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Lavatera Annuals and perennials for cottage gardens |
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The Begonia Show-Offs No flower is more brilliant in cool shade... |
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Tropical Visions Given the right conditions, these flamboyant vines can grow almost anywhere |
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Peter Kopcinski |
All About Petunias Petunias have always offered nonstop summer bloom, but now you're more likely to find a color, size, and growth habit to suit your garden needs. New, vigorous trailing types and miniature-flowered types have rekindled gardeners' interest. |
National Gardening
April 2000
Barbara Pleasant |
Balloon Flower Easy to grow, reliable, looks great as a border -- and it's blue |
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Diane Bilderback |
All About Dahlias These easy-to-grow plants produce prolific flowers in the summer and the fall. |
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Marvelous Mums Plant these hardy fall-bloomers now or in spring |
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John R. Dunmire |
Guide to June Gardening The month may present different images in various parts of the country, but to most gardeners, it conveys feelings of richness, abundance, and completion. |
National Gardening
June 2000
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Delightful Delphiniums New forms of these classic garden flower are more heat tolerant |
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Rediscovering Zinnias A cut above other annuals, zinnias fill your garden with color in record time... |
National Gardening
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Hot Color: Crocosmia Graceful, bright, and easy-going, they light up late-summer gardens. |
National Gardening
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Wildflower Tulips Wild tulips are less formal and more resilient than larger hybrids. And wild tulips like 'Apricot Jewel' come back year after year. |
National Gardening
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Coneflower This tough and cold-hardy perennial also has health benefits... |
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Winter Annuals A colorful way to garden this winter... |
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Caladiums Colorful tropical foliage stars in garden beds and indoors. |
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Growing Onions As with most vegetables, you can start onions from seed in the garden. But many onions have relatively long growing seasons and onion seeds don't germinate quickly, so it's often better to start the crop another way. You can set out transplants, or you can plant "sets" (half-grown onions). |
National Gardening
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Miniature Roses For the Holidays No longer for hobbyists only, these roses are a colorful poinsettias alternative... |
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Multiplying Dahlias One tuber can give you 5 or 6 blooming plants this year. |
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Organic Flower Farming Growing cut flowers for farmers' markets. |
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Chinese Tree Peonies A guide for planting and cultivating Chinese tree peonies. |
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Getting Started with Container Gardening Here's a look at some of the benefits of container gardening and choosing the right containers for your plants. |
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Those Bloomin' Holiday Gifts How to keep holiday gift plants at their best year-round... |
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Roses and Clematis Companions that trail and twine and clasp and kiss... |
National Gardening
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Durable, Delectable Nasturtiums They're charming, easy, and good to eat, too |
National Gardening
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Amazing Annual Vines These speedy climbers offer old-fashioned charm and quick landscape solutions |
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Corn: Planting Variations If you like experimenting, there are some variations on the basic planting methods you may want to try. |
National Gardening
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The Water Garden The serene beauty of a water garden offers opportunities for all kinds of reflections... |
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Annuals and Perennials for Containers Learn the differences between annuals and perennials, and use this guide for planting and caring for them in containers. |
National Gardening
Eliot Tozer |
Stars in the Shade: Impatiens America's favorite bedding plant. |
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Karen Dardick |
Shrub Roses Many kinds of shrub roses have been introduced in recent years, especially the ground covers, such as "Cliffs of Dover," "Flower Carpet" and "Jeepers Creepers." |
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Quick Cut Flowers These 11 grow in any garden and have a long vase life... |
National Gardening
April 2000
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Power Plants For plants that outperform all the rest, look for the trophy takers |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Getting Gardens Ready for Winter While gardeners in warmer climes (USDA zones 8 to 10) relish the cool air because it signals fall planting time, most gardeners across the country know it's time to wrap up the garden. |
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Naturalizing with Tulips Species tulips and hybrids of Tulipa fosteriana, T. greigii, and T. kaufmanniana are ideal candidates for naturalizing, as they spread rapidly by seed, stolons, and bulblets. |
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Bulbs 101 In addition to their charm and beauty, the large and diverse group of plants known as bulbs have a lot going for them: They come in neat little packages, are just about 100 percent guaranteed to bloom the first year they are planted, and are surprisingly pest- and disease-free. |
National Gardening
Kim Haworth |
Cymbidium Orchids Cymbidium orchids, with many showy, colorful blooms on each flower spike, are my favorites. |
National Gardening
Bruce Butterfield |
Gardeners: Start Your Seeds! Our own "professional" home gardener shares his methods |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Wildflowers for the Holidays It's the holiday season and if you're trying to find the right gift for the gardeners in your family, consider wildflowers. |
National Gardening
Joseph F. Williamson |
Fuchsia Flair A Victorian favorite offers contemporary elegance. |
National Gardening
Alice Knight |
Winter Heaths Early fall is prime time to plant these hardy long-blooming evergreens. |
National Gardening
Jack Ruttle |
The Holiday Cactus For lavish winter color, invite these rainforest natives indoors |
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Planting and Care of Annual Flowers When it comes to cut flowers, it's hard to beat annuals for their sheer production and ease of growing. |
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Charlie Nardozzi |
Bulb Planting Know-how You can avoid many bulb problems simply by planting and fertilizing correctly... |
National Gardening
Robert Kouric |
Herbes de Provence How to grow and make this gourmet seasoning |
National Gardening
Robin M.W. Parer |
Hardy Geraniums The precise appeal of these often diminutive, sometimes bold charmers is tough to pin down. But it's simple from a gardener's point of view. Hardy geraniums give a lot and require very little. |
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Getting Started With Perennials First, we dispel a common myth: You don't need to be an expert gardener to grow perennials. Then we answer a few common questions about perennials. |
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Holly H. Shimizu |
Brilliant Bee Balms These showy native plants make a healthful tea, too |
This Old House
Jeanne Huber |
Planting in Pots Container gardens are a movable feast for the senses. Here's how to assemble and care for knockout combinations |
