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To Do in the Garden in September

To Do in the September Garden Fall lawn renovation is best done here on the East End in September. Keep up with deadheading annuals,...

Smoke Bush

When a Cotinus (aka "Smoke Tree" or "Smoke Bush") is in bloom it has the appearance of a magical image from an impressionists painting....

Landscape Structures: Trellis | Arbor | Gazebo | Pergola

While we all often use the terms interchangeably, trellises, arbors, gazebos and pergolas are distinctly different structures. But how...

Decorative Grass Plants: Grace in Motion

The luminous qualities of decorative grass plants add a silvery elegance to our late season gardens. Sunshine lights up their plumes like...

Wisteria: An Elegant Flowering Vine

Wisteria is considered by many to be the most elegant flowering vine which has been in cultivation for over 1000 years in Japan and...

Fresh Cut Flowers For Every Season

Sages, poets, philosophers and mystics have waxed poetic about the virtuous flower throughout the ages. Fresh cut flowers from our...

To Do in the Garden in August

Keep up the deadheading Harvest the abundance of the vegetable gardens Keep on the look-out for wild raspberries and beach plums Keep...

To Do in the Garden in April

Start your winter cleanup of lawn and planting beds. Remove burlap wraps weather permitting. Prune perennials that are not early spring...

Chini's Spicy Herb Vinaigrette

Combine the following ingredients: 1/3 cup rice wine vinegar 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice 2 tablespoons chili-garlic sauce 4 Tablespoons...

To Do In the Garden in July

• Plant perennials & annuals in beds and borders • Prune May flowering shrubs • Deadhead early flowering annuals and perennials • Set...

Magnolia x Soulangiana Trees aka "Saucer Magnolia"

Every garden needs a showpiece and for many of us, a magnolia tree is an easy choice. The Saucer Magnolia is considered by many to be...

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