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Epilogues & Emergences

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Landing an Oudolf garden entitles DBG to serious bragging rights.

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Trials and Eras

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In the best trials, plants are expected to (mostly) fend for themselves.

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Simmering Summer Potpourri

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Clearance sales are a two-edged sword, a necessary evil, a self-inflicted wound—but low prices still beat the Dumpster.

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Brand New, Brand Old

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Logos dominate the retail space in boxes and indies alike.

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Microcosmic

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A surprising takeaway: It’s “selfish” to grow plants solely for one’s own pleasure, not considering how they relate to the natural world around them.

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Magic, Near and Far

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PFS is always part window into the future, part mirror to the past.

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Natives, Nativars & Nativists

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I believe the popularization of natives—including nativars bred for improved habit, new colors and more flowers—has had a beneficial effect on America’s gardens and gardeners.

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MANTS: Friendly Ghosts

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Intrinsic’s genetics are getting around; at MANTS alone, their intros were represented by at least four growers.

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A Christmas Postmortem

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It dawned on me in late December that I hadn’t seen any painted poinsettias.

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Another Swath of Swarthmore

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Part II of October’s Perennial Plant Conference at Scott Arboretum’s, aka Swarthmore College’s, lovely campus.