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3 weeks ago | 
finegardening.com | Christine Alexander |Fionuala Campion |Kimberly Toscano |Bryan Fischer
In every corner of the United States, native perennials offer an unparalleled blend of beauty, resilience, and ecological harmony. In “Great Native Perennials for Your Region,” we’ve partnered with regional experts to spotlight four exceptional native plants that flourish in America’s diverse eco-regions.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
finegardening.com | Fionuala Campion |Christine Alexander
One of the best things about gardening in Northern California (and the wider Pacific Northwest) is that there’s seldom any true downtime. With our wonderful weather, we can enjoy our gardens every day of the year with chores to perform, duties to carry out, and flowers to plant. Fall is a particularly magical time—the last heat wave is but a dim memory, sunlight bathes everything in gold tones, and our much-anticipated rainy season has returned.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
finegardening.com | Fionuala Campion |Christine Alexander
The topic of fruiting quince came up the other day when a friend shared just how productive his tree was shaping up to be this year. Everyone present enthusiastically chimed in with our own quince experiences, memories, and recipes.
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Jun 19, 2024 | 
finegardening.com | Fionuala Campion |Christine Alexander
There is much to love about passion flowers (Passiflora spp. and cvs., Zones 6–11). There are over 550 different species in the genus; some are shrubs and trees, but the ones that are most familiar to gardeners are the tropical-looking, tendril-bearing, climbing, flowering vines. These are the passion flower varieties that fall into my category of favorites. Some of these beauties even produce deliciously complex-flavored, fragrant, sweet-tart fruit.
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
finegardening.com | Fionuala Campion |Christine Alexander
If you’re a sun-loving gardener, finding yourself presented with a woodland garden or an otherwise shaded area of the landscape can feel a little overwhelming, and maybe even disappointing. But as soon as you discover the multitude of wonderful lush and leafy plants that actually prefer to grow in shade here in the Pacific Northwest, you’re going to start wishing you had a few more sun-deficient areas to plant up.
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Feb 16, 2024 | 
finegardening.com | Fionuala Campion |Kaitlyn Hayes
For at least 12,000 years, humans have been clearing brush, digging dirt, planting plants, cultivating, weeding, growing, and harvesting—in a word, gardening! And for almost as long, these same humans have crafted tools to help them carry out each specific gardening function. We have developed tools to help break up and dig soil; gadgets to cut stems, branches, and roots; and devices to remove unwanted plants.
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Dec 21, 2023 | 
l8r.it | Fionuala Campion |Christine Alexander
Succulents thrive in arid, often harsh climates, with abundant bright sunshine year-round and little to no regular water. They have adapted to such conditions by developing thick, fleshy leaves and stems to store whatever moisture eventually comes their way. They are survivors, accustomed to living and even flourishing with minimal care. Gardening with succulents allows you to experiment with an exciting array of textures, colors, sizes, and forms.
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Dec 21, 2023 | 
finegardening.com | Fionuala Campion |Christine Alexander
Succulents thrive in arid, often harsh climates, with abundant bright sunshine year-round and little to no regular water. They have adapted to such conditions by developing thick, fleshy leaves and stems to store whatever moisture eventually comes their way. They are survivors, accustomed to living and even flourishing with minimal care. Gardening with succulents allows you to experiment with an exciting array of textures, colors, sizes, and forms.
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Oct 19, 2023 | 
finegardening.com | Fionuala Campion |Christine Alexander
Have you always longed to make wine from tasty sun-warmed grapes gathered from your own backyard? While I live in the ideal wine-growing region (USDA Zone 9b) near the well-known Napa Valley, you’ll be amazed to learn that backyard viticulture is entirely possible anywhere within USDA Zones 4 through 10.
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Jul 12, 2023 | 
l8r.it | Fionuala Campion
Summer is here! Vegetable gardens have yielded the first tomatoes of the season, perennial borders are overflowing with colorful blooms, fruit is ripening in the orchards, and rose bushes are flushing out with their second round of flowers.
