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Re: Win a copy of Designer Plant Combinations!

Planting combos come more and more naturally these days, but that's after many years of trial and error as well as trial and success. Certainly, magazines like Fine Gardening, books like this as well as just taking a walk and admiring combos along the way help me come up with better and better combos.

One of my favorite tips: go to a nursery, grab a cart and start putting plants together in the cart. Do they look good? Are they the right plants for the right place? Will they mature appropriately together? If so, go for it!

Yes, sir, may I please have a copy? Billy's raves tell me this is going to be a must-have in any garden designer's library.

posted: 2:30 pm on October 21st