A Way To Garden

ornamental plants

Even in my cold Zone 6A climate, I aim for a 365-day garden. Selecting the right plants is a key. The ornamental plant archive includes reliable, beloved garden subjects that I grow here, many with multiple seasons of appeal, from annuals and groundcovers all the way up to shrubs, vines and trees.

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bee balm: make room for monarda, with mt. cuba’s george coombs

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when ornamental and edible merge: foodscaping, with brie arthur

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organic rose care, with scott arboretum’s adam glas

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replanting after removing the invasives; bulbs in pots; garden-tour prep: q&a with ken druse

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the optimism of new england wild flower society’s dr. elizabeth farnsworth

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‘what makes plants happy:’ my new york times q&a with thomas rainer

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get creative with succulents, plus spring rehab, with avant gardens’ katherine tracey

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tree peonies, with jeff jabco of scott arboretum

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extend your clematis bloom season to spring through fall, with dan long

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a diversity of marigolds and zinnias old and new, with marilyn barlow

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growing trilliums, with tony avent of plant delights

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labeling the garden’s plants, with help from nancy duffy (a.k.a. ms. muddy boots)

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stink bugs, shrubs in perennial beds, sourcing plants, damping off: q&a with ken druse

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multi-season perennials at allen centennial garden, with ben futa

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redbuds, mahonia and more, with j.c. raulston arboretum’s mark weathington

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‘nature’s temples:’ understanding old trees and old-growth forests, with joan maloof

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using columnar trees and shrubs, with ken druse

rock gardening, with joseph tychonievich (plus our may 6 events)

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cultivating herbs, and curiosity, with you grow girl’s gayla trail

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proper planting of trees and shrubs, with lee reich

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a world of unusual japanese maples, ginkgoes, and metasequoias, with tim nichols

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designing with flower bulbs, with chanticleer’s lisa roper

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growing baptisia, with george coombs of mt. cuba center

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making meadows, with longwood gardens’ tom brightman