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Gardening

The do's and don'ts of growing the cool-weather loving plant

Daylilies

Prized for their heat- and drought-hardiness, these leggy blooms are the perfect perennial for any gardener who wants to get plenty of lowmaintenance bang for their buck

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6 Steps to Increase Your Home's Curb Appeal

Gussying up your homefront doesn’t have to be an over-priced overhaul left to next season (or the next); Scott Parker of landscape architecture firm DesignWorks offers easy, can’t-miss tips for enlivening your exterior one step at a time

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How to plant and maintain a cut-flower garden

Choose an area that has plenty of sun and does not receive heavy foot traffic.

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8 garden standouts

Variegated lemon: This fragrant perennial is known for adding a splash of color year-round, producing pink fruit with green-and-yellow striped skin.

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Downtown: an evergreen Tradd Street garden

When Leslie and Dan Avant moved into their historic home at 63 Tradd Street, they knew that change was in the works for the property’s outdoor space.

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Keep Your Garden Green Year-Round

Landscape designer Donna Cox helps keep your garden looking good regardless of the season

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Identify and Treat Common Lowcountry Plant Problems

Camellia leaves looking a little dull? Magnolia giving a spotty showing?

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Budget Gardening: Finding and Cultivating "Rescue Plants"

Looking to make your own roadside rescues? Ries offers these tips for filling your landscapes with other people’s leftover plants

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Second Nature

Do we gravitate toward plants that share our own personality traits? Musings on our horticultural kindred spirits

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West Ashley: Backyard sanctuary from "rescue plants"

Rescued from trash heaps and handed down from friends, plants of all provenance are right at home in Jane Ries’ West Ashley garden

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