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11 Plants for Colorful Shade Gardens

Garden Experiments — Fri, 14 May 2021 11:37:51 +0000

Planting in part to full shade doesn’t have to be boring. With these 10 colorful plants that need only part sun, you can add color and flowers to your shade garden. Choose from perennial flowers that grow in shade, shade perennials with brightly colored leaves, annuals that love shade, and ground covers perfect for those […]

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This amazing native plant actually moves when you touch it

Garden Experiments — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 22:38:47 +0000

If you haven’t been introduced to this tiny plant with fuzzy little pink flowers, you are missing out. It might not be much to look at, but sensitive briar does something pretty amazing. It moves. By itself. No, really. Sensitive briar – Mimosa spp. There are several species in the genus Mimosa that share the […]

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How to Grow Pink Evening Primrose

Garden Experiments — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 23:08:47 +0000

Sundays after church, my dad would pile the family into the car and take us for a drive through the countryside just outside the boundaries of the big city. We would see miles of delicate pink flowers lining the edges of the roads, growing the cracks in the sidewalk, and on the banks of the […]

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The Unique (and Rare) Flowers of the Cast Iron Plant

Garden Experiments — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 13:27:40 +0000

I adore plants. So when I had the opportunity to salvage some from the flower beds at my old home, I spent hours of my weekends digging and sweating in the Mississippi humidity in spite of the fact that I didn’t keep these plants. I just don’t have any more room at my current house […]

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Virginia Spring Beauty – Claytonia virginica

Garden Experiments — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 14:57:29 +0000

When I reach my limit with the bleakness of winter and cold temperatures, the tiniest pink striped flowers start to poke their heads out of lawns and ditches. To me, the Virginia spring beauty (Claytonia virginica) is a harbinger of spring and warmer weather. These wildflowers bloom just before the false garlic – so they […]

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Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia)

Garden Experiments — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 12:40:20 +0000

The little purple-blue flowers of common blue violet are blooming all over my grass under the trees, where it stays moist for long periods of time. I always try to mow around them as much as I can so that I can enjoy the wildflowers. They bloom in early spring into early summer, from April […]

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Philadelphia Fleabane – Erigeron philadelphicus

Garden Experiments — Thu, 09 May 2013 15:37:00 +0000

Philadelphia fleabane is a native wildflower in the sunflower family (Asteracea); it looks like a small feathery daisy or aster. Many may consider this flowering plant to be a weed, but it struck me as a nice addition to my yard. Although it’s not where I would like it to be at the moment, I […]

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