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About me: The colors of my three larger garden beds are mainly orange and red with some gold, violet, and "black" or mahogany thrown in. I try to have one bed look exotic, one more like roadside wildflowers and one more classic garden flowers, but I make so many exceptions that they all look pretty similar! Two summers ago for my 50th birthday I visited 20 gardens in England including Christopher Lloyd’s, Beth Chatto’s, Hidcote, Hadspen, Bosvigo, and Sissinghurst.

My zone is: z4
GardenWeb Member: 2003-08-10
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Commented: master gardener I am a new Master Gardener and I loved the "live" classes at the U of M. The monthly MG meetings almost always have excellent speakers and there are lots of different volunteer jobs to do (I...
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Commented: When does purple prairie clover go to seed? Mine that are in the sun are almost done blooming now, the ones in part shade are about half done. I am pretty sure that what I have is the cultivar 'Stephanie' rather than the native plant, but you a...
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Commented: What part-sun perennials are blooming right now? Ligularia, Thalictrum, & Actaea.
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