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Why Gardeners Love Hummingbird Moths (and How to Attract Them)
Why Gardeners Love Hummingbird Moths (and How to Attract Them)
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10 Common Garden Plants You Might Not Know Are Invasive 
10 Common Garden Plants You Might Not Know Are Invasive 
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Is this Poison Ivy? How to Tell Boxelder from Poison Ivy
Is this Poison Ivy? How to Tell Boxelder from Poison Ivy
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Top 10 Flowering Plants that are Heat Tolerant
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10 Common Garden Plants You Might Not Know Are Invasive 

Creeping phlox flowers

Creeping Phlox: Spring-blooming Ground Cover

Pale lavender flowers of the woodland phlox

Woodland Phlox (Phlox divaricata)

Daffodils in bloom

My daffodil bulbs are coming up too early. Will they still bloom in spring?

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Heucherellas with lime green and purple leaves

Purple and Lime Green Plant Color Combinations For Your Shade or Full Sun Garden

Red Rieger Begonia plant with lots of blooms

The 5 Best Valentine’s Day Flowering Plants For Your Gardener

Black swallowtail feeding on zinnia

HOA-Approved Tips for Eco-Friendly Gardens

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Bird Baths in Winter: How to Unfreeze Your Bird Bath

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Gifts for Gardeners Less Than $30

Aerobin 400 Composter

Aerobin Composter Review: Compost Kitchen Scraps and Yard Waste in Your Backyard

Tomato seedlings planted in the Belham Living Raised Garden Bed

Belham Living Cedar Raised Garden Bed Review

Add Structure, Style, & Color to Your Garden with a Trellis & Flowering Vine

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Hardy hibiscus have such huge flowers 🌺. #hibis Hardy hibiscus have such huge flowers 🌺. #hibiscusflowers #hibiscus #hardyhibiscus
The birds planted these. Happy sunflowers. #sunflo The birds planted these. Happy sunflowers. #sunflowers #sunflower #flowergarden
A few gladiolus showing out before the thunderstor A few gladiolus showing out before the thunderstorm 🏅. #gladiolus #flowergarden #flowerstagram
A little happy for the house. #dahlias A little happy for the house. #dahlias
Good morning! Have a wonderful day and if you’re Good morning! Have a wonderful day and if you’re gardening outside today, enjoy your time of peace in the outdoors.
First year for my Annabelle Snowball hydrangea to First year for my Annabelle Snowball hydrangea to bloom 😊
“Bright Eyes” phlox 😍 “Bright Eyes” phlox 😍
Burning bush (Euonymus alatus) is a fast-growing, Burning bush (Euonymus alatus) is a fast-growing, invasive shrub. Gardeners appreciate the bright red color of the leaves in fall - hence the name. However, it escapes into surrounding landscapes, displacing native vegetation in the understory. Birds play a key role in its spread by snacking on the red berries and dispersing the seeds along their flight paths. This form of seed dispersal makes controlling its spread particularly challenging.

If you want to add some vibrant fall color to your landscape without using an invasive plant, consider planting native Virginia sweetspire (Itea virginica). Sweetspire leaves turn red, orange, and yellow in fall. In the spring, they produce long clusters of flowers that attract insects like butterflies.

#nativeplants #pollinatorplants #gardening #invasiveplants #burningbush
Ever wonder what it means that a plant is invasive Ever wonder what it means that a plant is invasive? Well, firstly, invasive plant species often outcompete native plants. 

They often:
1. produce copious amounts of seed
2. thrive on disturbed soil
3. smother surrounding plants or inhibit the growth of other plants near them
4. have aggressive root systems that spread far from the mother plant
5. are transported by birds or wind.

#invasiveplants #gardening #plants #nativeplants
All these zinnias and more are from seeds that sel All these zinnias and more are from seeds that self planted last year. Don’t you live a self seeding plant? 

#zinnias  #zinniasofinstagram #zinniasflowers
While English ivy makes a great houseplant, think While English ivy makes a great houseplant, think twice before adding it to your outdoor garden. Often introduced as a ground cover, it quickly climbs nearby trees, blocking their sunlight and adding significant weight to branches. Trees covered in ivy are also more likely to fall during storms because the leaf structure amplifies wind force, making the tree heavier. 

I have some in my backyard planted by a previous owner that I am continuously fighting to remove. The vines spread underground, making it hard for me to pull up and remove it all. It can regrow from just a tiny piece of root; so if you miss a piece, you'll be back to square one next year.

Alternatively, consider planting Virginia creeper, a deciduous vining plant whose leaves turn red in the fall, or wild ginger as a ground cover for similar charm.

#englishivy #invasiveplants #nativeplants #virginiacreeper #gardening #groundcoverplants
There’s something so graceful about a calla lily There’s something so graceful about a calla lily 

#callalily #callalilies #flowergardening
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