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Colleen Smith writes and gardens in a Denver historic district. A longtime contributor to Sunset Magazine, The Denver Post, Colorado Expression and other publications; she studied in University of Iowa’s Writers’ Workshop. She is a fellow of the Salzburg Seminar’s international intellectual community. Visit her Bluestocking blog at colleenwordsmith.blogspot.com.

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Gardening 101: Bringing in plants for the winter

Autumn arrived officially earlier this week, and days are growing shorter, temperatures dropping. While you don’t have to put your garden to bed...
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First ripe tomatoes: Little yellow heirloom pears in a terra cotta container

Summer's bounty begins as the first tomatoes ripen. These little yellow pear tomatoes are an heirloom variety, grown in a 24" terra cotta...
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Gardening 101: What are some tricks for planting containers?

Container gardening grows in popularity each season, and with good reason. Gardening in pots has plenty of benefits--mobility, design, and weed...
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Slide show: container gardening

Containers have cachet. Gardening in pots has grown more popular with each passing year, and for good reasons: • Containers are portable. You can...
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A potted dwarf lime bush will sweeten your garden and your house

After hurricaines wiped out lime orchards in Florida, the United States no longer commercially grows limes. Most limes consumed in the U.S. now are...
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Landscape trend: shade trees

Along with the unveiling of its new web site, the Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado (ALCC) announced the top ten landscape trends this...
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More bang for your garden buck: Pot up instant herb garden now, transplant to landscape later

Psssssst. Here’s a dirty little secret: For less than $20 and in less than one hour, you can create an instant herb garden that will allow you...
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Try hens and chicks in baskets

I love the look of hanging baskets, but I do not love that they dry out so quickly--and that most plants are unforgiving when it comes to going dry in...
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A favorite plant: angel-wing begonia

I’ve heard them called angel-wing begonias, and I’ve heard them called dragon-wing begonias. Whatever you call them, call these plants...
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Branches stand in as tiny, organic trellises

Whenever I have my cherry tree pruned, as I did this year, I make sure the guys save the branches for me. The pruning happens in March, usually. The...
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