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Suitable trees and shrubs to add to your colonial style garden are sweetshrub (Calycanthus), catalpa (Catalpa speciosa), mock orange (Philadelphus coronarius), devil’s walking stick (Aralia), redbud (Cercis canadensis), witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana), American holly (Ilex opaca), smokebush (Cotinus coggygria), and lilac (Syringa vulgaris).

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The origin of these distinctive containers is interesting. For centuries, large rectangular troughs were chiseled out of blocks of stone to provide watering vessels for horses and other livestock. When cars and trucks replaced working horses, some gardeners took the surplus troughs and turned them into mini-gardens. There aren’t many old troughs around anymore, and antique ones sell at high prices. By fashioning your own from cement and other materials, you can make them inexpensively, and they are light enough to haul around. You also get the considerable satisfaction of creating them yourself.

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“The good news is that we’ve picked up demand,” he said. “We’re seeing more domestic buyers than ever before, who are coming to Florida to look for a primary residence or to buy a second home.”

Sunflower hearts are popular with a wide variety of garden birds. Black sunflower seeds are another crowd pleaser. Suet balls and blocks are high-energy foods that can contain a variety of seeds, cereals and sometimes mealworms. They also generally create less mess on the ground, meaning you are less likely to attract unwanted rodents.

"If a homeowner is going to put that much time and effort into making their yard and their property so beautiful, they deserve recognition," said Linda Block, 2019 Garden of the Month committee chairperson. "We also ask them to share their pride and their hard work by letting the community know that beautiful yard is there."

As authorities searched the grounds for Madeleine, her panicked family and their friends also tried in vain to find their little girl.

If you’re looking for a dark-horse breakout candidate, no question it’s Shed Long. This is a guy the Mariners targeted in the offseason, and were thrilled to pick up from the Yankees, via Cincinnati in the three-way Sonny Gray deal. The M’s gave up outfielder Josh Stowers, a second-round pick in 2018.

The $90-million rehabilitation of Longwood Gardens’ Main Fountain Garden addressed chronic mechanical problems, aging infrastructure and limited visitor access while restoring the garden’s 1930s architectural character. To improve the fountain’s infrastructure, the systems were extensively upgraded, which included two new underground pump rooms. 

All charm aside, public works officials are increasingly worried that the corroding monument is just a car crash away from catastrophe.