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Don’t give up: August can be the summer climax for our gardens
This is it folks — the final lap of the summer gardening season, when all our hard work…
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How to attract butterflies and hummingbirds to your garden
For me, part of the joy of gardening is watching winged friends visit my yard and flit about…
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Bring a variety of plants to your yard by landscaping in layers
Before I purchased the Sunnyside Nursery back in 1989, I owned a landscape contracting business in California. That…
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Annuals or perennials, salvia is Mother Nature’s hummingbird magnet
If you want to attract hummingbirds to your garden, there are lots — and I mean lots —…
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Even in the heat: Four ways to have a fabulous July garden
According to weather guru Rufus La Lone of the Weather Cafe, July is shaping up to be a…
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It’s time to get serious about watering your garden
Last week I gave you several tips on how to become a better gardener. As promised, this week…
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Gardening 101: The top 3 ways to become a better gardener
I have often thought about what it is about some people that makes them good gardeners and what…
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The wonderful and weird world of carnivorous bog plants
One of the things that drew me into the world of horticulture is the incredible diversity of plants…
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Words of encouragement for the frustrated gardener
This seems to be the week that we will finally shake off Old Man Winter, but just the…
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Don’t know what to get Mom for her special day? Here’s 5 ideas
Oh, the eternal question: What should we get Mom for her once-a-year special day? (Knowing that no matter…
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Wake up container gardens with variety of colors, textures
It’s time to move out of our comfort zone and get into container gardening in a whole new…
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Notes from a gardener with a Japanese maple addiction
This week’s The Whistling Gardener column is written by Sunnyside Nursery’s Trevor Cameron.
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Lepidotes: Small-leaved rhodies you will love to grow
Anytime I write about rhododendrons, I know I am taking a chance on losing my readers.
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If March was yellow, then surely April is white and pink
Last month should be remembered for all the yellow flowering plants. Granted, other colors of flowers were present,…
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A gardener’s to-do list for April
Considering all the cold and wet weather we have had, and evidently will continue to have for at…
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Your guide to the onion, a cool season vegetable
March and April are what we call the cool season when it comes to veggies.
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Spring is here! What’s blooming in your garden?
This week marks that magic moment when our days finally become longer than our nights.
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It’s time to prep your garden for the spring season
The last day of February started out cold and frozen with a few snowflakes falling from the sky,…
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Signs point to new season: It may not feel like it, but spring is almost here
I know it doesn’t feel like it but spring will arrive soon, despite the cold and wet (dare…