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Salvia Amistad in garden
Planting & Care

Pruning 101: How to Prune Annuals and Perennials

Keep your annuals and perennials looking their best through proper pruning.
By: Southern Living Plants Staff
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October 24, 2023
Leaves as Compost
Planting & Care

Leaves Make Great Organic Mulch and Compost

As much as we’d like to hibernate during winter, the leaves remind us otherwise.
By: Southern Living Plants Staff
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October 24, 2023
Plum Yew planted in garden up close
Planting & Care

How to Prune Plum Yews

How, When, and What Tools to Use
By: Carmen Johnston
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October 24, 2023
Growing Rhododendrons in the South
Plan Your Garden//Planting & Care

Growing Rhododendrons in the South

Grumpy’s Guide to Rhododendrons
By: Steve Bender
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October 24, 2023
Vigorously blooming Delta Fuchsia Crapemyrtle from the Southern Living Plant Collection
Planting & Care

How to Shape and Thin Crapemyrtles

Crapemyrtles do not require pruning and simply shaping and thinning will do.
By: Southern Living Plants Staff
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October 24, 2023
Bee pollinating yellow flowers
Planting & Care

Good Bugs & Bad Bugs in the Garden

Learning to work with the bugs in your garden ecosystem
By: Southern Living Plants Staff
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October 24, 2023
Green wheelbarrow full of kitchen and yard scraps parked next to a compost bin
Planting & Care

Green Gardening—Organic Alternatives

Let’s make compost!
By: Southern Living Plants Staff
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January 15, 2024
Crapemyrtles badly pruned to product years of gnarled growth covered in snow
Planting & Care

What is Crape Murder, and How Do You Avoid It?

“Crape Murder,” is often committed by otherwise decent, law-abiding gardeners.
By: Southern Living Plants Staff
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October 24, 2023
Composting
Planting & Care

Composting – from the kitchen to the garden

What’s not to love about compost?!
By: Southern Living Plants Staff
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October 24, 2023
Fertilizer pearls pouring onto soil from tip of trowel
Planting & Care

Choosing a Fertilizer

What types of fertilizers will work best for your plants?
By: Southern Living Plants Staff
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October 24, 2023
Hands cupped and holding brown soil
Planting & Care

Building a Better Soil Base for Your Garden

A recipe for creating healthy garden soil
By: Kim Toscano
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October 24, 2023
Christmas swag of Southern Living greenery on simple white mantle with glass framed windows and a wreath
Planting & Care

Autumn Cuttings (October-November)

Avoid pruning in early autumn to prevent new growth from emerging prior to frost
By: Kim Toscano
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October 24, 2023
Blush Pink Nandina with sprinkles of water
Planting & Care

5 Water-Saving Irrigation Tips

Reduce your water bill and conserve resources with savvy watering practices.
By: Kim Toscano
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October 24, 2023
Hand holding hedge trimmers over light green leaves
Planting & Care

“Shape Up” Your Garden

How to structurally prune young trees
By: Kim Toscano
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October 24, 2023
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