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Growing Chile Peppers Indoors
It's a challenge to grow chile peppers indoors. Like tomatoes, they need an environment that's warmer and brighter than most homes. However, growing chiles indoors is a worthwhile project if you don't have a garden.
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Succulent Bonsai: Capturing the Spirit of the Desert
Succulents make interesting and unusual additions to bonsai collections. Bonsai practice can also contribute much to our knowledge of succulent species.
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Identify Your Christmas Tree
Do you have a Douglas-fir or a white spruce? Don't know? Our tree key can help you figure it out.
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Trees to See at BBG
With fall foliage season upon us, don't miss some of the hidden gems among BBG's tree collection.
By Christopher Roddick -
Look What’s Growing in the Herb Garden
The Herb Garden is in its late-summer glory now. Enjoy the photos, but be sure to visit to see the rest of the season unfold!
By BBG Staff -
The Age of a Tree
How old is that tree? The answer to this question isn't as simple as you might think.
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The Roses Are in Bloom
Don’t miss the Cranford Rose Garden at peak bloom this week.
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These Herbaceous Peonies Smell as Good as They Look
BBG's north section Plant Family Collection curator, Michael Mauro, suggests that visitors keep a special eye out over the next couple of weeks for yellow or yellow-orange blooms, indicating some of the more rare cultivars of herbaceous peonies.
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Weed of the Month: Dandelion
Most gardeners think of dandelions as a nuisance, but they are also a pretty interesting plant. Did you know that European settlers brought them to North American intentionally?
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At Last…May Flowers
April showers finally yield to May flowers.
By Sarah Schmidt
