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Growing Conditions: Full sun in well-drained soil Size: Grows to 4 feet tall and 2 feet wide Growing Conditions: Full sun in well-drained soil Size: Grows to 5 feet tall and to 3 feet wide Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade in well-drained soil Size: Grows to 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide Buy It: ‘Bumblebee’ Salvia ($16, Bluestone Perennials) Growing Conditions: Full sun in well-drained soil Size: Grows to 3 feet tall and wide Buy It: Achillea ‘Sassy Summer Sunset’ ($19, Jackson & Perkins) Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade in moist, well-drained soil Size: Grows to 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide Buy It: ‘Goliath’ Tall Phlox ($26, The Home Depot) Growing Conditions: Part shade to full sun in moist, well-drained soil Size: Grows to 3 feet tall and wide Test Garden Tip: Extend the show by growing different varieties....

Growing Conditions: Full sun in medium moist, well-drained soil Size: Up to five feet tall and four feet wide Buy It: Crape Myrtle Tree ($45, The Home Depot) Test Garden Tip: In Zones 5 and 6, where crape myrtles die most winters, treat the shrubs as perennials and cut them to the ground before growth begins in the spring. Name: Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’ Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade in medium moist, well-drained soil Size: Up to eight feet tall and wide Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade in medium moist, well-drained soil Size: Up to 16 feet tall and 12 feet wide Buy It: Chinese Snowball Viburnum ($33, The Home Depot) Growing Conditions: Full sun to shade in medium moist to wet soil Size: Up to eight feet tall and six feet wide Growing Conditions: Full sun in medium moist, well-drained soil Size: Up to four feet tall and wide Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade in dry to medium moist, well-drained soil Size: Up to eight feet tall and six feet wide Growing Conditions: Full sun in medium moist, well-drained soil Size: Up to 10 feet tall and 12 feet wide Buy It: Czechmark Trilogy (Weigela) Live Shrub ($30, The Home Depot) Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade in medium moist, well-drained soil Size: Up to four feet tall and wide Growing Conditions: Full sun in medium moist, well-drained soil Size: Up to four feet tall and five feet wide Buy It: Gold Drop Potentilla Shrub Beautiful Dwarf Shrub ($30, The Home Depot) Growing Conditions: Full sun in medium moist, well-drained soil Size: Up to 10 feet tall and wide Growing Conditions: Full sun in medium moist, well-drained soil Size: Up to 30 feet tall and wide Buy It: Scentara Double Blue Lilac ($21, The Home Depot) Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade in moist, acidic, well-drained soil Size: Up to three feet tall and four feet wide Growing Conditions: Full sun in medium moist, well-drained soil Size: Up to 10 feet tall and 8 feet wide Buy It: Shoal Creek Vitex ($62, Lowe’s) Growing Conditions: Full sun in medium moist to wet, well-drained soil Size: Up to seven feet tall and four feet wide Growing Conditions: Part shade in medium moist, well-drained acidic soil Size: Up to three feet tall and wide Buy It: Autumn Royalty Encore Azalea ($17, The Home Depot) Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade in moist clay or sand enriched with organic matter....

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If you don’t have a way with words, don’t worry—we’ve compiled a list of the best romantic, sweet, and funny Valentine’s Day quotes from poets, authors, and celebrities. Explore our collection of romantic quotes from Aristotle to Oscar Wilde, or borrow a few words from your favorite television and movie characters. Use any of these quotes for your Valentine’s Day Instagram caption, or let them serve as inspiration as you write your Valentine’s Day cards this year....

Our Test Kitchen approves of these methods for storing fresh herbs when you need to extend their shelf life by just a couple of days in the refrigerator or for many weeks by drying the herbs. Method 1: Hang in Bunches Knowing how to dry herbs will keep you stocked year-round. Using 100%-cotton kitchen string like this cotton cooking twine ($7, Walmart), tie a few stems together. Hang the bundles upside down in a warm, dry place with good circulation until dry (about 5 to 14 days)....

Use these annuals to fill in any blank spaces in your landscape as your garden transitions from summer to fall. 1. Pansy This popular cold-tolerant plant’s cheery, edible flowers come in just about every color, including red, orange, yellow, white, purple, and blue. Pansies are often grown as annuals, especially when used in container gardens, but they’re actually short-lived perennials that are hardy in Zones 6-11. They’ll survive the winter in these regions if planted in the ground, blooming again the following spring....

Seafood Watch, a program run by the Monterey Bay Aquarium, has combed through data from health organizations and environmental groups to come up with easy-to-understand recommendations for seafood harvested all over the globe. Look for their “Best Choices” labeled in green on the site. Another easy way to identify good picks is to look for the blue Marine Stewardship Council label when you’re shopping—it identifies certified sustainable seafood. The Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch program offers a list of sustainability ratings and detailed information on specific fish while the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) provides up-to-date mercury notices....

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This spring, create your own decorative Easter egg tree or purchase one as a spring centerpiece that will steal the show at your Easter brunch. Bring the tradition inside by decorating a small faux tree or collection of branches with flowers, cut paper shapes, and dyed Easter eggs. Decorated Easter trees are a colorful and festive way to welcome the spring season. These are some of our favorite looks. To make it, fill a colored bucket with sand, insert branches, then hang the handmade paper bird ornaments and plastic eggs to complete the display....

Just because gingerbread usually has a traditional feel doesn’t mean you can’t adapt the trend to suit your look. In London, Harrods department store partnered with Dior to transform their facade into a sweet yet sophisticated frosted fantasy land that undeniably proves cookies can be chic. Whatever your desired design, we have some tips for taking on this sugary seasonal style—plus a look into why gingerbread decor is all over this holiday season....

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How Fast Do Red Maples Grow? Some trees are slow growers (20-30 years to reach full size) and other types of trees grow fast (10-15 years). The good news is that red maples grow at a relatively fast speed; in the tree world, this equals about 12-18 inches of height a year. However, you’ll have to be patient for it to become a full-size tree because it can take about 25 years before this type of maple tree stops adding more height....

Types of Daffodils Daffodils (Narcissus) are an antidote to the winter blues. Choose bulbs from all three blooming times: early, mid-season or late, and keep the daffodil show running for months in your garden. If you want the first possible flowers, try ‘Rijnveld’s Early Sensation’, a classic yellow trumpet daffodil that blooms in January or February. The early, miniature, yellow ‘Tete a Tete’ deserves a starring location next to your front walk....

Basic budget-friendly dryers come with white exteriors, mechanical controls, and only a few temperature settings (low, medium, and high). Cycles likely include only timed-dry (you pick the amount of time) and air-dry (no heat). As prices increase, the dryers add more sophisticated timers and settings. High-end dryers likely include touch pad or touch screen controls and dozens of choices for heat temperature and cycles that you might be interested in....