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Inspiration & Projects//Plan Your Garden

Container Design Secrets from the 2024 Southern Living Idea House

By: Southern Living Plants Staff
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September 25, 2024
Decorative container of Skyscraper Senecio succulent on a porch surrounded by White Wedding Hydrangea blooms
Plan Your Garden

No Sweat Gardening: Six Hacks for When the Temperatures Soar

By: Southern Living Plants Staff
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September 25, 2024
A concrete planter beside a swimming pool contains diverse foliage, including green and yellow leaves, dark purple leaves, and white flowers. Umbrellas and greenery are in the background.
Inspiration & Projects

Poolside Perfection with Contained Creations

By: Southern Living Plants Staff
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September 25, 2024
Inspiration & Projects//Plan Your Garden//Planting & Care

Enter The “Bless This Backyard” Sweepstakes

By: Southern Living Plants Staff
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April 30, 2025
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Planting & Care

Quick Tips for Planting Shrubs In Your Landscape

By: Southern Living Plants Staff
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October 15, 2024
year-round golden foliage from Sunshine Ligustrum that flourishes in full sun
Inspiration & Projects//Plan Your Garden

A “Very Peri” Paradise

Tips for infusing the 2022 Pantone Color of the Year in your landscape
By: Southern Living Plants Staff
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April 17, 2024
A house with a boxwood and abelia garden border
Plan Your Garden

Top Plants for Sun

Make gardening much easier by choosing from our list of top plants for sun.
By: Southern Living Plants Staff
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April 17, 2024
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Inspiration & Projects

Say “Cheers!” to Spring With 3 Grow-Your-Own Cocktails!

By: Southern Living Plants Staff
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September 25, 2024
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Plan Your Garden

Gardening and Landscaping for Small Spaces

It’s easy to feel a little overwhelmed when planning a garden in a small space.
By: Southern Living Plants Staff
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April 17, 2024
'Sunshine' Ligustrum
Plan Your Garden

Sun Loving Shrubs

As garden design expert Linda Vater celebrates her first summer in her new cottage home, she’s sharing her favorite shrubs that thrive in sunny areas.
By: Southern Living Plants Staff
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April 17, 2024
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Inspiration & Projects

5 Mother’s Day Gifts to Show Your Love

Gardening Gift Ideas for Garden-Loving Moms
By: Southern Living Plants Staff
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April 17, 2024
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Inspiration & Projects

Planting a Kid-Friendly Sensory Garden

Entertain, engage and inspire the kids in your life with these plants and ideas.
By: Southern Living Plants Staff
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April 17, 2024
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Plan Your Garden

5 Must Have Plants for Spring

Every gardener’s dream is a low-maintenance, distinctive landscape.
By: Southern Living Plants Staff
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February 27, 2025
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Inspiration & Projects

Grow-able Gift Baskets for Your Sweetheart!

If the last three Valentine’s Days have seen you gifting chocolate hearts, we’d like to make a sweet suggestion.
By: Southern Living Plants Staff
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September 25, 2024
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Inspiration & Projects//Plan Your Garden

Plant the Promise of Tasty Treats in Your Landscape (Pinnable Inspiration!)

These edible garden design ideas will help you weave edible plants into your landscape design.
By: Southern Living Plants Staff
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February 1, 2024
Alabama Beauty Gardenia
Inspiration & Projects

Five Plants That Mean Love

Love is a many splendored thing, as the lyrics go. These deepest feelings of caring and adoration for our soulmates, our family, our mentors—even the family pet—can give us warm fuzzies and fill us with joy. Sometimes the words, “I love you,” don’t even say it all!
By: Southern Living Plants Staff
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February 1, 2024
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Inspiration & Projects//Plan Your Garden

Magnificent Magenta

Viva Magenta is the “it” shade to incorporate into your garden this year, named by Pantone as the Color of the Year for 2023.
By: Southern Living Plants Staff
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February 1, 2024
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Inspiration & Projects//Plan Your Garden

Grow Your Own Charcuterie

Plant These for a Festive Fall Spread from Your Yard to Table!
By: Southern Living Plants Staff
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February 1, 2024
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