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  • My Easy Rule
  • What to Do When Frost Arrives
  • Lifting and Storing
  • Leaving Tubers in the Ground

Melanie is an experienced gardener and has worked in homes and gardens media for over 20 years. She previously served as Editor on Period Living magazine, and worked for Homes & Gardens , Gardening Etc , Real Homes , and Homebuilding & Renovating . Melanie has spent the last few years transforming her own garden, which is constantly evolving as a work in progress. She is also a passionate organic home grower, having experimented with almost every type of vegetable at some point. In her home, Melanie tends to an extensive houseplant collection and is particularly fond of orchids.

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  • Can a Bougainvillea Stay Outside in Winter?
  • Is Winterizing Necessary?
  • Bougainvillea Winter Care
  • What to Do in Spring
  • FAQ

Teo Spengler is a master gardener and a docent at the San Francisco Botanical Garden, where she hosts public tours. She has studied horticulture and written about nature, trees, plants, and gardening for more than two decades, following a career as an attorney and legal writer. Her extended family includes some 30 houseplants and hundreds of outdoor plants, including 250 trees, which are her main passion. Spengler currently splits her life between San Francisco and the French Basque Country, though she was raised in Alaska, giving her experience of gardening in a range of climates.

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  • What Dahlias Need in Fall
  • Why Not Leave Tubers in Ground?
  • When it’s Safe to Leave Tubers
  • When it’s Better to Lift
  • What to Remember if You Lift

Mary Ellen Ellis has been gardening for over 20 years. With degrees in Chemistry and Biology, Mary Ellen’s specialties are flowers, native plants, and herbs.

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    1. Make Sure Dahlias Have Finished Flowering
    1. Cutting Dahlias Back in the Fall
    1. Lifting and Storing Dahlias
    1. Replanting Dahlias in Spring
  • FAQs

Tonya Barnett has been gardening for 13 years. Flowers are her passion. She has transformed her backyard into a cut flower garden, which she regularly chronicles on her YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/@tonyawiththeflowers.