Home and Garden, and Real Estate- December 15, 2019

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Taking the new

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Challenges faced when building new homes, F2

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Taking the new route In tight housing markets, some choose to build their own place

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By Dima Williams

Special To The Washington Post

ike many house hunters in Washington, Brian Duss found himself on a long, frustrating search of online listings.

“I was joking with some of my friends that I spent a year swiping on online brokerage Redfin like most people swipe on dating app Tinder,” said Duss, who works in international development.

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new one-bedroom, one-bathroom condo near a Metro station in August.

Duss’ new build is part of a construction boom in the Washington area and around the country. His property was among the 32,000 units under construction in the District of Columbia during the first seven months of the year, according to real estate data firm Yardi Matrix.

The Washington DC Economic Partnership said it expects more than 7,600 units will be finished this year. That tally, according to the partnership, far exceeds the 10-year average of 4,200 units. It also sets a record for deliveries since 2001, when the organization began tracking the data.

“There’s tons of new construction,” said Amir Taba, a real estate agent with TTR Sotheby’s International Realty.

“On every single corner, you see a new building going up.”

During the same time frame, but about 1,000 miles west, Breanne Stewart and her husband looked for land in Nixa, Missouri, that could get good internet service. The Stewarts own a digital agency, so connectivity was imperative for the spot where they

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wanted to build a new house.

“Internet was a pretty big deal,” said Stewart, who runs the Happy Little Mess blog.

“Where we landed kind of fits the bill.”

In April 2017, bringing together an architect and a builder the Stewarts knew, construction of their modern 4,500-square-foot farmhouse began.

That month, the Stewarts’ residence was one of more than 12,000 single-family houses started across the Midwest, according to the Census Bureau. In Missouri, 2017 notched a seven-year peak in building permits issued for single-family abodes before a slight dip the following year.

And despite persistently

high material costs and labor shortages, among other stumbling blocks, home construction has strengthened since the Great Recession in many locales across the country.

Dallas-Fort Worth, for instance, issued about 35,000 building permits, second in the country behind Houston, according to the Census Bureau.

In some cities, building a new home and buying an old one command similar dollar amounts.

“In one sense, you don’t really know what you’re getting when you’re walking into a home that’s maybe 15 or 20 years old, even when you do an inspection,” said SEE ROUTE, PAGE F3

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His home search lasted two years, during which he lost two existing properties he bid on to all-cash buyers.

At last, Duss purchased a condo unit under construction, settling into a period of waiting for its completion.

Building a house or buying early into new developments can be a smart way to bypass challenges such as tight inventories and bidding wars that have become commonplace — particularly in high-demand neighborhoods — in the existing home market.

But constructing a home can be a complicated and grueling process that in some cases takes years to complete. It requires navigating a different series of rules and regulations from a builder, zoning and planning officials, and homeowner associations.

“If you’re looking to build a place, you just have to know it’s going to take a lot of time,” said Duss, who moved into his

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Kimberlee Gee, who worked with Taba to find a new-build condo in D.C. “And you deal with things breaking down more quickly.”

Yet, experts say, those embarking on new construction not only should be aware of the complications and challenges of the process but also should have strategies to overcome them.

Here’s what you need to know about building a single-family house, condo or townhouse: Work with a real estate agent Newly built residences emerge on the market at various stages of completion.

Someone might buy into a development based only on architectural renderings in a so-called presale deal. Another purchaser might pick a unit only when it is finished.

Yet another could collaborate with a builder to erect a custom house.

In any case, a real estate agent can help a buyer navigate the process, which differs from acquiring an existing home. While a traditional transaction might take a month, having a home built can stretch for years. Delays are bound to occur — even before construction starts.

Becky Higgins, who runs Project Life, an online scrapbooking site, and her husband, a medical professional,

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“It’s a pretty complex process. There’s a lot of moving parts.

There’s a lot of unknown. It’s always, always, always good to have a buyer’s agent who has sold new construction before.”

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“It’s a pretty complex process. There’s a lot of moving parts. There’s a lot of unknown,” Taba said. “It’s always, always, always good to have a buyer’s agent who has sold new construction before.”

The Higgins’ kitchen features a bar, concrete dining table, and booth. (DAVIS WINBORNE / THE WASHINGTON POST)

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spent four years envisioning and designing their custom home. That time felt even longer, Higgins said, because of rejections from the local planning department.

“It is a very painful part of the process — submitting our plans to the county and then getting red lines and resubmitting them and getting more red lines, and back and forth and back and forth,” said Higgins, who lives in Peoria, Arizona, and documented her home journey on Instagram.

The Higginses, who moved into their new house in June after three years of construction, said they picked an out-

having one as a partner can help in decisions about what architect, builder and designer to employ and in negotiations on various aspects of construction.

of-state design firm that was unfamiliar with local building codes. That decision, they said, led to problems.

The Higginses did not rely on a real estate agent. But

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Know what you sign Builders’ contracts “have every protection in the world for the seller,” said Margie Halem, senior vice president of the Margie Halem Group at real estate brokerage Compass. “There’s no protection for a buyer. You have to write things in.

“There are clauses that give the builders X amount of days to deliver,” she added.

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This folk art got its start at the Cape

RTISTS SOMEtimes only make one kind of art, perhaps keeping to painting, sculpture or jewelry. But many try all kinds of art before they find the one that is best.

Self-taught Peter Hunt (1896-1967) started painting thrift shop furniture with peasant designs in 1929. His colorful pieces sold quickly in Cape Cod and became so fashionable that they were sold in the furniture departments of Macy’s, Gimbels and other well-known department stores.

Old boxes, school desks, strollers, toys, buckets, trays, fabrics and more were decorated. Hunt was handsome, charming and clever, and he sold his folk art to important socialites, including Helena Rubenstein, who promoted his work. He also wrote cookbooks and how-to guides so amateurs could copy his style.

