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Beautiful & Tasty Herbs for your Garden

 by Kate Wilson Yes! You can have hardy, long bloom-time, even steppable, draught-tolerant perennials… that you can eat!  Indeed, many have made even my mediocre home-cooked meals taste decent! We’re talking efficiency here, folks. Not just planting with a purpose, but … Continue reading

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Plant bio: Deutzia

by Kate Wilson Deutzia gracilis is a small growing shrub (2’-5’ tall and wide), native to Japan, that is tolerant of clay soils – which we know all too well about here in Ohio. The largest I’ve ever seen it here … Continue reading

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Old Shrubs, New Uses

 by Kate Wilson It always amazes me how preferred landscaping styles can inspire such controversy. And I’m not here to condone one way or the other; but rather to encourage and hopefully inspire. Whatever your preference, own it. If you … Continue reading

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New Shrub Varieties for the Landscape

There’s more to the landscape than the good old evergreen yew and forsythia. Here are a few new varieties of landscape shrubs that Oakland thinks will stand up to the rigors of central Ohio weather and soils. Incrediball Hydrangea®. Enormous … Continue reading

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JUNE IS PERENNIAL GARDENING MONTH!

Early June, my favorite time of the year. The beginning of the summer when summer is gentle and new, full of lush greens, clear blue skies dabbed with cotton candy clouds, when fresh earthy and herbal scents mingle in the … Continue reading

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Urban/Suburban Vegetable Gardening

Memorial Day weekend is often the traditional time when many people plant tomatoes,   peppers, and other frost sensitive vegetable plants. We have seen a tremendous increase in the interest of vegetable gardening in the past year or two, especially among … Continue reading

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