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Our Guide to Conifers
By Deanna F. Curtis
When it comes to conifers, the delight is in the details. 
Related Topics: Trees | Green | Trees | Christmas trees | Conifers | evergreens | grow | Plant guide | Winter
Made In The Shade
By David A. Keeps
Four shade-friendly plants that thrive in Los Angeles and that add color and texture to the garden.
Related Topics: How-To | Green | Purple | Yellow | Los Angeles | Plant guide | plants | shade garden | southern california
All About Roots
By Michele Owens
Recent discoveries show that plant roots do much more than carry food and water upward; our notes from the underground talk about the latest discoveries in root science and discoveries. Or as Michele Owens writes "plant roots are arguably the Huffington Posts of the [plant] realm—aggregating the players, reacting to the news, and shaping the conversation to benefit themselves."
Related Topics: Ideas | Brown | Plant guide | plants | roots | science | Trees
Air Plants Gallery
By Melissa Ozawa
Tillandsias, or air plants, come in a seemingly endless range of shapes and colors—here's our slide show of 10 of our favorites.
Related Topics: Ideas | Green | Red | Yellow | air plants | Contemporary | grow | photo gallery | Plant guide | tillandsias
How to “Plant” Air Plants
By Lindsey Taylor
They may not need soil or pots, so how do you display air plants? We suggest three ways to display tillandsias in your home including an unexpected material: Velcro.
Related Topics: How-To | Green | Decor | DIY projects | Plan your garden | Plant guide
Amazing Air Plants
By Melissa Ozawa
The poet Hart Crane once called air plants, or tillandsias, a genus of the bromeliad family, an "inverted octopus with heavenward arms." Needing no soil, these amazing plants come in a variety of fantastic shapes and colors.

 

Related Topics: How-To | Green | Red | Yellow | air plants | grow | Plant guide | tillandsias
Grow Your Own Rhododendrons
By Daniel DiClerico
How to grow rhododendrons in your garden. And remember, a rhododendron needs three things above all else: drainage, drainage, and drainage.
Related Topics: How-To | Green | Pink | Red | White | Yellow | DIY projects | Garden care | Plan your garden | Plant guide
Osmocote® Presents: Capsicum annuum 'Medusa'
By Jenny Andrews
Hot plus cool equals a jazzy ornamental pepper that’s not pungent, so it’s safe to grow around kids. Indoors it makes a wild “hairdo,” spring through Christmas, of twisty narrow peppers in ivory, yellow, orange and red. Also look for child-friendly ‘Chilly Chili’.
Related Topics: Ideas | Orange | Red | White | Yellow | Annuals | capsicum | I Love This Plant | Plant guide | plants | Vegetables and fruits | Way Hots
Going to Seed
By Alex Erikson
Five of our favorite catalogs for lettuce seeds.
Related Topics: How-To | Green | Orange | Purple | Red | Yellow | Growing edibles | Plant guide | Seed guide
Step-by-Step: Growing Salad Greens
By Lise Funderburg
How to grow salad greens in a container garden.
Related Topics: How-To | Green | Container gardening | Growing edibles | Plant guide | vegetables
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