His painting is compared to early Pennsylvania German or Norwegian Rosemaling. His painted designs were signed with “Anno Domini,� the last two numbers of the year, and his cursive signature.

Sometimes he added French phrases to the decorations.

The fad only lasted till the 1960s, and Hunt died penniless.

But Hunt’s art is being collected again.

This Hunt dollhouse, painted inside and out, sold

at a recent Eldred auction for $240. A large piece of furniture could bring over $1,000.

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identify the maker of my silver water pitcher. The mark includes the initials “L.B.S. CO.� and “E.P.N.S.� and a cross, a crown and a shield. I presume the interior is aluminum because it’s lightweight. It looks modern. Do you have any idea who the maker is and the time period? What can I expect as to its value?

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This mark was used by Lawrence B. Smith Co. of Boston. The company was founded in 1887 and made silver and silver plate serving pieces. It went out of business in the late 1950s.

The letters “E.P.N.S� stand for “electroplated nickel silver.� Sterling silver is solid silver. Nickel silver doesn’t contain any silver but is an alloy made of about 20% nickel, 60% copper and 20% zinc.

In electroplating, an electric current is used to deposit a thin layer of silver onto the base metal. The process came into commercial use about 1840. Modern silver plate trays are almost impossible to sell and have no meltdown value since they aren’t solid silver.

Your silver plate pitcher might sell for about $50 to $75.

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The folk art paintings on the dollhouse are the signed work of Peter Hunt. The 39-inchhigh plywood toy was decorated in 1941.

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Lee Reich | In The Garden

Plants can take hint from changing of season

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t’s not uncommon for a spring-flowering shrub — a forsythia or rhododendron, for example — to toss out a blossoms in fall.

Not to worry. Those off-season blossoms notwithstanding, plants generally know what they are doing.

humans, get ready for the cold months ahead.

Sure, supermarkets offer out of season foods, but still I have the urge to pack my home-grown carrots, turnips, and apples into boxes kept cool now in my garage, later in my basement.

Plants similarly need reserve food to tide them over during the coming months when lack of leaves or cold weather prevents or slows photosynthesis.

In this part of the world, shortening days and cold weather are what tell plants that it’s getting time to put It is in spring when plants away food, toughen up, and — and let’s admit it, we get ready for winter sleep. humans, also — are most Despite warm spells, plants likely to act foolishly. In the have received these signals. case of plants, I’m thinking Fallen leaves are the most especially of an apricot tree obvious sign that trees and I once had that every spring shrubs have heard the call. would bloom so early that Once trees and shrubs have subsequent frosty nights shut down for the season, it would snuff the life out of takes more than just warm developing fruits. temperatures to awaken Analogous behavior of them. They have to first explants and humans run perience a cumulative period deeper than their coinciden- of time at cool temperatures. tal times of foolishness. Fall Cool, not cold. Temperatures is a time of year when plants between about freezing and and animals, including some 40 degrees are the ticket.

will begin growing.

Only after a tree or shrub Foolish behavior in a plant has accumulated enough often is the result of its time, which varies among having been species, at these cool In this part of the transplanted out of its natemperatures world, shortening tive habitat. can it grow.

This was Whether or days and cold surely the not it actualweather are what case with my ly does grow, though, detree. tell plants that apricot pends on enApricots are vironmental it’s getting time native to a region of China conditions. to put away food, where winters For some plants, toughen up, and are cold, and stay cold, and growth will get ready for a short spring not begin is followed by until days get winter sleep. reliably warm longer. And, weather. of course, That climate is perfect for warmth is needed because a plant that needs few hours growth remains at a standstill, no matter what, at low of cool temperatures before temperatures. A plant might awakening in spring. Here, even need a particular com- though, mild days in fall and bination of warm temperaeven, occasionally, in winter tures and long days before it satisfy the tree’s need for

cool temperatures prematurely, fooling the blossoms into opening at the very first hint of spring.

Don’t worry about a blooming forsythia or rhododendron, though. As with most trees and shrubs, fewer hours at cool temperatures are needed to awaken flower buds than the rest of the plant.

My apricot trees did live on year after year even though its blossoms each year succumbed to cold. A few awakening blossoms doesn’t mean that a whole plant is now about to jump into action.

Do appreciate those blossoms now, though, because any buds that unfold this season are not going to do so again next spring.

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deliver? Is there a penalty? Is he giving money back to the buyer? Those are things that you can write in when you have an agent who knows what they’re doing.”

Contracts also dictate what a home would look like. While dwellings in planned developments may not permit much customization, depending on the stage of construction, buyers might be able to select layouts, colors and appliances, for example. Upgrading from the builder’s standard plan, though, will mean additional charges.

But when it comes to custom projects, where builders heed clients’ preferences, aesthetic and structural features of houses should emerge through a blend of professional advice and personal desires.

“Take the time picking out design aspects,” said Stewart, whose new home was finished about a year ago. “Don’t succumb to what a contractor may tell you that they think is best, because they won’t be the ones living in the home.”

“commissions” — require construction loans. Construction loans cover the expense of building a private single-family house through a series of draws, or money disbursed for distinct construction phases such as foundation work.

Construction loans command interest rates up to a quarter-percentage-point higher than those of regular mortgages, said Sonu Mittal, head of mortgage retail lending at Citizens Bank. They also often come with higher benchmarks for qualifying credit history, capacity (the ability to repay) and collateral.

The loans last only until the end of the build, or about a year, during which time a borrower pays only accrued interest. So construction loans carry greater risk. Unforeseen circumstances may thwart building — the creation of collateral — or dent the debtor’s credit score.

Because of that, some lenders require two qualification rounds or loan closes — when a client takes out a construction loan and when, as the house reaches completion, the loan morphs into a regular mortgage. That practice, though, is shifting.

