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A Seasonal Progression of Annual Blooms
The show must grow on! Keep your annual beds blooming for months (and months) by making sure some of the plants in your garden begin to flower just as others are fading. Here’s how to extend the color in your garden throughout the growing season – and beyond.
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Annual Color: For the Love of Hue
The easiest way to bring instant impact in the garden is to add annual color. Finding the right color combination in garden settings isn’t difficult – it’s just a matter of taste! Learn a few tips to planning a garden color scheme for your planting beds or containers using annuals.
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Annuals: Finding the Right Match
Picking annual plants for your garden is more than just finding the ones you like. It’s all about matching your plantings to your house, your region and your style. Learn the importance of considering annual shapes, heights and texture when planning your next flower bed.
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Annual Fun With Foliage
You know annuals add great instant color to the garden – but did you know it’s not just thanks to the blooms? Annual foliage plants offer all types of leaf shapes, colors and textures. Learn some tips to foliage plant use – and see what beauty unfurls.
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Annuals: Pots vs. Flower Beds
You might already know where to plant annuals in your garden, but planting annual containers vs. flower beds is a common debate within many home gardeners. If you’ve got the space, why not do both? Learn the benefits of both types of plantings – and enjoy the annual advantage!
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Curing Annual Decline
Many summer gardens start with a colorful bang – then the season’s heat starts to make them fizzle. Don’t write off your garden after that first flush of colorful flowers fade. By practicing three basic gardening fundamentals, you can help keep your garden bloomin’ beautiful throughout the season!
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Gardens of Annual Delight: How to Use Annuals in the Garden
Though they last for only one season, annuals are the showstoppers of the garden. From towering sunflowers to diminutive pansies, they bloom in breathtaking shades and work in many combinations, from garden accent to mass planting. New to gardening? Learn some basic ways of using annuals in the garden.
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Selecting Healthy Annuals
Buying a good package of seeds is as easy as picking a box of breakfast cereal. Buying started plants is a little trickier. Learn what to look for – and what to avoid – when picking healthy annuals for your garden. (Remember, a healthy garden starts with healthy plant selection!)
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The Annual Report
What’s an annual flower, and how do you use it in the garden? Practically speaking, any plant you keep in your garden for a year or less in an annual. But to truly define annual plants, you need to note frost tolerance, as well as consider your regional climate.
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Why Choose Annuals?
Annuals may need to be replanted every year, but many gardeners think these plants are well-worth the effort. Find out why.
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