: an area where plants are grown for commercial or decorative purposes
also
: the plants grown in such an area
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Salvias and native prairie plants should only have a thin layer of mulch and don't need any if plantings are dense.
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
For this longest time, a thorough fall clean-up of planting beds was an integral part of the traditional garden routine to tidy up after the gardening season and prepare for spring.
—Benjamin Vogt, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2025
What To Know On the day Goodall died, she was scheduled to meet with students and teachers to launch the planting of 5,000 trees around wildfire burn zones in the Los Angeles area.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
The assessment by PlanIT Geo also found that only 29% of Pittsburg’s land is suitable for new tree planting, due to impervious surfaces.
—Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
For this longest time, a thorough fall clean-up of planting beds was an integral part of the traditional garden routine to tidy up after the gardening season and prepare for spring.
—Benjamin Vogt, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2025
What To Know On the day Goodall died, she was scheduled to meet with students and teachers to launch the planting of 5,000 trees around wildfire burn zones in the Los Angeles area.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
The assessment by PlanIT Geo also found that only 29% of Pittsburg’s land is suitable for new tree planting, due to impervious surfaces.
—Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
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“Planting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/planting. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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