Custom homes “It depends on what the ofWhile residences in planned ferings are, and based on the developments draw convencustomers’ qualification, but tional mortgages, custom you will notice that five years homes — the type an owner ago there wasn’t that much

competition on construction loans,” Mittal said. “However, now a lot more lenders are offering construction loans and pretty much everybody is starting to do one-time closes.”

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struction is no different.

What varies is the profile of lenders. National banks and mortgage brokerages often eschew loans for “future property,” as no physical collateral stands to back them. Thus, it is mostly their local counterparts that extend mortgages for new homes based on thorough design plans and value estimates. In some cases, this peculiarity benefits buyers.

“My local lender gave me a better rate than national online mortgage company Quicken offered, which was actually kind of a surprise,” Duss said.

Moreover, developers appear to gravitate toward local lenders, often designating a preferred one, whose use earns buyers monetary rewards such as cash credit for closing costs. The setup also promotes efficiency.

The affiliated lender “already knows about the project,” Taba said. “They already have all the documents about the project. It’s just a smoother transaction.”

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finishes. But for a buyer, this is costly and inconvenient. Still, local jurisdictions dispatch inspectors to assess work that requires permits.

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often engineers and architects — to inspect on their behalf. While that shortens the wait time for mandatory code inspections and could foster a sense of security for buyers, it also can cause trouble.

“There are drive-by inspections or situations where third-party inspectors never set foot on the property,” said Matthew Hix of Marietta Inspections.

“So unfortunately in many areas of the country and in Washington, D.C., especially, independent home inspectors

become the inspector of last resort.”

And they often uncover all sorts of issues — from inoperable windows to inadequate insulation. A builder’s warranty may cover those for up to a year. In that span, at no cost to the homeowner, the developer would correct flaws uncovered during a post-sale inspection.

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But despite the complexities that accompany a new build — be it a custom residence, a unit in a downtown highrise or a house in a suburban development — Higgins of Project Life offered a simple principle to heed.

“Begin with the end in mind. The end result is a home.”

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Joshua T. Snell, Tiffany M. Snell and Tiffany M. Foster to Jillian Pena, 323 Poplar St., $216,000.

Oak Ridge Custom Home Builders to Michael A. Sukhram and Elsa L. Sukhram, 43 Federal St., $385,000.

Riley Campbell, Jenna Campbell and Jenna Walker to Emily Y. Kocot, 142 Autumn St., Unit D, $128,000.

Thomas L. Fournier and Lynne M. Fournier to Michael J. Donovan Jr., and Jill M. Donovan, 144 Kosak Court, $399,900.

Timothy N. Reed and Melody D. Reed to Posiadlosc LLC, 104 Kanawha Ave., $6,500.

Tirone Development Corp to Rosamaria Kehoe and Charles F. Kehoe Jr., 40 Kosak Court, $446,200.

AMHERST Gwendolyn J. Bass, trustee, and Bass Family Supplemental Needs Trust to Gregory Haughton, 635 East Pleasant St., $265,000.

Lynda Faye and Brian E. McColgan to Browns College Properties LLC, 232 East Pleasant St., $420,000.

Carol Joan Drexler to Heather E. Ernest, 1151 South East St., $187,000.

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ment to Dennis H. Connor, 91 Clark St., $193,000.

BRIMFIELD Born in Brimfield Construction Inc., to Joel T. Martin and Rebecca A. Martin, 37 East Hill Road, $412,000.

CHESTER Elizabeth M. Bolduc to Corbin A. Lavertu, 45 Soisalo Road, $229,000.

CHICOPEE Federal National Mortgage Association and Fannie Mae to Tedeschi Properties LLC, 100 Collins St., $95,000.

David W. Covington and Leslie A. Covington to John P. Zwisler, 81 Blanchard St., $241,000.

Jeary Beaudette, Louise Leahy, Pauline Denis, Timothy Beaudette and Barbara Kirsch to Premium Properties Inc., 395 Chicopee St., $120,000.

Patricia A. Dugre and Richard L. Dugre to MTGLQ Investors LP, 79 Acrebrook Drive, $186,352.

Robert J. Perreault and Lorell L. Perreault to Davon Roy Dallas, 22 Walter St., $257,000.

Sang Ki Choe and Jinhee Bae to Douglas H. Robinson, 62 Applewood Drive, Unit 6060A, $128,500.

COLRAIN Robyn M. Fiske to Jennifer J. Lewis, 6 Greenfield Road, $10,000 CitiMortgage Inc., to 2019 Castle LLC, 5 High St., $19,800.

DEERFIELD Alan Lipp and Edith C. Lipp to Matthew J. Lindner and Mary L. Lindner, 98 North Main St., $320,000.

Ronald F. Bukoski, personal representative, and Alice M. Bukoski, estate, to Alexander Frank Bukoski and Jean-Baptiste Hebert, Marilyn J. Hebert and Ronald J. Hebert to DebRachel Poulton, 999 East Pleasant orah W. Matuszko and Michael A. St., $260,000.

Matuszko, Hillside Road, $16,800.

Susan W. Handlen to Rabib B. Rafiq, Catherine D. McDonald, Christie 34 Pine Grove, $175,000.

A. Shea, Daniel P. Shipee, David J. Elizabeth Hawes Brown, Elizabeth F. Hawes and Elizabeth H. Brown to Caren M. Rotello and Vincent M. Rotello III, 23 Blake Field, $650,000.

Shippee, Dorothy M. Shippee, Ellen M. Shippee, Matthew A. Shippee, Patrick M. Shippee, Timothy M. Shippee and Mary M. Wissman to Gordon B. Parker Investment Trust, Gordon B. Parker, trustee, and Susan L. Parker Investment Trust, Susan L. Parker, trustee, 17B Duncan Drive, Unit 24, Meadows of Deerfield, $227,500.

EAST LONGMEADOW Edmond W. Drewnowski and Diane W. Drewnowski to Sujith Sasidharan, 26 Marshall St., $339,900.

