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  • Drought Tolerant Annuals for the Summer article image showing purple-and-white angelonia blooms with Fafard logo and title

    Drought Tolerant Annuals for the Summer

    Summer gardening is made easier with tough, drought-tolerant annuals, especially where summers are hot and dry. So many popular bedding plants are tender and water-needy, but there are plenty of waterwise, or xeric, annuals that go beyond low-growing succulents. Many are colorful, resilient, and bloom effortlessly all summer long.

  • Close-up of bearberry groundcover with glossy leaves, bright red berries and lichen for oceanside gardens

    Native Trees and Shrubs for Oceanside Gardens

    An oceanside garden poses special challenges for plants. The wind-whipped salt-laden air and sandy soil typical of such sites is inhospitable to many sensitive garden favorites, such as border phlox (Phlox paniculata), primroses (Primula spp.), and summersweet (Clethra alnifolia). When faced with these challenging conditions,…

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