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Take Geranium Cuttings Before Damaging Cold to Add Plants for Next Season

That leggy pot of geraniums on your porch can leave behind more than memories. A few snipped stem tips, rooted indoors over winter, can become...

By Ethan Brooks · Oct 7, 2026

Field Notes

Florida Front Yards Are Trading Purely Decorative Shrubs for These 7 UF/IFAS-Backed Edible Ornamentals

The California Plants That Thrive in the Bone-Dry Shade Under Your Oak and Pine Trees

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From the Garden

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In Bloom

These Cool-Season Vegetables North Carolina Gardeners Still Plant in October for Harvests All Winter

The California Native Groundcovers That Crowd Out Winter Weeds Before the First Rains Wake Them Up

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Gardener's Selection

Your Fall Vegetable Beds Pay You Back Double Next Year When You Feed Them One of These 12 Things Now

The Native North Carolina Shrubs You Plant Once and They Hide Your AC Unit and Trash Cans for Good

How to Protect Your Texas Plumeria Before the First Freeze

Are Stink Bugs Marring Your Fall Tomatoes and Peppers, and Does a Nearby Herb Help?

Take Geranium Cuttings Before Damaging Cold to Add Plants for Next Season

The Potting Shed

American Beautyberry: A Native North Carolina Shrub for Fall Birds, and a Closer Look at Chinese Privet

7 Florida Native Wildflowers to Plant This Fall So Next Spring’s Butterflies Have Somewhere to Land

Yaupon Holly: A Native Evergreen Screen for Chain-Link Fences That Can Support Birds

Your Peace Lily Has Crispy Brown Tips: Could Tap Water Be a Factor?

Wait to Cut Back Hostas Until the Leaves Have Truly Faded

California Night Snakes Look Scary Near Your Patio, but They Quietly Eat the Lizard-Hunting Pests You Never See

Leafy Fig Tree With No Fruit? A Fall-to-Spring Plan to Find the Cause and Improve Your Chances

What Your California Lemon Tree Is Telling You When Leaves Turn Yellow This Fall: How to Diagnose Before You Treat

Could Fertilizer Be Why Your Potted Geraniums Stop Blooming in Fall?

Your Fig Tree Looks Healthy but Gives You Zero Figs, and It’s Usually Missing One Thing

Your Hydrangeas Bloom Twice as Heavy Next Summer When You Fix These Few Things This Fall

Your Geraniums Don’t Belong in the Trash This Fall, and Here’s How to Keep Them Alive Until Spring

These Cold Hardy Fig Varieties Actually Survive North Carolina Winters and Still Load Up With Fruit

Fall Firebush Care in Texas: A Possible Nectar Source for Hummingbirds

Fall Pansies Nibbled Overnight? Damage Patterns Can Help Narrow Down the Likely Feeder

The Garden Almanac

Field Notes

The Underrated North Carolina Native Sedges That Carpet the Dry Shade Under Your Oaks Where Grass Keeps Dying

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Plant These Native Purple Perennials in Your Texas Garden This Fall and They Return Every Spring

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