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Courtney E. Moreno and Jesse M. Moreno to Sarah Meaux and Matthew Dvorchak, 34 West St., $299,900.

HAMPDEN Irene Mantle and Irene Mantle-Meeran to Chris Lomascolo and Amy C. Lomascolo, 601 Glendale Road, $500,000.

R A Gnatek Builders Inc., to Ronald A. Gnatek, Trout Lily Lane, $100.

U.S.A. Veterans Affairs to Home Rehabit LLC, 18 Green Meadow Lane, $95,000.

James M. McNeill and Carmen L. McNeill to Stuart A. Fearn, 8 Spring House Road, $465,000.

Raymond L. Bucknell and Karen L. Clune to Peter Rouette and Pamela Roebuck, 21 Tall Pines Road, $330,000.

Matthew J. Lindner, Mary L. Lindner and Mary L. Downey to Seneca Realty LLC, 271 Log Plain Road, $190,000.

Timothy E. Friel and Ashley Friel to Adam J. Turner, 33 Holland Drive, $190,000.

Jane A. Brady to Christopher J. Edes, 80 Beech St., $169,900

EASTHAMPTON Robert O. Russell Jr., trustee, Eleanor M. Russell Irrevocable Trust and Eleanor M. Russell to KM Properties LLC, 37 Glendale St., $295,000.

Brooke W. Matuszko, Brooke Matuszko, Jonathon J. Hawkins, Jonathon Hawkins and Jon Hawkins to Kathryn A. Schechter, 40 Chapin St., $352,000.

US Bank Trust NA, trustee by attorney, Hudson Homes Management LLC, Attorney to Freedom Hill Realty Trust #4, David C. Brooks, trustee, 221 Hope St., $46,000.

James D. Whitney to Tami J. Thompson, 14 Barton Heights, $190,000.

Jeffrey Dean and Rebecca Dean, “aka” Rebecca A. Dean, to Daniel R. Henry and Treacy E. Henry, 31 Leyden Road, $289,900.

William Southers to Nancy Barisano-Munter, 1 Papoose Lake Drive, $15,000.

HOLYOKE Arsalaan Khawaja to Maisha LLC, 297 Apremont Highway, $115,000.

Roberto Fernandes to Rescom Mass Investments LLC, 21 Jackson St., $200,000.

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Lisa B. Williamson, trustee, Lester & Christy Brinkley Residence Trust, Christy S. Brinkley and Lisa B. Williamson, power-of-attorney, to Michelle K. Charles, 355 Main St., $230,000.

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Matthew Kaufman to Moira Jean Maguire, 113C Pleasant St., and 111113 Pleasant St., $195,000.

Lillian T. Langlois, trustee, and Langlois Family Trust to Michael Packard, 351 Main St., $211,500.

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Marcia A. Glidden, Debra J. Foster, Gary J. Bassett and Gary J. Bassett, attorney-in-fact, to Dorothy M. Greto, 6 Grove St., $250,000.

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Kevin D. Kober and Patricia A. Kober to Ferzet Hodzic and Bahra Hodzic, 1 Plain St., $310,000.

David S. Powers and Manee S. Powers to JD Powers Property Management LLC, 26-28 Holyoke St., $100.

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Gregory J. Omasta to David E. Krock and Sharon Stanton, Bay Road, $175,000.

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Karen A. Murphy and Karen A. Kemple to Amy E. Villalobos, 16 Converse Circle, $217,000.

ASHFIELD Helen I. Hall Irrevocable Trust, William E. Hall, Matthew B. Hall and Benjamin H. Hall, trustees, and Helen I. Hall, individually to Ashley Niles Vandermark and Ethan Vandermark, 131 Emmets Road/Emmet Road, $469,500.

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LEGEND: The rate and annual percentage rate (APR) are effective as of the publication date. The APR may increase after consummation and may vary. Payments do not include amounts for taxes and insurance. The fees set forth for each advertisement above may be charged to open the plan (A) Mortgage Banker, (B) Mortgage Broker, (C) Bank, (D) S&L, (E) Credit Union, (BA) indicates Licensed Mortgage Banker, NYS Banking Dept., (BR) indicates Registered Mortgage Broker, NYS Banking Dept., (loans arranged through third parties). “Call for Rates” means actual rates were not available at press time. All rates are quoted on a minimum FICO score of 740. Conventional loans are based on loan amounts of $165,000. Jumbo loans are based on loan amounts of $424,100. Points quoted include discount and/or origination. Lock Days: 30-60. Annual percentage rates (APRs) are based on fully indexed rates for adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs). The APR on your specific loan may differ from the sample used. Fees reflect charges relative to the APR. If your down payment is less than 20% of the home’s value, you will be subject to private mortgage insurance, or PMI. FHA mortgages include both UFMIP and MIP fees based on loan amount of $165,000 with 5% down payment. VA mortgages include funding fees based on loan amount of $165,000 with 5% down payment. The Republican does not guarantee the accuracy of the information appearing above or the availability of rates and fees in this table. All rates, fees and other information are subject to change without notice. The Republican does not own any financial institutions. Some or all of the companies appearing in this table pay a fee to appear in this table. If you are seeking a mortgage in excess of $424,100, recent legislation may enable lenders in certain locations to provide rates that are different from those shown in the table above. Sample Repayment Terms-ex. 360 monthly payments of $5.29 per $1,000 borrowed ex. 180 monthly payments of $7.56 per $1,000 borrowed. We recommend that you contact your lender directly to determine what rates may be available to you. To access the NMLS Consumer Access website, please visit www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org. To appear in this table, or report any inaccuracies call 413-788-1050.

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LEYDEN Jean B. Johnson and Steven A. Johnson to Robin W. Symonds, Alexander Road, $75,000.

LONGMEADOW Frank J. Yesu to Anthony E. Heim and Olivia K. Heim, 113 Chiswick St., $256,000.

