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Gardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Gentiana Andrewsii
If you’re a fan of closed flowers every autumn, then today is your lucky day!
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Amorpha Canescens
Underused lead plant loves heat, laughs at drought and is truly gorgeous
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Annual Phacelias
Coveted by California beekeepers and wildlife gardeners, phacelias are worth planting now for their prolific blue to purple spring blooms
Full StoryFall GardeningGreat Design Plant: Symphyotrichum Novae-Angliae Ushers in Fall
With bold purple flowers easily accessible to pollinators, New England aster offers loads of interest in the autumn garden
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Violet Silverleaf Thrives on Scant Water
Purple flowers transform silvery, sun-loving Leucophyllum candidum, while its easy care may change your gardening routine
Full StoryGardening Guides6 Unsung Bulbs for Fall Planting
Don't hang up your spade after summer — plant these unusual bulbs in fall for a spectacular spring show
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Passiflora Incarnata
Enjoy the amazing flowers and edible fruit of U.S. native Passiflora incarnata (also known as maypop) — the butterflies sure do
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Dwarf Blue Indigo Offers Carefree Beauty
Drought tolerant and a bumblebee magnet, spiky Baptisia australis may be the easiest plant you ever grow
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Meadow Blazing Star (Liatris Ligulistylis)
Make fast friends with the monarch butterflies and get a color show too with this adaptable U.S. Midwest native
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Texas Ranger Explodes With Color
If purple is your passion, embrace Leucophyllum frutescens for its profusion of blooms and consider the unfussiness a bonus
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Desert Ruellia Brings Beauty to Dry Gardens
Abundant purple flowers and bright green foliage would make this shrub a winner even without its unthirsty ways
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