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Small Garden Mix and Match

In a small bed, every plant counts! You can’t afford to include a plant that only looks good for a week or two. Here’s a collection of hard-working multiseason plants that work so well together that I’ve combined them in two different small-space scenarios.

Placing a stepping stone in the middle of the snow-in-summer makes it easy to

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