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Extreme heat stresses plants and their caretakers
This summer has been a challenging one for keeping plants growing. Record-breaking temperatures in July and August have created heat stress for plants. According to the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration, the May-to-July period was the warmest on record for the Northeast and Southeas...
 
Gardening How-To

Choosing Plants
The nursery can be a daunting place if you don't know what to look for in healthy plants. Washington Post gardening expert Adrian Higgins teaches you how to shop wisely for both balled and burlapped and container plants that will thrive in your garden.

Green Scene: A Japanese garden's natural serenity (By Joel M. Lerner, August 14, 2010)
 
Green Scene: Amid the heat wave, gardeners still have questions (By Joel M. Lerner, July 31, 2010)
 
Green Scene: Landscaping makes buyers feel at home (By Joel M. Lerner, July 24, 2010)
 
GREEN SCENE: Children and dirt: Why the garden's a natural attraction (By Joel M. Lerner, July 17, 2010)
 
In dry times, rain gardens help rescue the landscape (By Joel M. Lerner, July 10, 2010)
 
GREEN SCENE: Garden products that attract, repel (By Joel M. Lerner, June 26, 2010)
 
GREEN SCENE: Beware of late blight, and report damage (By Joel M. Lerner, June 12, 2010)
 
Green Scene: Divas of the garden, roses need pampering (By Joel M. Lerner, June 5, 2010)
 
Green Scene: A spring shower of questions (By Joel M. Lerner, May 22, 2010)
 
Green Scene: Now hear this (if you can): Ways to quiet traffic's din (By Joel M. Lerner, May 15, 2010)
 
Green Scene: A healthier approach to gardening in 10 hard lessons (By Joel M. Lerner, May 8, 2010)
 
Green Scene: These books can help plant gardening ideas (By Joel M. Lerner, May 1, 2010)
 
Green Scene: For gardeners, a bounty of spring classes and events (By Joel M. Lerner, April 24, 2010)
 
Green Scene: Going abroad? Avoid bringing back unintended souvenirs. (By Joel M. Lerner, April 17, 2010)
 
Green Scene: Spring gardens await weeding, pruning (By Joel M. Lerner, April 10, 2010)
 
Green Scene: Combat winter's wrath with a few tips (By Joel M. Lerner, April 3, 2010)
 
Green Scene: Bulbs light up gardens with brilliant color (By Joel M. Lerner, March 27, 2010)
 
Green Scene: Boxwoods clashing with begonias? Feng shui might help. (By Joel M. Lerner, March 20, 2010)
 
Green Scene: Time to swap snow shovel for pruning shears (By Joel M. Lerner, March 13, 2010)
 
Green Scene: Grow any plant, any season, in a greenhouse (By Joel M. Lerner, March 6, 2010)
 
green scene: The wetter, the better, for some plants (By Joel M. Lerner, February 27, 2010)
 
Green Scene: Safety concerns about snow and ice apply to plants, too (By Joel M. Lerner, February 20, 2010)
 
Green Scene: Destroying ice but preserving all else (By Joel M. Lerner, February 13, 2010)
 
Green Scene: So much of what you've been told about trees is wrong (By Joel M. Lerner, February 6, 2010)
 
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