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How to Plant and Grow Boston Fern

This plant works indoors or out, adding tropical flair wherever you place it. For decades, Boston ferns have been grown...
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Borage

Using Borage in the Garden Plant borage in the herb garden where it will add height above parsley, thyme, oregano, and other ground-hugging...
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How to Plant and Grow Threadleaf Bluestar

This low-maintenance native perennial has beautiful blue flowers that resemble small stars. Threadleaf bluestar (Amsonia hubrichtii) will be the star...
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Blueberry

Blueberry Overview DESCRIPTION Tasty blue fruits and vibrant fall foliage make blueberry plants landscape all-stars. Call on this plant to...
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Bluebeard

This easy-care shrub blooms later in the season, right when many other plants start winding down. Colorful Combinations As one...
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Bloodroot

Bloodroot Overview DESCRIPTION Bloodroot, a member of the poppy family, is more delicate and beautiful than its common name implies....
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How to Plant and Grow Bleeding Heart

Add cottage garden charm to your landscape with this perennial. A classic cottage garden staple, bleeding heart (Dicentra) has long...
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How to Plant and Grow Blanket Flower

Get more bloom for your buck and entice pollinators to your garden with the long-blooming blanket flower. With such an...
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Blackberry

Blackberry Overview DESCRIPTION Blackberries are delicious, nutrient-rich, and relatively easy to grow—making them perfect additions to your home garden or...
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Black Pepper

Grow your own peppercorns with this lovely houseplant. A vine that produces chains of small round fruit, black pepper thrives...
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How to Grow and Care for Bird of Paradise

PHOTO:  DENNY SCHROCK Bird of paradise plants are hard to miss, with their large leaves and beautiful, spiky, colorful blooms...
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Birch

Birch Tree Overview DESCRIPTION Graceful, delicate branches combined with small leaves and peeling bark (on some species) make sure that...
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How to Plant and Grow Bellflower

This group of perennials produces long-lasting, bell-shaped blossoms, including rare blue-hued flowers. PHOTO:  DENNY SCHROCK Bellflowers are a diverse, easy-to-grow...
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How to Plant and Grow Bell Peppers

With plenty of sun, warmth, and water, this annual plant will reward you with its colorful fruit. A cinch to...
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How to Plant and Grow Begonias

Don't let their showy blossoms fool you: These gorgeous plants are quite easy to care for. PHOTO:  JUSTIN HANCOCK Begonias...
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Beet

Beets Overview DESCRIPTION A cinch to grow in any full-sun garden, beets are a fast-growing, early-spring crop that can be...
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Beech

Beech Overview DESCRIPTION A versatile, handsome tree, the beech takes center stage in the garden come fall when leaves change...
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How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Bee Balm

This native perennial works well with almost any garden color scheme. Whether you call it bee balm, monarda, bergamot, or...
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Beautyberry

Add charm to your garden with this shrub. Colorful Combinations Lovely green leaves, which last throughout the growing season, act...
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Bay

Bay Overview DESCRIPTION A culinary classic, bay's glossy green foliage is a flavor favorite in soups, stews, and meat dishes....
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