Almost every garden retailer is selling "Bright Lights'' Swiss chard now, for the vegetable garden as well as for ornamental uses. If given the right conditions, including room to develop, chard becomes a tall, broad plant ribbed in bright red, pink, and more »
Gardeners' golden rulesNorthwind Switch Grass: Tall ornamental grass grows in a tight upright form and is very hardy. It's a product of Roy Diblik of Northwind Perennial Farm in Springfield, Wis. Rozanne Geranium: This perennial's violet flowers bloom from June to September,
Start wish list for plant sales and garden center visits. • Prune spring-blooming shrubs, such as lilacs, azaleas and forsythia, until they're done blooming. (If you prune now, you'll remove this year's flowers.) • Water and fertilize ornamental trees and more »
The gardens include a number of perennial borders, mixed perennial and shrub gardens, an ornamental vegetable garden, a thyme bench, container herb garden, an entry garden, an ornamental grass garden, a pond-side water garden, a purple garden designed
Bright ways to broaden an alley's horizonsPicture: SALI Plant climbers such as the indigenous star jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides) up the walls and use standard plants, grass species, wild iris (Dietes grandiflora), small phormium varieties and topiaries. Here are three design guidelines and more »