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On Gardening: Pink fountain gaura offers unbeatable texture for the perennial...

While the warm growing season has struggled to get established, the Pink Fountain gaura has been blooming with aplomb.

On Gardening: Treasured tropical Siam tulip can be enjoyed by all

What could be better for those of us in colder zones who want to create that look of paradise during the long growing season?

Reward yourself with food from your garden

He shares his expertise at extending the growing season with home cooks, chefs and various TV audiences, so they can have access to local food for more of the year, as he does.

The Garden Guru: Elegant roses are heartier than they appear

Everblooming climbers, by comparison, should be pruned lightly as needed now, and again if required to maintain good form during the growing season.

On Gardening: Lemon cypress adds perfect touch to the cool season garden

It is easy to find great buys on palms, and add hibiscus or crotons, and you'll have that Jamaica feeling for the long growing season ahead.

Diggin' In: Gardening resolutions for 2013

Gardeners, however, focus on beauty that's just around the corner � the promise of another growing season with the chance to enhance a garden or try a new plant.

Neil Sperry: Nellie R. Stevens holly is a gift that keeps on giving

All they ask is regular watering and a couple of applications of a good lawn food each growing season.

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Study suggests honeybee collapse has many culprits

A consortium will study the problem this year with the hopes of putting in place measures to...

It's a good time to try a 2011 California chardonnay

In fact, it created a long growing season with plenty of "hang time" that made sure full...

AKRON, Ohio: New garden technique grows plants in straw bales

The straw decomposes over the growing season, producing compost that feeds the plants.