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On a recent trip to the Southwest, I fell in love with agaves. I've found some that are marginally hardy in my zone and I'm thinking about purchasing them next spring. Is there anything I can do to ensure they survive our winter?
Date: November 17, 2009
Categories:  Q&A  .   Smart Gardening
Christmas cacti (Schlumbergera xbuckleyi) are easy to keep and so long-lived they often become family heirlooms. Here's how to keep yours blooming on time
Date: November 10, 2009
Categories:  Q&A  .   Smart Gardening
Discover the warmest areas, or microclimates, in your garden where marginally hardy plants will thrive
Date: November 03, 2009
Categories:  Q&A  .   Smart Gardening
Mesclun (pronounced mes-CLOON), the Nicoise dialect word for a mixture of tender, young salad greens, is the ideal crop to start in a cold frame around the time of the first frost.
Date: October 27, 2009
Categories:  Q&A  .   Smart Gardening
I like Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii), but I know it’s invasive. What do you suggest as an alternative?
Date: October 19, 2009
Categories:  Q&A  .   Smart Gardening
New varieties of roses that are disease resistant and planted less frequently than Knockouts.
Date: October 16, 2009
Categories:  Q&A  .   Smart Gardening
I've ordered some perennial seeds that need to be cold stratified. How do I do it?
Date: October 13, 2009
Categories:  Q&A  .   Smart Gardening
Should I prune my sedges (Carex)? How and when?
Date: September 29, 2009
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If I plant ornamental grasses will they take over my garden and become invasive?
Date: September 21, 2009
Categories:  Q&A  .   Smart Gardening
I noticed plants’ cultivar names are sometimes in quotation marks and sometimes not. Is this a typo or does it signify something?
Date: September 15, 2009
Categories:  Q&A  .   Smart Gardening
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