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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eastern native annuals, with uli lorimer

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gravel gardens, with jeff epping of olbrich botanical gardens

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carnivorous ‘houseplants,’ with kenny coogan

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trilliums in trouble, with mt. cuba’s amy highland

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plants of merit, with missouri botanical’s daria mckelvey

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abuzz with gorgeous umbels, with sam keitch of pennsylvania horticultural society

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why garden design begins with acceptance, with james golden

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standout native hydrangeas, with mt. cuba’s sam hoadley

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tips for the shade gardener, from ken druse

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time to try some crinum lilies? designer and author jenks farmer thinks so.

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saving the fraser fir, a popular christmas tree, with missouri botanical’s travis hall

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d.i.y. terrariums as gifts (or centerpieces), with patricia buzo

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reading the garden’s layers with an eye to enhanced design, with david culp

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traditional plants, traditional practices: ‘the heirloom gardener,’ with john forti

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monocots: a geeky theme for collecting plants and designing gardens, with ken druse

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native shrubs and small trees, with marc wolf of mountain top arboretum

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why and when to divide perennials, with ken druse (and tales of his latest flood)

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matching light to houseplants, with house plant journal’s darryl cheng

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dividing and editing perennials, with wethersfield’s toshi yano

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how texture and variegation beat august’s garden lull, with ken druse

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native ferns and how to propagate them, with uli lorimer

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the mint family and some unexpected members, with ken druse

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‘best friend’ tropical plants, with marianne willburn

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monkey puzzle trees and other oddball edibles, with nate kleinman