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Reader Tips

HAVE A SMART GARDEN TIP?

Perfect Iris Partners

Express Yourself with Topiary

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LINDA’S FAVORITE TOPIARY PLANTS • Selecting a good topiary candidate can be as easy as walking through your garden. Here are a few of my go-to plants.

Crazy for Coleus

Start a Coleus Collection

Garden Gate® TOP PICKS • Experience your garden in a whole new way with fragrance.

Impatiens • These long-blooming annuals aren’t just for shade anymore.

IMPATIENS WITH RESISTANCE

Deadheading Guide • Learn the best techniques to keep blooms coming and plants looking their best.

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4 DEADHEADING TECHNIQUES • Flowers come in lots of different colors, shapes and sizes, but what really matters with deadheading is how the bloom attaches to the plant. With these four techniques you can figure out how to deadhead most any of them.

4 REASONS NOT TO DEADHEAD

MASTER the ART of MYSTERY • Discover how to make your garden a more intriguing place to visit.

Cottage Charm • Flower borders packed with old-fashioned favorites, a perfect white picket-inspired fence and plenty of comfy chairs make this garden a spot you never want to leave.

PLANT PALETTE

How to Grow Peonies From Seed

Which peonies produce seed?

Speed Up Germination

Colorful, Easy-Care Backyard Border

Q&A • DO YOU HAVE GARDEN QUESTIONS? WE HAVE ANSWERS!

WEED WATCH

Cover the Ground With This True Blue Beauty

‘Crater Lake Blue’ Hungarian speedwell • Veronica austriaca subsp. teucrium

Cottage Garden Color

HOME GROWN • fresh, flavorful AND fulfilling

FINISHING TOUCHES

Did I Plant That?