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There’s something about a cottage garden that feels completely different from a perfectly manicured flower bed. Cottage gardens are a little relaxed, a little overflowing, and full of flowers that seem to tumble into one another. You might have tall hollyhocks growing behind lavender, roses climbing nearby, and bees moving from one bloom to the…
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Fall is one of my favorite times in the garden. The flowers are winding down, the air is cooler, and there’s finally a little more time to look around and decide what actually needs to be done before winter. But there’s one thing I try not to do during fall garden cleanup: cut everything back…
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Not sure what to do with your perennial garden in fall? These simple garden tasks will help you clean up without overdoing it, protect your plants through winter, support wildlife, and set your garden up for beautiful blooms next year.
There’s something about the garden in early fall that makes me want to slow down a little. The flowers may not be quite as abundant as they were in midsummer, but there is still plenty to do. And this is one of those times when a little garden cleanup can make a big difference next…
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Don't let those dried coneflower heads go to waste! Learn when to harvest coneflower seeds, how to remove them from the flower heads, and the best way to store them for next year. A simple way to grow more cottage garden flowers and fill your butterfly garden with blooms.
Coneflowers are one of those flowers I always want more of in the garden. They come back year after year, attract butterflies and pollinators, and look beautiful mixed in with other cottage garden flowers. And if you already have coneflowers growing in your garden, you don’t have to buy new plants every year. You can…
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If you have a butterfly bush that you love, you may be wondering if you can grow more plants from it without buying another one. You can! Butterfly bushes can be propagated from stem cuttings, and taking cuttings is an easy way to create new plants from an established shrub. There are a couple of…
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