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Take cues from your surroundings when choosing plants

comments (1) May 10th, 2010 in blogs

Michelle Gervais, Associate Editor

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When choosing plants for this garden bed, designer Rebecca Batchie looked up and took into account the red of this classic barn when she chose the red and white lily. By matching the two, she made the barn a true part of the picture, not just a background.

Welcome to the Fine Gardening Garden Photo of the Day blog! Every weekday we post a new photo of a great garden, a spectacular plant, a stunning plant combination, or any number of other subjects. Think of it as your morning jolt of green.

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arboretum writes: Perfect explanation of the special value of this particular plant choice/design. I had another, possibly comical, thought. If the plant to the right of the lilies is nicotiana (?) and if the barn were a tobacco barn?............!!
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mindy
www.cottonarboretum.com/ Posted: 10:27 am on May 10th

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Welcome to the Fine Gardening GARDEN PHOTO OF THE DAY blog!

Every weekday we post a new photo of a great garden, a spectacular plant, a stunning plant combination, or any number of other subjects. Think of it as your morning jolt of green.

Sign up to get new posts delivered to your inbox each morning so you'll always remember to take a look, or subscribe to our RSS feed. We look forward to sharing our garden travels with you.

If you think you have a photo that we should share on the Garden Photo of the day, email us. Send hi-res images to mgervais@taunton.com with GPOD in the subject line. We'll only respond if we plan to use your photo.