Ireneusz S. Morawiec, Susan J. Morawiec and Susan J. Sliski to Leonard Allen III and Michele M. Allen, 182 Westerly Circle, $429,000.

MONSON Cathy Howard to Charles J. Thompson, 6 North Lane, $184,900.

Chantal D. Keating, Manon Dallaire Murray and Sylvain Dallaire to Dany J. Dallaire and Gino Dallaire, 292 Hovey Road, $120,000.

Jeffrey M. Liguori and Kimberlynn K. Liguori to Jeffrey M. Liguori, trustee, Jeffrey M. Liguori Revocable Trust-2019, trustee of, Kimberlynn K. Liguori, trustee of, and Kimberlynn K. Liguori Revocable Trust- 2019, trustee of, 33 Overbrook Lane, $100.

Jonathan Ankiewicz and Tracey L. Ankiewicz, “fka” Tracey L. Walker, to Jennifer M. Luciano and Frederick B. Smith Jr., 19 Randall Wood Drive, $269,725.

Roberta A. Axler to CIL Realty of Massachusetts Inc., 336 Inverness Lane, $419,900.

Layne V. Floyd and Letty I. Floyd to Catherine A. Whitely and James J. Zaccara, 33-35 X St., $260,000

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Dagmara M. Brzezowska to Michael S. Wells and Tina M. Wells, 7 K St., $160,000.

Antiques

Students League of New York, and taught at Troy State University in Troy, AlaCONTINUED FROM PAGE F4 bama. The painting pictures or age? the 1st Aero Company, part of the New York National Japanese marks are hard Guard, preparing for flight. to identify if they use a picture The company was the first without words or initials that aviation unit mobilized into would give clues to the makfederal duty and made the er’s name. first mass “cross-country” The words “dishwasher” flight of military planes in and “microwave” help tell 1916. Twelve planes flew the age, however. Dinnerfrom Mineola, New York, ware marked “dishwasher to Princeton, New Jersey, proof ” was made beginning on Nov. 18 and flew back on in 1955. Dinnerware marked Nov. 19. The painting was “microwave safe” was made made 50 years later. about 1970 or later.

Original paintings must be seen by an expert to deterI have a painting by mine price. Reproduction Woodi Ishmael dated 1969 prints of this painting have and titled “Trail-Blazers been made. Some collectors in the Sky.” It was present- would want the plaque since ed to my husband, who it adds to the history. Some was a major general in would take it off the frame. the U.S. Air Force, with a I have a clock made plaque honoring his “loyal support to the Air National by the New Haven Clock Co. The case is metal, 15 Guard, the United States inches high, with a dark Air Force and the United finish and traces of blue States of America.” Can you tell me anything about paint. On the bottom is an this painting or the paint- Art Deco woman, posier? tioned so she appears to be holding up the dial as an Woodi Ishmael (1914orb. I’ve just had the move1995) was born in Kentucky, ment repaired and cleaned studied at the Cleveland and it is in good working Institute of Arts and the Art order. Can you help with a

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$252,500.

NORTHAMPTON Trustees of the Smith College and Smith College to Lilianna Milani and Karsten Joensen, 59 Dryads Green, $500,000.

Richard A. Geier, Laurinda Geier and Alicia Chin-Gibbons, attorney-in-fact, to Kevin Robert Gates, 53 Clark Ave., $223,000.

Kimberly A. Alli to Ian Scott Novey and Reva Bilton Novey, 9 Winston Court, $260,000.

ORANGE Alan M. Vieu to Geanette Brown and Richard J. Brown, 71 Oak Drive, $295,000.

Catherine M. Thebeau to Aastin Patterson-Smith and Serenty Smith, 161 East Main St., $129,900.

Caitlin Thomas to Christine Mark and Jason Mark, 11 Verona St.,

Cornerstone Homebuying LLC, to Nicholas Mello, 90 Ridgewood Drive, $210,000.

Nicholas R. Mello and Roxanne Ferretti to Jaymie White, 200 Huntington Road, $204,900.

SOUTHAMPTON

Reid Jeffries Anderson Jr. and Shali Sanders to Ari J. Pugliese and Anthony D. Rousseau and Karen A. Rousseau to Christopher Lee Jeanneane A. Pugliese, 43 AnderRousseau, trustee, Scott Anthony wood Lane, $145,000.

Rousseau, trustee, and Rousseau Irrevocable Trust, 62 Glendale PALMER Road, $100.

Steven E. Samolewicz, Jennifer A. Samolewicz and Robert G. LaFlamme to AAA Full Circle Adoptions & Family Building Center Inc., Christina Aliengena, representa8 Bridge St., $240,000. tive, and Barbara A. Aliengena, esWilliam B. Hubbard and Sandra S. tate, to Jason R. Aliengena, 142-146 Hubbard to Urszula Aseltine, West Breckenridge St., $15,000.

Farms Road, $15,000.

William A. Miller, personal representative, and Craig A. Nehring, estate, to Nu-Way Homes Inc., 45 Carolyn St., $70,000.

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PLAINFIELD Keith R. Bohonwicz to Daniel J. Shearer and Tabitha M. Shearer, 91 Pleasant St., $214,000.

SOUTHWICK Candyce A. Cressotti and Candyce A. Nigro to Joseph John Horwatt, 21 Grove St., $255,000.

Pamela A. Fournier, Pamela A. Meares and Joseph G. Fournier Jr., to Brian M. Weller and Sheila Weller, 51 Bugbee Road, $312,000.

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CURRENT PRICES Current prices are recorded from antiques shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United States. Prices vary in different locations because of local economic conditions.

Fan, folding, hand painted, gilt rococo decoration, children outside the city walls flying a kite, J. Ramon, 9 x 10 inches, $130.

Face jug, salamander on forehead, spaced teeth, hooked nose, handled, greenish black, 9 1/2 inches, $130.

Kutani bowl, men sitting near the river, staff, incense, book, mountains, black, red, 5 1/2 x 15 inches, $280.

