Winter bed thinning is effective because it’s easier to be ruthless about clearing away elderly plants when they aren’t ...

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Ferns make for an excellent ground cover, and though they're overall low-maintenance, avoiding these gardening mistakes will really allow them to thrive.

Good ones for dry shade include: Polystichum setiferum, Dryopteris filix-mas and Polypodium vulgare. They're perennial so will return each year. Easy to raise from seed or you can simply buy plants, ...

This resilient and low-maintenance ground cover is the perfect solution for the bare patches of grass in your yard's shady areas.

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Promoting mutually beneficial relationships between plants and soil microbes that enhance nutrient acquisition by plants could improve crop production without increasing inorganic-fertilizer use.

Putricia has been placed behind a velvet rope in Sydney's botanic gardens An endangered plant known as the "corpse flower" for its putrid stink is blooming in Australia - and captivating the ...

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