Cold Climate Gardening

Hardy plants for hardy souls

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Url:http://www.coldclimategardening.com
Author(s):Kathy Purdy
Language:English
Tags:gardening, plants, flowers
Description:One of the longest-running garden blogs on the web, Cold Climate Gardening also provides links, book reviews, and plant profiles to help you successfully garden in the northern climates of USDA Hardiness Zones 4 and colder. Freelance author Kathy Purdy, who also writes for Horticulture, Fine Gardening, The American Gardener, and Upstate Gardeners' Journal, shares her gardening insights with you. Come join the conversation!
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Popularity:117 Followers

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Garden Bloggers Bloom Day December 2009
This intrepid Johnny-jump-up persists despite the snow.A few Johnny-jump-ups (Viola tricolor) sport raggedly blooms amidst the patchy snow. That’s it. That’s more than I’ve had ...more
2009-12-14
Plants vs. Zombies: Game Review
Screenshot from the swimming pool level. (Courtesy PopCap Games)PopCap Games sent me a copy of their Plants vs. Zombies computer game. My 12-year-old son agreed to review the game. This is a comp...more
2009-12-08
Hudson River Valley Farms: Book Review
When I first picked up Hudson River Vall
2009-12-01
Why I Garden
Why do I garden? Why does an artist paint? Why does a pianist spend days practicing for an hour long concert? The truth is, I don’t know why I garden. I don’t know why I have an affinit...more
2009-11-24
Horticulture Magazine Lists Their Twenty Favorite Garden Blogs
I was named as one of Horticulture’s favorite garden blogs–many thanks!
2009-11-18
Adenophora and Its Evil Twin Revisited
Campanula rapunculoides: Good looking but hardly innocent A while back I wrote an essay for Horticulture detailing my attempt to figure out the difference between ladybells and creeping bellflowe...more
2009-11-17
Still Blooming: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day November 2009
I was going to blather on about how this November was milder than last, but when I checked, I discovered that’s what I said last November, too! It was more typically cold in November 2007; ho...more
2009-11-16
Planting Tulips, Part 2
Yesterday I told you how I finally realized species tulips planted in the peony bed would help to bridge the bloom gap of late spring. I got the tulips chosen and purchased, and now I’m going...more
2009-11-11
Planting Tulips, Part 1
After the snowdrops, after the crocuses, after the daffodils, there is just about nothing blooming in the front of the house until the June show of peonies, irises, and poppies. I have not been the...more
2009-11-10
I am cited as a &...
I am cited as a “winter survival pro” at Seasonal Wisdom: http://ping.fm/NLW8i
2009-11-04
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Facebook UserMar 21

This blog is such a great idea! I live in Quebec Canada and having a place to get information on growing for short and sometimes brutal seasons is great thanks !
 

Facebook UserMar 14

Just trying to get accustomed to the Blog scene, glad I found yours. I own 3 Little Birds Landscaping in Moorhead, MN and have fun every season gardening in the 'thawed out tundra'.
 

Facebook UserNov 23, 2008

Ilona here ( of "I. Garden Journal on blogspot). I have really appreciated the friendship and gardening camaraderie that Kathy has encouraged. Facebook is a good place to grow that type of communication- it even out the playing field for those of us who don't have Kathy's talents for it! Thanks, Kathy, for sharing so much of yourself. {{xoxo}}..not the gosspi grl kind...
 
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