: an area where plants are grown for commercial or decorative purposes
also
: the plants grown in such an area
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Watermelons grow best in planting hills that are 4 to 6 feet apart to give each melon optimum space to blossom.
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Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 3 June 2025
This planting technique shares many similarities with hugelkultur, trench composting, and lasagna gardening.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2025
When gardens will not receive summer plantings consider soil solarization to bake out pests.
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—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 May 2025
Trudeau recommends the use of plantings to establish soft boundaries between zones in outdoor spaces.
—Terri Williams, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
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Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 3 June 2025
This planting technique shares many similarities with hugelkultur, trench composting, and lasagna gardening.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2025
When gardens will not receive summer plantings consider soil solarization to bake out pests.
65.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 May 2025
Trudeau recommends the use of plantings to establish soft boundaries between zones in outdoor spaces.
—Terri Williams, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
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“Planting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/planting. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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