- Jan 26, 2019 Conifer Cone Production Jan 26, 2019
- Jan 16, 2019 Proven Winners National Plants of the Year 2019 Jan 16, 2019
- Jan 4, 2019 PPA 2019 Plant of The Year: Stachys monieri 'Hummelo' ... and some of the previous winners as well Jan 4, 2019
- Jan 3, 2019 Happy 2019! Jan 3, 2019
2018
- Dec 28, 2018 Adam Wheeler - Horticulturalist at Broken Arrow Nursery Dec 28, 2018
- Oct 5, 2018 How Cool is This??!! Oct 5, 2018
- Aug 24, 2018 Claudia West - a wondrous and enthusiastic horticulturalist with important ideas Aug 24, 2018
- Jun 15, 2018 Building a BETTER Grass Garden Jun 15, 2018
- Mar 7, 2018 Darrel Morrison's Article for the Ecological Landscape Alliance Newsletter: Musings on Ecology, Art and Music in the Landscape Mar 7, 2018
- Feb 16, 2018 2017 Trial Garden Results - from Walters Gardens in Michigan Jeremy Windemuller Trial Garden Manager Feb 16, 2018
- Jan 24, 2018 Horticulture Magazine - Plants We Love for 2018 Jan 24, 2018
2017
- Dec 29, 2017 Roy Diblik - "They share the space unselfishly" Dec 29, 2017
- Sep 12, 2017 Proven Winners Shrubs to keep an eye out for Sep 12, 2017
- Jul 27, 2017 The Legacy of Pierre Bennerup The American Gardener Nov/Dec 2013 Jul 27, 2017
- May 16, 2017 APLD Brochure: An APLD Guide to Sustainable Soils Available on the APLD website www.apld.org May 16, 2017
2016
- Jan 24, 2016 American Gardener Magazine New Plants 2016 Jan 24, 2016
- Jan 18, 2016 Good advice for everyone, including Landscape Designers Jan 18, 2016
- Jan 17, 2016 Don't Plant these in 2016! Jan 17, 2016
2015
- Sep 10, 2015 Flight 93 Memorial Sep 10, 2015
- Aug 12, 2015 Some Plants you should try Aug 12, 2015
- Jul 15, 2015 The food web - what is the role of fungi? Jul 15, 2015
- May 4, 2015 Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond VA May 4, 2015
- Apr 7, 2015 US National Arboretum Tree and Shrub Introductions Apr 7, 2015
- Mar 26, 2015 2015 Perennial Plant of the Year - Geranium x cantabrigiense 'Biokovo' Mar 26, 2015
- Feb 24, 2015 Insect Hotels Feb 24, 2015
- Feb 3, 2015 Winter Dormancy and Cold-Hardiness - How woody plants survive winter Feb 3, 2015
- Jan 18, 2015 Frost is beautiful Jan 18, 2015
2014
- Dec 14, 2014 Incorporate your late fall clean-up “trimmings” with other natural materials for a one-of-a-kind seasonal wreath Dec 14, 2014
- Oct 21, 2014 A medley of fall colors Oct 21, 2014
- Sep 16, 2014 Geums - plant some of these! Sep 16, 2014
- Aug 17, 2014 Folly Forest: From Asphalt to Educational Landscape Aug 17, 2014
- Jun 30, 2014 More Soil Basics - what are the roles of soil? Jun 30, 2014
- Jun 19, 2014 Soil Basics revisited Jun 19, 2014
- May 5, 2014 Spring 2014 May 5, 2014
- Feb 17, 2014 2014 Award Winners Feb 17, 2014
- Feb 10, 2014 Biochar is the New Black Feb 10, 2014
- Jan 30, 2014 Sustainability in 2014 Jan 30, 2014
2013
- Dec 18, 2013 Happy Holidays Dec 18, 2013
- Nov 4, 2013 The best hour you can spend in your garden this fall ..... Nov 4, 2013
- Oct 31, 2013 Don't put away the hose yet! Oct 31, 2013
- Sep 18, 2013 Plant Viburnums in your Mixed Screening Border Sep 18, 2013
- Jul 16, 2013 Echinacea (Coneflower) morphology is different than you may imagine, and that’s how all the wild and crazy-looking new cultivars have been bred. Jul 16, 2013
- Jun 3, 2013 Native plants for challenging situations - 4 I love Jun 3, 2013
- May 5, 2013 What you need to know about girdling roots May 5, 2013
- Mar 8, 2013 Conserving Wild Bees Mar 8, 2013
- Mar 4, 2013 Piet Oudolf's Favorite Perennials Mar 4, 2013
2012
- Oct 12, 2012 Here's what three things I'm obsessed with this fall Oct 12, 2012
- Apr 14, 2012 Some of Mike Ruggerio's Favorite Perennials Apr 14, 2012
- Mar 1, 2012 The Gardens at Wave Hill Mar 1, 2012
- Feb 27, 2012 Colored Stems and Leaves Feb 27, 2012
- Jan 19, 2012 Deer resistant evergreens Jan 19, 2012
- Jan 4, 2012 A few favorite deer resistant ornamental trees and shrubs Jan 4, 2012
2011
- Oct 26, 2011 Deer browsing and biodiversity: upsetting the balance Oct 26, 2011
- Sep 14, 2011 Too many deer! Sep 14, 2011
- Aug 25, 2011 Soil is Not Dirt! Aug 25, 2011

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