Topic: Midwest Living Magazine
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Diggin' It Fall-blooming anemones
The spellbinding beauty of Japanese anemones, or windflowers, in fall may blow you away!
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Diggin' It A new mock orange reblooms
Beloved for its sensational spicy fragrance, mock orange is making a comeback, with many exciting new cultivars. One reblooms in late summer.
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Diggin' It Hybrid catmints: Cool cats in your landscape
Prolific blossoms, fragrant leaves, and cold-hardiness make catmint a perfect plant for almost any garden.
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Hakone grass: A cascading ornamental grass brightens the garden
Nothing brightens the shady spots in a garden better than cascading Hakone grass, also known as Japanese forest grass.
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Garden design: Solutions for improving side yards
How one gardener turned a small horticultural wasteland into a delightful part of the yard.
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Three outstanding spring plants for the shade garden
A trio of woodland wonders thrives in a Midwest shade garden.
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Six tips for creating a cozy garden hideaway in your yard
You'll really enjoy relaxing outdoors when you create a cozy hideaway in your yard. Here are six tips to make your planning become reality.
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Reblooming lilacs: The hype and the reality
Josee and Bloomerang lilacs are sold as rebloomers, which will flower in late summer and fall as well as in spring. How do they really perform in the Midwest?
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Growing redbud trees and forcing redbud branches into bloom
Redbud trees are a colorful sign of spring. And they're easy to grow. Here's how to to force their branches into bloom indoors weeks before they flower outside.
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Growing amaryllis outdoors
Save a couple of the amaryllis bulbs you bought this winter and plant them outdoors in the garden. Yes, even if you live in the Midwest!
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Amaryllis: The bulb's source matters
Did your amaryllis bulb originate in South Africa, the Netherlands, or Israel? Its source may make a difference in when it blooms.
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Bold and exotic Brugmansia
Brugmansia, or angel's trumpets, are the stars of any late-summer garden with their bold textures and exotic blooms. These tropical plants can easily be overwintered if you have room.
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Pitcher plants are native, carnivorous, and fun to grow
Carnivorous pitcher plants, which are native to the East Coast and some parts of the Midwest, need poor, boggy soil. But if you have the right spot, they're fun to grow.
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Fairy gardens unleash the imagination
Fairy gardens are imaginative miniature landscapes that give the illusion of tiny creatures living there.
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The ethereal beauty and benefits of snow
Snow offers some nice benefits to your garden and plants besides its unmatched beauty.
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The 2011 seed catalogs are valuable gardening tools
Dreaming of 2011's garden bounty? A great way to start is with seed catalogs. You'll learn a great deal.
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Window boxes in unexpected places
The effect of window boxes filled with flowers on the rails of two wooden bridges is magical and unexpected.
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The easiest orchids to grow
Looking for an easy houseplant with beautiful flowers that can grow in low light? Grow lady's slipper orchids.
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Fall yard decorating: Scarecrows, pumpkins, and mums, oh my!
With some creativity, traditional fall yard decorations such as pumpkins, scarecrows, and mums can make your property a standout until Thanksgiving.
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A lifelong love of mums
Since childhood, this gardener has been surrounded by chrysanthemums, generating a lifelong love of the plants that brighten fall as no others can.
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Arkansas blue star: A winner worth growing
A nice native plant with many good growing qualities, Arkansas blue star shines in the fall garden. It was recently named the Perennial Plant of the Year for 2011.
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Spice up your garden with ornamental peppers
Ornamental peppers spice up the garden with a hot new look. Not only are the peppers colorful, they're also edible.
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Blood lily: a ball of fire in a flower pot
Blood lily is a plant native to South Africa that produces fiery red flowers. It's also called the fire-ball lily.
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Sweet autumn clematis: a fragrant, fall-blooming charmer of a vine
Looking for a charming, fragrant vine that blooms exuberently in fall? Consider sweet autumn clematis.
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Snake’s heads in the grass cause delight, not consternation
Like a snake's head rising up, the bell-shaped flowers of Fritillaria meleagris make their entrance suddenly, almost overnight, causing delight..
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