When properly selected and planted, sedge lawns require little or no mowing, fertilizing, or chemicals, and some require less water than conventional turf. Read Sedge Lawns: A Sustainable, Low-Maintenance Alternative to Grass
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Native FloraPlant ChoicesSustainable Gardening
Sedge Lawns: A Sustainable, Low-Maintenance Alternative to Grass
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Plant ChoicesSustainable Gardening
How to Prune Your Vines and Other Climbing Plants
A primer on when and how to prune climbing plants so they flower beautifully, stay healthy, and remain under control Read How to Prune Your Vines and Other Climbing Plants
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Garden DesignPlant Choices
Spring-Bulb Design Primer
Plan a gorgeous bulb display with snow drops, daffodils, tulips, fritillaria and other flowers that blooms in series as the season unfolds. Read Spring-Bulb Design Primer
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Plant ChoicesBBG Gardens & CollectionsClimate Change & Sustainability
Why Is the Native Flora Garden Pond Green?
That's not algae, it's the world's smallest flowering plant! Read Why Is the Native Flora Garden Pond Green?
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Plant ChoicesUrban GardeningUrban Gardening & Ecology
Weed of the Month: Chicory
Its roots taste like coffee, its leaves taste like dandelion greens, and its blue flowers will be gone before you know it. Read Weed of the Month: Chicory
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Growing FoodPlant Choices
Red Sorrel
Grow this mallow family member in your garden and use its unusual seedpods to make a tasty Caribbean beverage. Read Red Sorrel
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Growing FoodPlant Choices
Agastache: Fragrant Foliage and Colorful Blooms
This lovely, sweet-smelling mint relative will add color and attract pollinators to you garden in summer and fall. Read Agastache: Fragrant Foliage and Colorful Blooms
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Growing FoodPlant Choices
The Asparagus Pea
This pretty legume has deep red flowers and lovely frilled seedpods, which are edible and taste like asparagus. They are delicious in a salad with shrimp, tofu, and chile paste (recipe included). Read The Asparagus Pea
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Growing FoodPlant Choices
Red-Stemmed Malabar Spinach
Easy to grow and delicious to eat, this vigorous vine is unrelated to true spinach but produces abundant large leaves that are remarkably spinachlike. It's also much better suited for summer growing than its better-known namesake. Read Red-Stemmed Malabar Spinach
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Plant Choices
Irises for Summer and Fall
Reblooming and late-blooming iris cultivars extend the season for this garden favorite. Read Irises for Summer and Fall