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Hometown Tropicals: Native Hibiscus spp. in the Landscape

From the Nursery  ·  Native Plants Hometown Tropicals: Native Hibiscus spp. in the Landscape The Southeast is home to twelve species of hibiscus. Most gardeners have no idea. By Jonas...

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Restoring Connectivity: Using the Power of the Home Garden to Mend Native Landscapes

Woodlanders Journal Restoring Connectivity Using the power of the home garden to mend native landscapes. On habitat fragmentation, pollinator decline, and how the home garden can become one of the...

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A Guide to Kalmias, the Famed Mountainlaurel

Quick start Meet the genus Ecosystem Pollination Safety Care Species Design References Kalmia at Woodlanders We have been growing and offering Kalmia since the late 1970s. Over decades of propagation,...

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Spring Planning, Edited: Designing with Ecological Leaders (and Letting the Laggards Behave)

Spring Planning • Design + Ecology The Garden as Host Spring landscape planning that cherishes origin — and shapes the story of a new home. A design-forward method for evolving...

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An Exploration of the Conradina Genus

Woodlanders Botanicals Conradina: the scrubland rosemary that teaches you how to design with place A genus that looks Mediterranean, smells like the mint family it belongs to, and tells the...

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Clinopodium: The Soft Power of the Mint Family

Woodlanders Botanical Journal Clinopodium: The Soft Power of the Mint Family A genus that doesn’t shout—yet somehow holds a garden together. A story of scent, ecology, and design restraint from...

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The Enchanted Trees of the South

Woodlanders Botanicals · Ethnobotany · Southern Ecology The Enchanted Trees of the South A botanical history of belief, survival, and synthesis in North America—told in leaf, smoke, and root, with...

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A North American Guide to Hollies

Woodlanders Botanicals • Design Field Guide History, design logic, and the Woodlanders legacy—how to choose the right holly, and how to make it speak in the landscape. Hollies are not...

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