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National Gardening	Naturalizing with Spring Bulbs Naturalized plantings are easy to create and easy to maintain. Though it takes a few years for the bulbs to multiply and make their full impact, in the meantime you can enjoy the sight of these harbingers of spring.
This Old House Roger Cook	The Joy of Bulbs Get a jump on next spring's colorful displays by planting right now
National Gardening Michael MacCaskey	Summer Bulbs Consider these for summer color
Garden Gate	Dividing Grape Hyacinths Why buy more bulbs when you can divide the ones you have? With just a little digging, you can get lots of new starts from a cluster of bulbs.
National Gardening	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.
This Old House Ryan Robbins	Flowering Bulbs Follow these tips for highly varied, low-maintenance flowering bulbs you can plant in the fall and enjoy every spring. For additional information check out the web sites at the end of the article.
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi	Bulb Planting Know-how You can avoid many bulb problems simply by planting and fertilizing correctly...
National Gardening	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.
National Gardening Michael MacCaskey	Getting Started With Tulips If you want to see tulips bloom at winter's end, now is the time to buy bulbs and get them planted.
National Gardening Suzanne DeJohn	Lovely Lilies If you judge a perennial by the amount of color it provides per square foot, Asiatic lilies can't be beat.
National Gardening	Planting Onions Plant your sets early in the spring. Onions do best if the temperature is cool when they start to grow, and warm as they mature.
National Gardening Shila Patel	The Indoor Tulips To speed up the seasons, you can nudge spring-flowering tulips to bloom in winter.
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National Gardening Becky Heath	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 Kate Jerome	Shrubs for the Perennial Garden When we think of shrubs, most of us picture foundation plants or a shrub border. Of course shrubs are naturals for these situations, but there is another setting for shrubs -- especially blooming ones -- that we don't always consider: the perennial garden.
National Gardening	Tools for Planting Using the right tools and the proper techniques will not only make planting less of a chore, but also a greater success.
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi	Peony: The King of Flowers There is nothing dainty about peonies. Peony flowers come in a variety of forms and in nearly every color except blue. And this long-lived perennial can thrive in your garden with little care.
National Gardening Alice Knight	Winter Heaths Early fall is prime time to plant these hardy long-blooming evergreens.
National Gardening	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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National Gardening Eileen Murray	Hot Color: Crocosmia Graceful, bright, and easy-going, they light up late-summer gardens.
National Gardening 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 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 Kathryn Van Horn	Columbines Among the many kinds is one with the right height and flower color for your garden
National Gardening	Oriental Poppy Sporting huge, cup-shaped blooms in early summer, the Oriental poppy is the most striking of the perennial poppies, and the delicate, papery flowers belie the plant's hardiness and durability. But you should still heed these tips.
National Gardening October 1999 Michael MacCaskey	Prolific and Terrific: Ranunculus In the temperate South and Southwest, planting time is near. Elsewhere, buy tubers now to plant in February or March.
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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.
National Gardening June 2000 Charlie Nardozzi	Delightful Delphiniums New forms of these classic garden flower are more heat tolerant
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National Gardening	Container Gardening 101 Today's condominium owners and apartment dwellers do not have to forsake gardening. In fact, they can create their own garden hideaway in small spaces.
National Gardening	Planting Groundcover Use low-growing perennial plants and shrubs as groundcovers to cover slopes and rough ground or to replace high-maintenance lawns. Choose plants that thrive in your particular soil and climate.
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National Gardening June 2000 Victoria Matthews	Tropical Visions Given the right conditions, these flamboyant vines can grow almost anywhere
National Gardening	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).