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Continue reading →: Columbine (Aquilega)Columbine is one of my favorite super-low maintenance plants. They easily self seed, but are also perennial. They are at home in a shady woodland type setting, but can handle a wide range of sun/shade conditions. The majority of my Columbine plants are from the ones I grew from seed…
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Continue reading →: RhubarbRhubarb is ones of those classic homestead plants. It is one of the things I use to gauge whether Spring is actually happening or if we are in for another round of cold and/or snow. It hardly ever lets me down. Even though it can handle the cold and snow…
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Continue reading →: Veronica & SalviaAs I have stated in a few of my more recent posts, my garden situation is a little unstable at the moment. So my plan is to dig up my favorite perennials that I have collected over the last 13 years, and move them to my dads house until I…
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Continue reading →: Golden Currant (Ribes aureum)Along with Lilacs, Golden Currant is one of my favorite plants of Spring. The clove scent of the flowers is wonderful and I can’t wait for my plant to get large and produce even more flowers. It can also be found under other common names like Clove Currant, Buffalo Currant…
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Continue reading →: ‘Yellow Wonder’ StrawberriesIf you don’t want to fight the birds and squirrels for your strawberries and also want some well behaved plants that don’t send out runners like crazy, then these are the strawberries for you. I grew my 5 clumps from seed around 201 8. They grew slow, as strawberries tend…
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