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Moon gardens shine at night, even without light; my list of flowers will give you ideas. Add night bloomers to the list of plants that show up at night.

Thompson's Water Seal is one of the deck sealers used to protect against rot. Learn how to use this sealant to guard against damage to your decking.

Blue fescue grass (Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue') is a drought-tolerant ornamental. Blue fescue grass is grown in planting zones 4-8.

Scarlet or 'red' salvia plants are popular annuals in the North American landscape. Red salvia flowers provide yards with a vibrant scarlet color.

Itchy rash plants are the plant kingdom's answer to yellow jackets and mosquitoes. As if it weren't bad enough watching out for the burning sting that yellow jackets inflict, there's an itchy rash plant (stinging nettles) that can also 'burn' you.

Autumn Joy sedum is one of the stonecrop plants and adds a different look to your landscaping in fall. Like other stonecrop flowers, it is a drought-tolerant perennial.

Shasta daisy flowers are excellent plants for dry, sunny areas, as they are relatively drought-tolerant. 'Becky' shasta daisies bear flowers over a longer stretch of the summer than other varieties.

NST2018 Black & Decker "Grass Hog" cordless string trimmers are similar to the cheaper CST2000 Black

Picture of poison sumac leaflets.

Learn what poison sumac looks like. Often found in swamps, poison sumac exhibits spectacular fall foliage.

Sweet woodruff herb plants have a wonderful aromatic quality. In times gone by, these herbs were commonly exploited for their culinary and medicinal uses, as well.

Picture of poison sumac berries.

Purple ice plant (Delosperma), despite its South African origins, is a hardy flower. Delosperma cooperi is one of the most popular flowers from this group and is used as a ground cover.

Perennial vs annual comes down to the matter of life-cycle. As distinct from considerations of hardiness and the presence or absence of winter die-back, a perennial's life-cycle will distinguish it from an annual's -- i.e., the reproductive process.

Its red stems help identify poison sumac.

Diablo ninebark plants are deciduous flowering shrubs. Native to North America, Diablo (or 'Diabolo') ninebark plants may be hardy as far north as zone 2 but is commonly listed for zone 3-7.

Plant Taxonomy for Sweet Alyssum: Plant taxonomy classifies sweet alyssum plants as Lobularia maritima

Removing poison ivy from your yard is probably easier than remembering to avoid those 'leaflets 3.' Read my tips on how to remove this weed to do the job safely.

Ajuga ground cover is widely grown, despite its invasiveness. Ajuga also goes by the common name 'bugleweed' (sometimes misspelled 'bugle weed').

Emerald 'N' Gold euonymus shrubs are low-mounding, evergreen bushes. The plants have variegated leaves on stems that stick straight up.