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Group Plantings and Congruency

When putting landscape plants together in groups, the groupings should be in odd numbers, such as a groups of 3, 5, 7, etc. Odd number groupings are more aesthetically pleasing to our eyes because odd-numbered groupings tend to hold together better as a group than do even-numbered groupings. An interesting phenomenon occurs when we see [...]

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Avoid Buying Bloomin’ Plants

The worst time to plant a plant is when it’s in flower. It’s kind of ironic because a nursery will often try to get their entire inventory to be in flower because that’s one way they makes very good money. They’re attractive and people often think that if it’s in flower, then the plant must [...]

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Completely Bury Biodegradable Pots

Biodegradable pots are usually called ‘peat pots’ because the pot is made out of pressed peat moss. I don’t like using peat pots myself.  I’d rather use other, better, more sustainable (and less expensive) methods.  But peat pots are convenient to use because the whole peat pot can be buried when transplanting seedlings to a [...]

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