Samovar, silver-plate, flower finial, lobed body, scrolling leaves, acanthus, eagle about spout, 18 x 16 inches, $390.

Imari bowl, scalloped edge, gilt, flower crests, phoenix, cobalt blue, iron red, 4 x 8 1/2 inches, $410.

Quilt, tulips, flower buds, scalloped border, green and yellow striped borders, 63 x 73 inches, $660.

Music box, Mermod Freres, inlay, musical instruments and flowers, wooden box, tune card, crank, 10 x 21 inches, $900.

Jade cup, four lobes, plum blossom branches handle, bamboo leave in relief, raised base, 2 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches, $1,080.

Porcelain vase, fortune teller, 3 women, gilt flowers, marbled blue, green, beehive mark, 12 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches, $2,030.

Buffet, Louis XV, walnut, fruit, berries, acanthus, 4 doors, mesh opening, c. 1780, 101 x 50 inches, $2,820.

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maiden with flowing hair on the base of your clock suggest The New Haven Clock it is Art Nouveau, not Art Co. was founded in ConDeco, in design and made necticut in 1853. The comin the late 19th to early 20th pany mass produced brass century. The case is made clock movements for the of “white metal,” an alloy Chauncey Jerome Manufac- used as a base for a plated or turing Co., one of the largest painted finish. clockmakers in the world at Working versions of your that time. Jerome went bank- clock with gilt finish have sold rupt and was bought by New from $200 to $240.

Haven Clock Co. in 1857.

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A cool-season planting that heats up as a pansy partner

By Norman Winter

has been the rage since it was declared a Texas Superstar UPHORBIAS ARE in 2011, and Miner’s Merlot starting to amaze in debuting this year. cool-season plantings, Botanically speaking, whether they be in Ascot Rainbow is known as containers or as the perfect “Euphorbia x martinii.” It is pansy partner in the landnative to Australia, where the scape. name “Ascot” is associated More than likely your first with an old, wealthy suburb of thought is euphorbias are Brisbane. for the summer landscape, In truth, it is known as a like Diamond Frost. But I’m spurge, which we most often talking Ascot Rainbow, that associate with a host of terri-

ble weeds.

Purge the spurge, right?

Not so with Ascot Rainbow and Miner’s Merlot.

Like other types of spurge we grow, these are not to be eaten, and perhaps handled with gloves, but they are to be enjoyed for the beauty and texture they offer your garden.

Ascot Rainbow is considAscot Rainbow foliage offers color and texture in this cool ered perennial in zones 5 to 9, season mixed container with pansies. (NORMAN WINTER / TRIBUNE NEWS

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Chad M. Roberts, 185 Pasco Road, $190,000.

John Burritt, representative, Frederick Gordon Burritt, estate, and Frederick G. Burritt, estate, to Adan R. Garib, 67 Newton Road, $226,000.

Amat Victoria Curam LLC, to Molly Realty LLC, 76 Pasadena St., $216,000.

John P. Kennedy and Michelle Kennedy to Debra L. Shippee, 27r Glenmore St., $165,000.

Andrew Woods to Michelle L. Sicard, Robert P. Miller and Rebecca M. Miller, 207 Jamaica St., $164,500.

Judith Donnellan and Stephen P. Kennedy to James Black III, 262 Abbott St., $185,000.

Ariel Garcia to Efrain Santana Jr., 1820 Harriet St., $200,000.

Kelnate Realty LLC, to Christina Lynn Acevedo, 117-119 Orange St., $212,000.

Bank of America to Matthew J. Grip and Donna Grip, 41 Metzger Place, $116,000.

Beverly A. Zachery to Mark M. Zachery, 55 Dawes St., $41,000.

Cig2 LLC, to Edson J. Navarro and Jessenia M. Navarro, 217 Cabinet St., $234,000.

Claudio Cardaropoli to Kelnate Realty LLC, 40 Wellesley St., $100,000.

Craig B. Schacher to Omar E. Ramos and Amy F. Brito-Paulino, 18 Thornfell St., $179,000.

Daniel Alicea, Luis Alicea, Lucia Alicea and Maria Alicea to Clifford Gervais and Lilliana Gervais, 90 Leatherleaf Circle, $203,000.

David Malloy Jr., and Nichole Malloy to Alexander Flores, 314 Tremont St., $135,000.

Della Ripa Real Estate LLC, to Keishla Hernandez-Gomez, 24 Breckwood Circle, $192,000.

Diane E. Meunier, Diane E. Sarrasin and Franklin Meunier to Chericka Hill and Chericka D. Hill, 52 Rockland St., $207,000.

Grahams Construction Inc, to Bac Thi Son and Vien Tra, 93 Elaine Circle, $305,000.

Heat Realty LLC, to Kelnate Realty LLC, 70-72 Middlesex St., $100,000.

Homestead Connections LLC, to

Blythewood Property Management LLC, to Lam H. Nguyen and Nga Nguyen, 47 49 Blodgett St., $196,000.

Maritza Alvarado to Winston Bernard and Jacqueline Johnson-Swan, 51 Savoy Ave., $163,000.

Maura E. McDonald and Melvin A. Arroyo to Andrew W. Skorupski Jr., and Janine F. Skorupski, 122 Atwater Terrace, $220,000.

Merline Agatha Bailey and Merline A. Bailey to Marilyn Crespo, 113-115 Norfolk St., $158,500.

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Sanravens Realty LLC, to Ling-Yi Ju, 32-34 Vermont St., $110,000.

Sawsan Abdoo to Noelani Washington, 91 Windemere St., $172,000.

Sean Curtin and Robin K. Lang to Luz Celenia Rodriguez Gonzalez, 22 Ashmont St., $162,000.

Simmons Ventures LLC, to Franklin J. Saenz, 84-86 East Alvord St., $210,000.

Springfield City to Anthony Ardolino, trustee, and My Hometown Mass West Trust, trustee of, 27 Rockland St., $84,800.

