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Four Seasons of Color…Really? Part V

This is the final installment in a five-week series of short articles designed to help you bring year-round color to your yard. Planning a landscape can be a daunting task--we hope that this series can help offer some suggestions for planning your yard. Check out our blog for the previous four installments--enjoy! Over the last month, we've covered all four seasons with ideas to provide color and interest in your [...]

2023-05-25T04:09:11+00:00April 9th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Four Seasons of Color…Really? Part IV

This is the fourth installment in a five-week series of short articles designed to help you bring year-round color to your yard. Planning a landscape can be a daunting task--we hope that this series can help offer some suggestions for planning your yard. Check our blog weekly for the latest installment--and enjoy!  Winter--that wonderful time of year when you can put away your hoe, rake and garden gloves and kick up [...]

2016-11-10T22:49:10+00:00April 2nd, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Four Seasons of Color…Really? Part III

This is the third installment in a five-week series of short articles designed to help you bring year-round color to your yard. Planning a landscape can be a daunting task--we hope that this series can help offer some suggestions for planning your yard. Check our blog weekly for the latest installment--and enjoy!  Autumn can be a bittersweet time of year for gardeners. Even the most enthusiastic of green thumbs is usually [...]

2016-11-10T22:49:11+00:00March 26th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Four Seasons of Color…Really? Part II

This is the second installment in a five-week series of short articles designed to help you bring year-round color to your yard. Planning a landscape can be a daunting task--we hope that this series can help offer some suggestions for planning your yard. Check our blog weekly for the latest installment--and enjoy!  Some great color in early summer!Summer is a great time to be outdoors enjoying your yard. If you'd like [...]

2016-11-10T22:49:12+00:00March 19th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Brighten Your Garden with Early Spring Color

Have you taken a look around your yard lately? After a couple years of unseasonably early spring weather (never mind the fact that last year then decided to go back to winter until June!), this year appears to be a little bit more normal—so far. As I write this, I can see crocuses in bloom in my neighbors’ yards and the tulips I planted last fall are beginning to [...]

2024-12-12T22:31:06+00:00March 14th, 2012|Hot Plants, Lawn Care, Shrubs|0 Comments

Four Seasons of Color…Really? Part I

This is the first installment in a five-week series of short articles designed to help you bring year-round color to your yard. Planning a landscape can be a daunting task--we hope that this series can help offer some suggestions for planning your yard. Check our blog weekly for the latest installment--and enjoy!  One rule of gardening I'm a big believer in is creating four seasons of color in your yard. [...]

2016-11-10T22:49:14+00:00March 12th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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