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From the Editor
Quick TIP
great ideas from smart gardeners
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PEST WATCH
Container shopping guide
American Hemerocallis Society
Discover daylilies
Daylily terms
Find your daylily
Relax on a peaceful patio
Hydrangeas for every season
Bigleaf hydrangeas at a glance
Panicle hydrangeas at a glance
Smooth hydrangeas at a glance
Mountain hydrangeas at a glance
4-season hydrangea border
Oakleaf hydrangeas at a glance
Lavender • How to grow beautiful plants with enticing fragrance.
Growing great lavender
Easy sugar scrub
Diseased? What to look for
Should You Sterilize Pruning Tools? • Let us help you decide.
Marvelous Moss • Discover the moundy talents of moss in gardens and containers.
Understanding mosses
Add moss to your garden
Tips for growing moss in containers
Casual Cottage Gardens • Relax and enjoy! This is one laid-back garden style.
Cottage garden players
A glamorous garden shed
WANTED: Garden Design Problems
How to grow this garden
Mosquito life cycle • Depending on the species, time of year and temperatures, the life cycle can be completed in as little as 4 days and as long as a month. Adult males live only 6 to 7 days. Females live about a month, though late-season-hatched adults can hibernate over winter.
Itching to get rid of mosquitoes? Here’s how!
Q&A
Garden Jargon
WEED WATCH • Johnsongrass Sorghum halepense
Delightfully drought-tolerant • Broad, flat blossoms of yarrow and round globe thistle set apart the dense-blooming agastache. These plants love well-drained soil, so the river rock mulch keeps them dry and happy.
Electric and easy-going
GARDEN ESSENTIALS
Container Design Secrets
great groups
bold with blues • Repetition is a vital element in successful container groups. Here are the keys to making it work.
THREE’S COMPANY
a formal affair • Want to give your yard an elegant look, without a lot of effort? Twin containers do the trick!
TALL AND TRIANGULAR
two spaces, one yard • Bright colors. Clean lines. And a tie-in to the rest of your yard. It’s easy to do with a simple container group.
COLORFUL STANDARD
condense your garden
cool idea
tropical twist
a bright fall
FINISHING TOUCHES