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Woodie’s Picks: Early Season Favorites For Shade Gardening
Discover the best early-season shade plants for your garden! Learn the benefits of shade gardening and explore top picks like Viridis Japanese Maple, Bleeding Hearts, Pieris Mountain Fire, and Rosebud Azalea. Create a lush, low-maintenance shade garden this spring!
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Woodie's Picks: Hollies To Bring The Jolliest Ambiance
This week, for Woodie’s Picks, we decided to highlight four of our favorite Holly Trees and shrubs to bring everlasting cheer to your winter display and radiate beauty year-round! In this blog, we will also tap into the history and benefits that hollies provide to a landscape.
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An Evergreen Groundcover Sensation: Mondo Grass
Beyond covering your garden in a lush carpet of beautiful foliage and blooms, groundcover plants offer a multitude of benefits to one’s landscape! In this blog, we will first delve into the benefits of planting groundcovers in your yard. We will then dive into one the most versatile, well-loved groundcover plants on the market: Mondo Grass!
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9 Ways To Implement an Eco-Conscious Mindset This Holiday Season
It is only natural that the holiday season brings with it a lot of consumption, waste, and detriment to our planet. But it does not have to be this way! The team at Garden Goods Direct has come together to share some tips and tricks for implementing an eco-conscious and sustainable mindset for the holidays!
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Woodie’s Picks: Deer-Resistant Essentials For The Late Fall Landscape
Mother nature's foliage is dropping, and these deciduous shrubs are often a deer’s first choice in the buffet of nature. When these shrubs become bare, deer begin turning to the landscape staples to fulfill their hunger. Check out this blog to learn the best tips and tricks to avoiding these woodland creatures!
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Woodie's Picks: Ornamental Berry Bushes To Bring Bold Fall Color
This week for Woodie's picks, we've decided to center in on four of our favorite unique and bold-colored ornamental berry shrubs! These hardy shrubs produce electric berries that persist well into the winter season when much else has lost its luster and color. Not to mention these plants offer a multitude of benefits to the landscape!
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Red Yucca: A Gardener's Guide to Planting, Care, & Landscape Design
If you are in search of a hardy, drought-tolerant plant that makes a bold splash in the landscape, look no further than this Texas-native show-stopper! In this guide, we’ll explore the essentials of planting, caring for, and incorporating Red Yucca into your landscape, along with some ideal companion plants.
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Designing a Landscape with Native Shrubs for Stunning Fall Color
Designing a landscape using native shrubs that exhibit great fall color not only enhances the aesthetic appeal but also supports local wildlife and promotes ecological health. In this guide, I'll explore how to design a landscape that celebrates the changing seasons with an array of native shrubs known for their autumn brilliance.
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Creating a Woodland Garden Using Native Plants
Designing a woodland garden with native plants is a rewarding way to create a sustainable, low-maintenance landscape that supports local ecosystems while providing year-round beauty. Inspired by the natural landscapes of forests, Woodland gardens use layers of native trees, shrubs, perennials, and groundcovers to mimic the understory of a woodland setting.
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The 10 Best Plants that Thrive in August
As summer begins to wind down, gardeners across the United States might think it's too late to plant new additions to their gardens. However, August is a perfect time for late summer planting! In this blog, we will highlight some of the best options, along with planting tips and care instructions to ensure your garden thrives.
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