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In this info sheet, we’ll look at hardy northern shrubs with early blooming times, so try and find room for some of these spring beauties in your yard or garden. You might be surprised just how early in spring you can get shrubs to bloom in the North...

Walking A Path To Healing And Relaxation

At the residential scale a labyrinth has more esoteric and meditative application. It can aid in the relaxation and the enjoyment of your garden comfort, as well as provide a haven for urban wildlife and a place of enjoyment for the children in your life... Stefan's Corner

What It Means To Be Hardy

Among the many factors that limit the use of plants in the north, none is more prominent that the concept of winter hardiness. Almost all northerners know, to some extent, that not all plants can successfully survive a northern winter, and that some... (Info Sheet)

Appreciating Night Gardens By The Light Of The Moon

Any gardener who doesn’t make the occasional opportunity to savor their garden on a moonlit night doesn’t really know what he or she is missing. When I amble through my the garden on a moonlit night, I get the sense that I am walking with the fairy folk... (Info Sheet)

A Study On ‘Euphorbia pulcherrima’

'Tis the season once again, a season of indoor decorating and festivities. That ultimate Holiday houseplant, the poinsettia, is on a lot of Holiday gardeners' minds this time of year, so this would be a good time to learn a little more about this popular... (Stefan's Corner)

A 5-Step Recovery Program For Northerners

Many northern gardeners and homeowners enviously eye those living in warmer climates who can grow things that aren’t hardy where they live. Here are some tips to help the afflicted not only overcome this condition, but improve their landscapes at the same... (Info Sheet)

Aronia melanocarpa 'Autumn Magic'

Glossy black chokeberry is a native North American shrub that deserves far more accolades than it tends to receive in the gardening world. Its list of attributes reads like a northerner's dream. The species itself is named for the lustrous black berries... (Fact Sheet)

Brassica oleracea var. acephala

Purple flowering kale is most often labeled a vegetable by those who feel obligated to stereotype plants into categories. To creative gardeners, however, it is a stunning ornamental with one highly desirable and enduring attribute; it’s purple, cream and... (Fact Sheet)