In the magazine, space limitations preclude identifying all the plants in the photos, but online, we can do better. Click on the links below to see plant IDs for photos in selected articles. We didn't name everything, but it's a start.
Sandi Burdick and her husband Tom Boyd landscaped their hillside garden in Knoxville, Tennessee, to look good from almost any vantage point. Her design goes way beyond stepped teraces. To learn about their design strategies, read "Designing with Curved Terraces" by Sandi Burdick in the January/February 2012 issue of Fine Gardening (#143).
When garden designer Erin Ray and her husband moved to a Portland, Oregon, house with sloping front and back yards, they completely redid the landscaping, and the results are impressive. In "From a Useless Slope to a Luscious Garden" in the September/October 2011 issue of Fine Gardening (#141), Erin explains the changes they made and offers design suggestions to others faced with a similar situation.
Faye Beck's front-yard garden is brimming with plants. In "Stand Out without Sticking Out" in the May/June 2011 issue of Fine Gardening (#139), you'll discover how she developed her plantings, yet still was able to maintain a harmonious relationship with her neighbors' lawns.
Oregon landscapers Bryan and Cassandra Barrett share their design expertise in "Two Secrets to Great Design" in the March/April 2011 issue of Fine Gardening (#138).
In the January/February 2011 issue of Fine Gardening (#137), Minnesota nursery owner Dean Engelmann describes his strategy for "plant linking," by which one can integrate annuals into beds with perennials, trees, and shrubs.
The November/December 2010 issue of Fine Gardening (#136) visits a bog garden on the shores of Lake Michigan, where Barbara Weirich and her husband turned a murky, wet depression into a good-looking home for moisture-loving plants.
In the September/October 2010 issue of Fine Gardening (#135), Nancy J. Ondra ("Plan for an Awesome Autumn") offers plant choices and design suggestions for ending the garden season on a high note. Cindy Stockett ("Tying It All Together") takes on a tricky topic: how to unify the various beds and sections of your gardening space in a coherent design scheme.
