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		<title>Fall Clean-up in the Perennial Garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sharris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardening How-To]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click here to read Larry Hurley&#8217;s fall tips for the perennial garden on our website. Photo credit. &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Calamint &#8211; My new Favorite Perennial</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sharris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Susan Harris Calamint (Calamintha nepeta) &#8216;White Cloud&#8217; is one of those plants that I&#8217;d never noticed &#8211; either at the nursery or in anyone&#8217;s garden &#8211; until I grew it myself, an experience that&#8217;s turned me into a HUGE fan of the plant.  I love it because this one plant has spread in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s not to love about Heucheras?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sharris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Larry Hurley, Behnke&#8217;s Perennial Buyer We have a number of things on sale in perennials this week (starting July 14), including daylilies, the remaining Astilbes, and Heucheras.  Here&#8217;s a bit about Heucheras. Heuchera &#8211; one of its common names is Coral Bells &#8211; is a North American native plant with several species native to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time for a Summer Tune-up!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sharris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Perennials]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Susan Harris Perennials to Prune for Rebloom It&#8217;s late June when not much is blooming (thankfully, my hydrangeas ARE in bloom), and early-blooming perennials are looking pretty bad.  But many of them will perk up, put out new leaves and even rebloom if you just give them a little attention &#8211; NOW. Above are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sandy&#8217;s Plants, where Perennials Come From</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 14:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sharris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Perennials]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Susan Harris Have you ever noticed a &#8220;Sandy&#8217;s Plants&#8221; label on one of your new perennials? Well, meet grower Sandy McDougle and her wholesale-retail growing facility on 35 acres just east of Richmond, VA. If you&#8217;re in the area it&#8217;s definitely worth a stop &#8211; not just for the opportunity to buy some rare [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perennials this week at Behnkes: Phlox, Heuchera, Peonies!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sharris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Perennials]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Larry Hurley Are you getting tired of the “one nice day in a row” weather we’ve been having so far this spring? I know I am.  It feels like the coast of Washington State instead of the ‘burbs of Washington, DC.  That said, there are some mighty fine perennial gardens in the Pacific Northwest, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Self-Seeding Perennials for the Budget-Conscious Gardener</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 20:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sharris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plants that multiply are great for filling up gardens without busting the budget, so I asked Larry Hurley to recommend some for our blog readers.   But because self-seeding plants CAN be a headache (or worse), Larry asks us to first be sure we really want them.   Plants that spread from seed will help create a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fall-Blooming Asters</title>
		<link>http://blog.behnkes.com/tears-of-a-goddess.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 04:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Brewer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Native Plants]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alma Potschke]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dallas Blues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fireworks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[October Skies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Professor Anton Kippenberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Purple Dome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raydon’s Favorite]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My favorite season is autumn. The weather is cooler, the sun shines abundantly, and I love the autumn colors of red, yellow and orange… and blue, purple and pink. Yes, that’s right, blue, purple and pink, and you can add to that magenta, rose, red-purple, royal blue, lavender and sky blue. These are all the true colors of autumn here in the United States due to one of our most glorious and prolific wildflowers, the aster.]]></description>
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		<title>Fall-Blooming Anemones: Late Color for the Shade Garden</title>
		<link>http://blog.behnkes.com/fall-blooming-anemones-late-color-for-the-shade-garden.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hurley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Perennials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anemone japonica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anemone tomentosa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anemone x hybrida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anemones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bressingham Glow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Honorine Jobert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pamina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robustissima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[September Charm]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Whirlwind]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Once called Anemone japonica, Anemone tomentosa, and a few other species, the various plants offered in horticulture are now considered to be hybrids of several species, and the official name for most of them is Anemone x hybrida, followed by some catchy cultivar name like ‘Honorine Jobert’.]]></description>
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		<title>Dendranthemum: Truly Hardy Chrysanthemums from our Perennial Department</title>
		<link>http://blog.behnkes.com/dendranthemum-truly-hardy-chrysanthemums-from-our-perennial-department.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hurley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Perennials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brandywine Sunset]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cambodian Queen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chrysanthemums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dendranthemum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emperor of China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fall Mums]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[garden mum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Korean Mums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mei-Kyo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Samba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sheffield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Venus]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing says ”fall is here” better than a couple of mums at your front door, although you will have to bend over and listen closely to hear them.]]></description>
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