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It’s the Most Wonderful Thyme of the Year to lose your Summerthyme Blues.In our last episode, we looked at Thymus praecox ‘Highland Cream’ and Thymus vulgaris ‘Hi Ho Silver’. Well, the Thymes, They Are A-Changin’!Rounding out the trio, please give a warm welcome to The Thyme of the Season:Thymus praecox ‘Coccineus’ This dense evergreen groundcover has a pleasing cascading habit. Magenta-pink flowers bloom in summer over deep-green, fragrant foliage. Bonus: It’s deer resistant!Heig

When the color experts at Pantone announced their Color of the Year for 2021, they gave us a rare double-header. Illuminating is a cheerful yellow. Ultimate Gray is exactly what it sounds like. They complement one another beautifully: Yellow for sunny optimism, gray for rock-solid reliability. We looked at yellow last time, so let’s go gray again!Obviously, gray – even Ultimate Gray -- is not sexy. Let’s call it silver. Either way, there’s a place for it in nearly every border. Colors