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Growing Conditions: Sun to shade and moist, well-drained soil Size: To 70 feet tall Buy It: Sugar Maple Tree Bare Root ($35, The Home Depot) Growing Conditions: Sun to shade and moist, well-drained soil Size: To 25 feet tall Buy It: Flowering Dogwood Tree ($35, Lowe’s) Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade and moist, but well-drained soil Size: To 10 feet tall and 6 feet wide Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil Size: To 40 feet tall Buy It: Stewartia Pseudocamellia Seeds ($4, Etsy) Growing Conditions: Sun to shade and moist, well-drained soil Size: To 100 feet tall Buy It: Ginkgo Tree ($45, Etsy) Growing Conditions: Sun and moist, well-drained soil Size: To 25 feet tall Buy It: Amur Maple Tree ($35, Etsy) Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil Size: To 15 feet tall Buy It: Smooth Sumac Tree ($22, Etsy) Growing Conditions: Sun to part shade and moist, well-drained soil Size: To 15 feet tall Buy It: Viburnum Shrub ($37, The Home Depot) Growing Conditions: Full sun or part shade and moist, well-drained soil Size: To 20 feet tall Buy It: Serviceberry Plant (from $32, Etsy) Growing Conditions: Sun and moist or wet soil Size: To 120 feet tall Buy It: Bald Cypress Tree ($44, The Home Depot) Growing Conditions: Sun to shade and well-drained soil Size: To 80 feet tall Buy It: Sweet Gum Tree (from $3, Etsy) Growing Conditions: Shade and moist, well-drained soil Size: To 6 feet tall Buy It: Fothergilla Shrub ($22, Etsy) Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade and moist, well-drained soil Size: To 10 feet tall Growing Conditions: Shade and moist, well-drained soil Size: To 6 feet tall Buy It: Gatsby Star Oakleaf Hydrangea ($36, The Home Depot) Growing Conditions: Shade and moist, well-drained soil Size: To 12 feet tall Growing Conditions: Shade to part shade and moist, but well-drained soil Size: To 25 feet tall Buy It: Japanese Bloodgood Red Maple Tree ($50, Home Depot) Growing Conditions: Sun to shade and moist, well-drained soil Size: To 50 feet tall Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil Size: To 20 feet tall Growing Conditions: Shade to part shade and moist, but well-drained soil Size: To 15 feet tall and wide Buy It: Smokebush Shrub ($35, The Home Depot)...

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No matter how much you love Champagne or sparkling wine, chances are you’ve been (at some point) intimidated by the task of buying a bottle. What’s the difference between Brut and Demi-Sec, Blanc de Blanc and Blanc de Noir, or Prosecco and Cava? Here are five facts that’ll help you select and serve bubbles better from expert sommelier Christopher Hoel, founder of Harper’s Club and wine curator for Wine Insiders and Martha Stewart Wine Co....