Invite butterflies to your garden

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Butterfly expert Kathy Wildman says that gardeners can make a positive environmental difference if they plant a butterfly garden. Butterflies are usually attracted by fragrant and bright flowers, with specific recommendations including butterfly bush, lilacs, and asters.

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Coral bells ring in spring

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Coral bells are perennials that are ideal for small gardens and for edging paths and borders because of their low, neat and mounded shapes. They can flourish in the Midwest if they are protected from the hot afternoon sun.

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Foliage all-stars

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A description is presented of the large range of autumnal colors which may be seen among the foliage of the trees growing in The Dawes Arboretum, OH, the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum and the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.

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