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April Gardening Tips

Plants in Flower Flowering cherry, Redbud, Ajuga Weigela, Bloodroot, Columbine, Bleeding heart, Pieris, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Trillium, Anemone, Azaleas Fertilizing Fertilize shrubs if not …

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March Gardening Tips

Plants in Flower • Saucer Magnolia, Bradford Pear, Flowering Cherry, Forsythia, Star Magnolia, Breath-of-Spring (Winter Honeysuckle), Spirea, Flowering Quince, Carolina …

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February Gardening Tips

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January Gardening Tips

Plants in Flower • Witch Hazel, Daphne odora, Hellabores, Hollies, Pyracantha, Washington Hawthorne Fertilizing • Use wood ashes on your vegetable garden, bulb …

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