Tisha McCoy to Jayce Barr and Paulina Morales, 863 Roosevelt Ave., $147,000.

U S Bank, trustee, and Prof-2013-M4 Legal Title Trust II, trustee of, to Value Properties LLC, 49 Albemarle St., $104,250.

U S Bank, trustee, and RMAC Trust Series 2016-CTT, trustee of, to Brittney Marie Gonzalez, 43 Sedgewick St., $183,000.

U S Bank, trustee, and Truman 2016 SC6 Title Trust, trustee of, to David P. Ortona, 32 Undine Circle, $145,000.

Monica M. Borgatti to Keith A. Critch- Wayne A. Wilson Jr., and Christina T. low Jr., 124 Powell Ave., $120,000.

Wilson to Victoria Maria Wilson, 30 Nationstar Mortgage LLC, and Mr. Bacon Road, $211,000.

Cooper to Home Staging & Realty WJSM Management Co., LLC, to Khal LLC, 46 Mapledell St., $45,000.

Group LLC, 13 Cedar St., $700,000.

Nicholas M. Soriano and Lauren E. Soriano to Jaquan Lewis Robinson, 1723 Parker St., $215,000.

Onota Rental LLC, to Jheymi Jean Frias, 71-73 Humbert St., $199,900.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., to Christine Whyte, 101 Mulberry St., Unit G-12, $38,000.

Peter J. Banusewicz to Jillian L. Washburn, 104 Audubon St., $173,000.

Western Mass Property Developers LLC, to Pearwood LLC, 41 Pear St.,

Yellowbrick Property LLC, to Michelle Hernandez, 52 Gatewood Road, $182,000.

WALES U S Bank Trust, trustee, and Carisbrook Asset-Holding Trust, trustee of, to Alvasell Inc., 10 Church St., $34,000.

WARE Brian McDonald and Xander McDon-

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ald to Russell N. Bergeron and Roy F. Bergeron, 413 Belchertown Road, $25,000.

O&B Investments LLC, to 21st Century Green Homes Inc., Shady Path, $100.

WEST SPRINGFIELD AEM Property Investment LLC, to Melvin J. Mattei, 972 Morgan Road, $297,000.

Alexander P. Seymour and Erica Seymour to Benjamin Charles Lungren and Lindsey Elizabeth Lungren, 14 Van Horn St., $207,500.

Anna Pugliano, Frederick P. Pugliano and Louis F. Pugliano to Koch Real Estate Corp, 1004-1010 Memorial Ave., $1,400,000.

Double N. Enterprises LLC, to 42 Norman Street LLC, 42 Norman St., $210,000.

Juan E. Flores Jr., Ashlee L. Picard and Ashlee Picard Flores to Kyle M. Bryant and Andrew E. Johnson, 18 Cedar Ave., $175,000.

Kathryn S. Sady to Jonathan S. McFadden and Jill L. McFadden, 29 Field St., $210,000.

Mark E. O’Malley to Charlene A. Fernandes and Elisio C. Fernandes, 25-27 Herman St., $231,500.

Yegor Stefantsev and Nataliya Stefantsev to Jonathan Jeremy Isham Sr., 1521 Westfield St., $205,000.

WESTFIELD Daniel G. Cook to Allison Bednarsky, 57 Tannery Road, $194,300.

$307,000.

Jennifer E. Gilbert to Kevin E. Schnopp, 40 Prospect St., #2B, $123,700.

MTGLQ Investors LP to Viktorian Estate LLC, 1098 Western Ave., $140,000.

Robert A. Page to Brian McDonald, 244 Union St., $230,850.

Shana L. Gendreau to Jeremy P. Morton, 166 Hillside Road Unit 6, $151,000.

Stuart L. Whitney, Robert G. Whitney and Carl W. Whitney to Brett M. Tassinari, 1164 Granville Road, $235,000.

WESTHAMPTON Helen E. Clement to John S. Hoops and Lynn M. Matteson, 96 Southampton Road, $334,150.

WILBRAHAM Edward J. Pearson, estate, and Ernest J. Pearson, representative, to Andrew J. Ferrindino and Carrie D. Ferrindino, 1000 Main St., $85,000.

Grace E. Maciolek to Mark D. Forest and Nami M. Forest, 16 Forest St., $208,000.

Henry J. Kszepka, estate, Deborah Teehan, representative, and Karen Jajuga, representative, to Justin T. Teehan, 55 Brainard Road, $200,000.

Joseph Kaminski, Kimberly S. Kaminski and Kimberly S. Daniels to Fernanda J. Rodrigues, 65-67 Stony Hill Road, $235,000.

Elijah Lisyany and Irina Girich to WORTHINGTON Theresa Bui and Donyell Williams, 16 John M. Robards and Geraldine Knollwood Circle, $299,500.

E. Baldwin to Brian B. A. McAllisFumi Realty Inc., to Shane Todd Morse, 91 Farnham Lane, $240,000. ter, Elizabeth A. Morrow, Brian M. McAllister and Janet M. McAllister, 45 James Jaron to Cam Property Conwell Road, $275,000.

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from favor, there are still many to turn to. Druse writes that the native fringetree has honey-scented flowers; summersweet smells of clove, and heptacodium, related to honeysuckle, has a sweet floral scent.

