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New 2012 Spring Collection of Perennial Plants

Cherry Star SuperbellsOnline PR News – 06-March-2012 –Online and retail garden center Garden Crossings introduces its spring 2012 collection of newly developed perennial plants. Garden Crossings’ new selections include diverse plant varieties such as Achilleas (Yarrows), Agastaches (Hyssops), Buddleias (Butterfly Bushes), Osteospermum (African Daisy) and more.

Garden Crossings offers more than 1,100 different plant varieties. This spring, Garden Crossings is adding new plant species to their extensive inventory. The 2012 spring collection’s perennial plants have distinct characteristics and unique coloring for all types of landscapes and gardens. Garden enthusiasts can select from an array of options such as hosta plants, coneflower Echinaceas and perennials defined by distinctive foliage and flower blossoms.

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How to Garden in Sandy Soil

Sandy soil can be more of a blessing than a curse – IF you know how to deal with it. In this article, you’ll see the advantages of gardening in sand, plus find tips for watering, fertilizing, amending the soil, and choosing plants that will thrive in your sandy soil.

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Butterfly House
Butterfly House

Lessons Learned from Raising Butterflies

In 2020, an idea hatched to start a Butterfly House at our nursery as a way to help support struggling monarch butterfly populations. We had the plants and the space, and we knew we could make an impact, so planning began for a Spring 2021 opening of our new Butterfly House. We’ve learned a lot

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4 Traits of Plants Deer Won't Eat
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4 Traits of Plants Deer Won’t Eat

Got deer? Gardening where Bambi calls home can be a real challenge, but we are here to help. There are a few traits to look for when selecting plants deer won’t eat. We refer to them as the “3 Fs and a P” – fine, fuzzy, fragrant and poisonous.  If you struggle with deer browsing

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Butterfly bush companion plants - Echinacea Canary Feathers and Buddleia Pugster Amethyst plant pairings
Flowering Shrubs

8 Hardy Plant Pairings for Landscapes

Some plants are just better together—a concept that has given rise to the idea of companion planting. If you grow vegetables, you may be familiar with this term. There, companion planting is more about one plant attracting or deterring insects from the other or about plants creating physical support for one another. When it comes

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Annual Flowers

12 Small Space Garden Ideas

Whether you garden exclusively on a balcony or around a small patio, you can surround yourself with plants you’ll love. Below we share some small space garden ideas. We’ll show you how using a dozen different examples and explain what makes each space work for the homeowner. Handy plant lists will help you achieve a

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AROMANCE® Mulberry Nemesia - Annuals
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Heidi and Rod’s Top 12 for 2023

Every summer, we look forward to trialing the new plants we’ll be offering in our garden center the following year. A few varieties always rise to the top of our must-haves list as they deliver a fantastic garden performance in our own gardens and in other trial gardens nearby. We usually tell you about our

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Deer eating plants
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Tough plants for Challenging Garden Conditions

As with most things in life, gardening is more fun when you are faced with fewer challenges like clay soil, hungry deer or full shade—that is, until you know how to meet and defeat those challenges. It takes some practice, but in time, you will learn which kinds of plants you can grow without any

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Moon Garden
Annual Flowers

Grow a Moon Garden

Photo Courtesy of Proven Winners You may have seen the idea of planting a moon garden pop up in your social feeds recently since it has become quite trendy. But the concept of designing a garden with plants and water features that reflect the moonlight is an ancient trend born centuries ago in China’s meditation

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Garden Perennials

Red, White and Blue Plants for Your Summer Landscape

Red, white and blue is a popular color theme for gardens at summer cottages where patio containers overflow with red geraniums, white alyssum and blue lobelia. If you select your perennials and shrubs with the patriotic theme in mind, you can also have a landscape filled with red, white and blue flowers that are blooming

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