Ask a Master Gardener: Putting the Garden to Rest

Written by Phyllis Ferguson

Last updated: Dec 09 2022

Ask a Master Gardener: Putting the Garden to Rest

Written by

Phyllis Ferguson

Phyllis is a Master Gardener growing in Zone 7 in Charlotte, North Carolina. She loves working in her landscape with flowering shrubs and perennials, planting around ponds and water features, and taking care of her dogs and her backyard chickens.

A longtime Master Gardener educator in North Carolina, Phyllis is sharing her best tips for plant selection, gardening, landscape care and more with FastGrowingTrees.com.

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