Your Thanksgiving Cactus Is Not A Christmas Cactus: How To Identify It And Time Its Blooms
That holiday cactus on your windowsill may not be the…
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Gardenia Dropping Buds This Winter? 5 Things to Check Before You Change Your Routine
Few things sting like watching the fat green buds on…
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Those Brown Rosettes Left On Your Echinacea Feed Winter Birds, So Here’s Why You Should Skip The Fall Cleanup
Your purple coneflowers have faded, and the spiky brown centers…
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Your Fig Tree Dropped Its Last Fruit, But These 11 Fall Jobs Decide Next Year’s Harvest
The last fig is gone, the leaves are turning yellow,…
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When to Cut Back Hollyhocks and What to Leave for Next Year
Those tall, brown hollyhock stalks look finished, and you may…
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Knowing Your Clematis Pruning Group Can Help Protect Next Summer’s Flowers
You love your clematis, and the last thing you want…
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How To Wrap A Fig Tree Before A Hard Freeze To Help Protect Its Branches
Bare, brown fig branches in late winter can make any…
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Why You Can Usually Leave a Passing Opossum Alone, Even If It Startles You at Night
You step onto the patio after dark, and two eyes…
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Cutting Back Herbaceous Peonies in Fall: When To Cut, How Low To Go, and What It Really Does
You may have seen the claim that cutting your peonies…
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17 Fall-Planted Bulbs That Fill Your Yard With Color Before Anything Else Wakes Up Next Spring
Late winter can make a yard look tired, brown, and…
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Snake Plant Pups Are Shareable Plants, But a Pot Change Is Not a Proven Trigger
Snake plants can send up baby plants called pups, and…
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Your Garlic Planted In The Next Few Weeks Turns Into Fat, Full Heads By Early Summer
Garlic planted in fall can give you a nice harvest…
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Waiting Until Spring To Prune Your Hydrangeas? 11 Kinds That Bloom On Old Wood And Hate It
You cut your hydrangea back in early spring, it leafed…
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Why Your Amaryllis Has Leaves but No Flowers, and How a Rest Period May Help Schedule Its Next Bloom
Your amaryllis is growing strong, green leaves, but there is…
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Yellow Leaves Spreading Across Your Cucumber Vines Are Telling You One Of These 9 Things
You walk out to check your cucumber patch and spot…
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Rosemary, Thyme, And Sage Cuttings Taken Before The First Frost Give You Free Herb Plants All Winter
That first cold night can wipe out a rosemary bush…
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Your Final Fall Mow Is One Piece of Winter Lawn Prep: Here’s a Smart Height to Aim For
That last pass with the mower feels like a small…
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Rosemary Rarely Survives Winter Indoors Unless You Stop Making These 3 Watering Mistakes
Your rosemary looked great when you brought it inside this…
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Your Tomatoes Thrive On 17 Single-Ingredient Fertilizers You Already Have Sitting In Your Kitchen
Yellow leaves, slow growth, or black spots on the bottom…
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How to Compost or Bury an Old Halloween Pumpkin
The jack-o-lantern on your porch is getting soft, and the…
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Keep Your Kitchen Herbs Alive On The Windowsill All Winter With These 13 Simple Habits
Your basil drooped, your parsley turned yellow, and now you…
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Snipping The Runners Off Your Strawberry Patch Now Means Bigger, Sweeter Berries Next June
Those long, skinny strawberry runners snaking across your bed in…
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Healthy Used Potting Mix Can Often Be Saved Over Winter: How To Store, Check, And Refresh It For Spring
Those pots and bags of leftover potting mix sitting in…
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Tossing Your Poinsettia After The Holidays Is A Mistake – 13 Steps That Make It Turn Red Again Next December
Every January, millions of healthy poinsettias end up in the…
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Deer Nibbling Your Shrubs Bare Every Winter? 15 Plants They Walk Right Past
You go out on a cold morning and find your…
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Overseeded Late This Fall? How To Tell If Your New Grass Still Has Time Or Should Wait Until Spring
You spread grass seed on your lawn, and then the…
