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Marie Viljoen
For the Love of Figs
The most important requirement for a fig tree's fruit production is direct sunlight. All day is best and no fewer than 6 hours. My fig has only ever been "fertilized" with compost in the soil or as a top dressing but conventional wisdom says that garden lime and bonemeal applied in early spring are beneficial for fruit production. Do not over-use nitrogen as it will send all the plant's energy into leaf production.
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Southern Living
Putting Your Garden to Bed
Get your garden ready for the cooler months ahead with our checklists of tasks to complete this fall.
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Van Chaplin
Top Flowers for Fall Color
They're beautiful, affordable, come back year after year, and they're blooming their heads off right now.
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Robbie Caponetto
Fall Window Boxes
Enhance your home's exterior with cool autumn colors and decorative window boxes.
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Van Chaplin, Roger Foley, and Lacy Kerr Robinson
Foolproof Fall Plants
Try these six easy ideas for gorgeous gardens to provide great color throughout the fall.
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Weeding with the Kardashians
The Kardashians, reality TV's brashest brood, have taken up a decidedly more mellow pursuit: gardening. The women of the family--matriarch Kris Jenner and daughters Kim, Kourtney, Khloe, Kendall and Kylie--got their hands dirty earlier this month when they planted vegetables gardens at their home in Los Angeles.
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Stewart McPherson
Botanists Discover New Meat-Eating Plant
A previously-unknown species of the carnivorous pitcher plant, this one large enough to consume a rat, has been discovered in the Philippines by British botanists. The plant has been named Nepenthes attenboroughii after British nature broadcaster David Attenborough, according to the BBC.
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Courtesy Southern Living
9 Late-Summer Garden Ideas
With summer drawing to a close, now is the best time to plan your autumn vegetable and flower gardens.
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