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  • Monarch butterfly on rough blazing star

    Rough Blazing Star Attracts Pollinators

    Rough Blazing Star features fluffy, deep rose-purple flowers arranged in 1″ button-like heads. Blooming begins, as one would assume, at the top of the…

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  • Common milkweed flower at its peak

    Common Milkweed Host Monarch Butterflies

    Milkweed, of which there are about 14 different types in Canada, is the only host plant for monarch butterflies. In summer, the female monarch…

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  • A small patch of Blazing Star - Liatris spicata

    Dense Blazing Star

    Dense Blazing Star, Liatris spicata, has long-lasting purple wands of packed blooms that face all directions and bloom from the top of the stem…

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  • A large mature Burro's tail garden at the

    Burro’s Tail Plant – How To Grow and Propagate

    These small, succulent plants native to most parts of the Northern Hemisphere, are popular as both landscape and container plants. In this article, we…

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  • Monarch butterfly on rough blazing star

    Plants that Attract Monarch Butterflies

    Monarch butterflies are superb pollinators, and if they are fed plants they enjoy, they will pollinate your entire garden. Butterflies require two kinds of…

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  • orange and black monarch butterfly on flower

    Choosing Plants for a Butterfly Garden

    Butterflies need two types of plants to survive: the host plant and the food plant. Attracting butterflies to your garden takes more than just…

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  • A hand carefully holding a strand of coffee beans on a coffee tree

    How To Grow A Coffee Tree Indoors and Out

    The Coffee Tree plant – Coffea arabica, produces glossy, dark green, 4-5 inch leaves, dress this upright grower. With good care and a mature plant,…

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  • red petaled bromeliad flower

    Neoregelia Bromeliad Care Tips

    Tip the adult plant out of its pot and gently cut the offsets loose using a very sharp, clean knife or clippers. Be careful…

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