A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach August 15, 2022 Jenny Rose Carey on Flowers for Hot Dry Spots

Published: Aug. 15, 2022, midnight

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Hot and dry: That\\u2019s the lament of gardeners in most regions in high summer, and also of many plants in their flower gardens. The author of a new book called \\u201cThe Ultimate Flower Gardener\\u2019s Guide\\u201d is here to suggest which perennials can stand up best to the test, plus give us some lavender-growing advice \\u2013 speaking of plants adapted to hot and dry.  

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Also on the agenda: a tip on a bulb you may not have grown before but could order to plant this fall, surprise lilies.\\xa0

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Jenny Rose Carey is former senior director of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society\\u2019s Meadowbrook Farm, and taught in the department of landscape architecture and horticulture at Temple University, where she also directed the Ambler Arboretum. Her new book is \\u201cThe Ultimate Flower Gardener\\u2019s Guide.\\u201d\\xa0

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