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Fall and Early Winter Garden Cleanup

As winter approaches the perennial garden’s vibrant hues fade and turn to shades of tan and brown. In the warm days of Indian summer the job of cutting back the summer bloomers can begin. As these become tired and worn…

Helleborus Red Lady; Hurley Garden, Bethesda

Christmas in Your Garden

(reposted from a previous garden newsletter) Growing up in Frederick, Maryland, we had a white Christmas fairly regularly. These days in the Washington metro area, forget it. Snow doesn’t stay on the ground most years until January. That being said…why…

Thoughts of November

Thoughts of November

This is a quiet time in the garden, as October is moving into November, flailing about, looking for the end of daylight savings time which it seems to have misplaced somewhere. In my shady perennial garden in Bethesda, Tricyrtis (toad…

Notes from a Perennial Optimist

Notes from a Perennial Optimist

Once Again, our Larry Hurley is Out Standing in the Field Fall is here, and we encourage you to break the football habit, get out into the garden, and enjoy the weather. Soon, summer will just be an ugly, dry…

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