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15 Deer-Resistant Plants
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Find the Perfect Tomato
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Variegated Plants Create Drama
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Enchanting Japanese Maples
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Lilacs: Time for a Fresh Look
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How to Start a Vegetable Garden
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A Gardener's Checklist for Early Spring
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Celebrate Spring with Cool-Season Containers
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Backyard Makeover Game
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All About Starting Seeds
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Perfect Edges for Your Beds and Borders
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Design an Engaging Entryway
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Spectacular Spring Bloomers
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How to Grow Raspberries
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Friendly Ways to Battle Garden Pests
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Video: Make a Straw-Bale Garden
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10 Perennials Easily Grown from Seed
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Garden Catalog Collector
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Building a Compost Bin
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Soil Testing is Worth the Effort
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The Only Shrubs You Need to Grow
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Sweetly Scented Tulips
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Viburnums are Versatile Shrubs
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Cool-Season Annuals
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Make Your Own Hypertufa Container
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Cool Foliage and Flowers
2 commentsThe Salvia 'Mystic Spires', 'Black and Blue' salvia, and 'Powis Castle' artemisia in our birdbath garden have been putting on this show for the last 6 weeks.
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Burgandy Beauty
We love the shade of burgandy in this Japanese maple tree against the gray color of our house, with the skirt of colorful azaleas at her feet. The azaleas were recently added, so were...
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Irises, Chives and Coral Bells
I always look forward to seeing the yellow and blue irises, chives and coral bells bloom at the same time in early summer.
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Sunny Delight
This summer, my sun loving perennials gave me the full look that I have been longing for. The Lamb's ear makes a solid border; followed by Society Garlic, Gaura, Black-eyed Susans, and a Crape...
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Summer plant combination
1 commentThe last photo shows what this bed looked like before. A large juniper and a yew hedge were removed to create a garden. After two seasons it is taking shape and has filled in nicely.
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Foliage Fireworks
2 commentsFoliage provides reliable interest all summer (and spring, fall & winter too!) in this Bainbridge Island, WA garden. Flowers interspersed (not shown in pics) provide ongoing change...
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Now you 'see-dum'
This is a combination of sedums in my rock garden. I love the combination of leaf colors as well as the flowers. I am hoping that the light pink one opens fully before the red one...
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Sky Blue Pink
This combination of pink and blue blended so nicely together for a subtle 'sky blue pink' effect. The pink in the center of the bachelor's buttons is the exact pink of the coral bells that...
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Bold and Beautiful
We have a lot of shade in our yard, so it isn't often that we can get something as bold and beautiful as this combination. This is a bright hot pink single blossom peony paired up with the...
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Pretty in Pink
1 commentPretty in Pink is a combination of pinks consisting of creeping phlox and Olga Mezit PJM which surround our fish pond for late spring beauty. It is a very welcoming sight for an early season...
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For the Red, White & Blue
1 commentAround the end of July, we had a patriotic display of red, white and blue along a path that borders our waterfall. We have red bee balm, white shasta daisies, and a blue hydrangea. It...
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Tiny Beauty
4 commentsThis grouping is made up of several tiny flowering perennials, which all bloom at the same time, with a variety of colors. We have crested iris, white epimedium, lungwort, and...
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Growing Like Weeds....
My grandchildren love to spend time in the garden with Grandma and Mommy...
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Classic Combos
1 commentThis gold and purple bed is a rich pallette, sparkling in the sun. Both annuals and perennials abound, drawing the visitor in.
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Foliage, Textures & Blooms
4 commentsAll of these photos were taken in my front yard between June and August. I love the interplay of the texture of foliage with simple blooms.
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Fine Gardening's "Summer Plant Combos" Contest Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER. Entries for this "Summer Plant Combos" Contest (the "Contest") will be accepted during the period beginning at 12:01 a.m. ET on September 1, 2009 and ending at...
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About this Contest
This month we're asking you to post photos of your best summer plant combinations.
Fine Gardening's staff members will choose two winners based on beauty, creativity, and originality. The grand prize winner will receive a $150 gift certificate from DripWorks.
Complete Rules and Contest Description
Looking for tips on posting photos in the gallery? Read More...
For pointers on taking great garden photos, check out this Fine Gardening article on garden photography.