The most fabled, scented our gardens. shrub of all — the rose — has

By Adrian Higgins Veteran garden book author had fragrance beaten out of The Washington Post Ken Druse reminds us that it by a century and a half of there were at one point 150 breeding for the sake of its One of the delights commercial nurseries raising flower. Certain breeders — the of the autumn garden violets for New Yorkers — late David Austin in England some of the violets for their was an example — have toiled is to sit beside a shelBotanical fragrance comes simple delight but many for resolutely to put the scent from foliage and blooms. tering hedge of the use as nosegays to displace back into the rose. Antique This medley includes scentevergreen osmanthus, the odors of a horse-drawn varieties are still available for ed geranium leaves, purple the resourceful gardener to a holly look-alike that city. heliotrope, lemon blossoms, Druse’s latest book, “The find. Even heirloom varieties patchouli leaves and white late in the year produc- Scentual Garden,” is a have complex bloodlines — gardenia. (ELLEN HOVERKAMP) China, Damask, Bourbon, es tiny white blossoms reminder that the array of Some of the historically scented plants — tender and etc. — but each brings its own that fill the still air important perfumed vines hardy — is bountiful. notes of clove, musk or soaps, with a knockout per“I’ve always been interested such as Asian wisterias, Japa- Druse says. in fragrance,” he says, adding nese honeysuckle and sweet “Americans have no idea fume. that the first thing we do when autumn clematis have fallen what roses used to smell like,” The hidden nature of the from grace because of their we get close to a flower is to he says. Treat your nose; plant fragrance adds to the delight see whether it smells. Three- invasive qualities. The same one next spring, if you have an of savoring the garden one year-olds do it, so we must be can be said of various speopen sunny site. cies of the bulletproof shrub last time, and it makes you wired for flower sniffing.

You can find scent in Certain fragrances — of lieleagnus, still in wide use in yearn for ways to add more unexpected places. After lacs, for example — will trigger the 1990s. scent to the garden. admiring a daffodil or tulip, As an exercise in garden distant childhood memories Other woody plants bloom the next step is to smell it; planning, assembling a bouin a way other sensory cues fragrantly and retreat into some are piquantly fragrant. quet of ornamental plants is cannot. “It’s the same part of mediocrity the rest of the year, Paperwhites belong to a class harder than you might think. the brain where memories are which is a problem if they take of narcissus named Tazetta; A shrub or perennial must stored, so there’s a biological up precious space in today’s fragrant garden varieties jump through a number of connection,” he says. smaller gardens. The lilac and include Avalanche, Geranium hoops before attempting the Druse considered the the mock orange are good and Minnow. fragrance trick. It must grow science behind fragrance — it examples, though you can find The sweetest-smelling in your climate and your site has to do with the release of a smaller version of the lilac, narcissus are jonquils. Druse conditions. It must have visual molecules of volatile comand it could be fun to plant recommends 13 scented appeal, not just in its enduring pounds and how we receive the big, twiggy mock orange, jonquil varieties, including them — and came up with his or philadelphus, and prune it blossoms but also such other Baby Moon, Pipit, Suzy and own classification of floral traits as growth habit and annually to prevent it getting Sailboat. Some common varieties of tulips please the nose, smells, a dozen in all, includfoliage appeal. rank.

These considerations have ing “medicinal,” “spice” and among them Angelique, ApriIf some common fragrant taken much of the scent out of “forest.” cot Beauty, Ballerina, Mount woody plants have fallen

Gardens have lost their fragrance, but that can be fixed

scents

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and zones 6-9 for Miner’s Merlot.

While they are classified as perennials, they hate the heat and humidity of the South.

The difference is that when these euphorbias bloom they become an incredible dazzling crescendo to the cool-season landscape.

I have babied these euphorbias through a Georgia summer but it is better to just buy them in the fall when it’s time to plant pansies.

Ascot Rainbow reaches 20-inches

tall, with an equal spread. The foliage is deep green with golden margins in the cool season. A drop in temperatures fires them up with shades of red, pink, and even orange. In April and May, the bloom is among the most unique of the garden world, as it features a cup of lime-colored bracts with red centers.

Ascot Rainbow is drought tolerant and boasts another trait that will thrill gardeners — they are rabbit and deer resistant.

As you would probably think, a drought-tolerant euphorbia from Australia needs good drainage and thrives in full to partial sun.

Miner’s Merlot is a selection of Euphorbia amygdaloides purpurea. I suppose you should grow it so you can tell your neighbor the botanical name and he would think you were a genius.

The foliage, as you might guess, is a deep dark purple or burgundy. It is so beautiful you could care less that it too sends up a spray of incredible lime-green blooms. It will reach a little taller and wider than Ascot Rainbow.

Since we will be using them as a cool-season annual you can be the Monet of the production. Rest assured that any way you use them will make it look like you have been to

Tacoma and Prinses Irene.

Winter-flowering witch hazels are known for their scent, but some varieties are far more fragrant than others.

The Chinese witch hazel is the most powerfully scented, but the native vernal witch hazel is pungently fragrant, though the flowers are not showy.

Among the perfumed hybrids, Druse commends Westerstede and Rochester.

The interest in native plantings of perennials and grasses need not forgo the perfume. The various mountain mints, or pycnanthemum, exude a mintiness in summer and draw pollinators like few other flowers. If you crush the leaves, Druse writes, you get “a super wake-up smell.”

A favorite grass, prairie dropseed, has the curious benefit of smelling like cilantro in late summer. (Druse thinks of the fragrance as popcorn-like.)

A massing of them will test your affinity for this scent.

Surprisingly, the pond garden can be scented, with pitcher plants and waterlilies, particularly tropical varieties.

The lotus blossom is heavy in scent, but you have to be close to catch it. The experience is one of those choice moments in the garden when the sight and scent of a blossom are matched superbly.

The lotus fragrance is syrupy sweet and exotic, as befits the blossom.

The key to lotus sniffing is to have a plant close enough to the edge of the pond that you don’t fall in smelling it. If that were to happen, though, the price might be worth it.

design school.

Pansies, snapdragons, dianthus, kale, and cabbage are ideal partners.

But so are golden conifers, blue conifers and any other plant you can imagine. These euphorbias are extremely versatile in the cool-season garden.

I treasure them in the landscape and as the thriller plant in cool-season mixed containers.

If your container is large enough, your options are limitless as in the landscape.

Norman Winter is a horticulturist and author of “Captivating Combinations: Color and Style in the Garden.”

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