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Gardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Try Blue Bells for Blooms in Dry Soil
This shrub’s violet-blue flowers and silvery foliage brighten low-water gardens all year long
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Feathery Cassia for Fragrance in Arid Gardens
Aromatic and golden, this shrub’s flowers enliven dry, sunny landscapes — and its lacy gray-green foliage looks great too
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Sea Grape, a Hardy Coastal Delight
Up to the high-tide line or even indoors, sea grape draws smiles for its looks and cheers for its tenacity
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Curl-Leaf Mountain Mahogany, an Easy Evergreen
Use it as an accent plant or mass it as a screen; this pine and spruce alternative is a hard worker in dry, cold climates
Full StoryLandscape Design5 Berry-licious Shrubs to Plant Now for Winter Interest
Showy color during snow season? You bet. These shrubs will wake up a garden with colorful berries when other plants are asleep
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Ogon Spirea for Radiance and Texture
This feathery shrub will light up your garden with its bright color and easygoing personality
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Glossy Abelia for Year-Round Beauty
Fragrant flowers, burgundy foliage and hummingbird allure. Deer shun this shrub, but it's a 5-star performer you'll love
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Velvety Dwarf Bottlebrush Beckons a Touch
Brilliant red blooms and inviting textures will capture your heart, but the low maintenance and small size will win over your practical side
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Wildlife-Loving Dwarf Fothergilla Blazes in Fall
Its bottlebrush flowers attract bees and butterflies, while its stunning orange and scarlet foliage draws all who pass by
Full StoryLandscape DesignGreat Design Plant: Sun-Loving Bougainvillea Showers Yards With Color
Bring unbeatable vibrancy to a garden or wall with this unfussy and trainable shrub packed with colorful bracts
Full StoryLandscape DesignGreat Design Plant: Sun-Loving Ninebark Puts on a Color Show
This tall, dark and handsome native shrub is equally at home in jeans and boots or in a suit and tie
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