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BRIGHTON TWP. — Sarah Goodwin, the owner of a new houseplant nursery near Brighton, said succulents attract people from across the gardening spectrum.
The mostly desert plants come in all shapes and colors, and they grow and flower in unique, and often surprising, ways.
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When crisp autumn air starts rolling in, take measures to protect your garden from a cold snap that's inevitably right around the corner. Don't let all your hard work from spring and summer go to waste, so start preparing your plots for Jack Frost's arrival. First, stay alert fo
Gardening in the shade is often thought of as a Sisyphean endeavor, swimming upstream against all odds with limited plant choices and no hope for color.
But that notion couldn’t be further from the truth. Learning how to work with — not necessarily around — shady conditions, and f
Premium houseplant shopping and plant workshops start this weekend!
by Alexandria Living Magazine Staff
PlantHouse opens in Alexandria May 28.
Alexandria's new plant store and terrarium workshop — called PlantHouse — is opening this weekend.
PlantHouse will o
Beyond the beauty of flowers, orderliness in the plant world is rare but satisfying. You can arrange your plants like books, in patterns and thoughtfully repeating phrases to suggest order, but some come with inbuilt geometry, as if a particularly OCD Mother Nature had t
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Lake Havasu on the Colorado River serves as the desert home to big smallmouth bass.
Daydream of big smallmouth bass, and your mind might drift off to the waters of northern Michigan or the lakes of eastern Tennessee. But today, you can add the desert impoundment of Lake Havasu to your dr
No one wants to get fat. But what about losing weight? The concept of shedding pounds is simple, but it can be hard to stick with. The good news is that you don’t have to go on a diet or exercise for hours every day to lose fat and prevent fat production. In fact, you can use weight loss
Numerous plants feature broad, deeply lobed leaves. But those of the cecropia tree (C. palmata, formerly peltata) are unmistakable. Each leaf is up to 18 inches across, has 7 to 11 lobes and is gray-green above and silvery-white below. Standing at the base of a mature, 30-to-40-foot cecropia a