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A handful of freshly picked asparagus spears is one of the tell-tale signs of spring. While these perennials won’t produce a harvestable crop in their first year, planting them in May will provide you with delicious spears a year or two later. Healthy plants can produce spears for over a month and live for more than twenty years.

Border plants placed along the edge of a driveway can really soften the transition between your hardscape and landscape. Here are some beautiful options.

This week's Master Gardener column also includes advice for attracting pollinators to your vegetable garden (including low-maintenance ideas).

Add vibrant color to your porch, patio, or small garden with easy-to-grow flowers that thrive in containers—perfect for any gardener.

While most marigolds grown in the US are annuals, there are perennial marigold varieties in the form of native shrubs.

Another early spring-flowering plant which you will find right now at garden centers is ranunculus ( Ranunculus asiaticus ), also known as Persian buttercup. This plant produces beautiful flowers in a wide variety of reds, yellows, oranges, pinks and white with ruffled petals that appear to be made of crepe paper.

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