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Chasing award-winning plants has its perils. Despite the plaudits, they won't necessarily be winners in your garden.

Healthy root systems are key to growing a successful plant.

Healthy root systems are key to growing a successful plant.

Maine Gardener: Gifts for the gardener in your life Theyll thank you later for seeds, tools or a gift certificate to a local nursery. By Tom Atwell shutterstock.com/TanyaJoy Christmas snuck up on me this year, so you’ll have to be quicker than usual about acting on these suggestions and getting gifts for the gardener in your life. If you order something from a catalog company, even a Maine catalog, it won’t arrive in time for the holiday. That means you are going to have to shop – maybe...