Purple - Fine Gardening
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DesignPlants With Purple Flowers for the Southwest
Texas sage is one of the most distinctive native shrubs in the Southwest, blooming periodically throughout the year but dazzling in summer and fall. Purple is for everyone, and especially…
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DesignPurple Shrubs and Trees for Drama in the Garden
I like to incorporate a lot of color in my gardens. While flowers are a big part of what provides that color, foliage can also play a large role. Leaves…
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ArticleFabulous Fall Colchicums
Today’s photos come from Kathy Purdy, a great collector of fall-blooming colchicum. I garden in Oxford, New York, which I like to say has a Zone 5 winter (sometimes even…
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ArticleEnvisioning a Dream Garden
Today's photos come from Petra Donnelly. Here's what she has to say: I live in Markham, Ontario. Approximately 10 years ago I had a vision of a totally grass-free property…
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ArticleTurkish Delight
Ev sent in these images of her garden in Antalya, Turkey. Bougainvillea is an iconic vine in warm, dry parts of the world. Only hardy in Zones 9–11, it…
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ArticleJapanese Irises
A recent visit to the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, Virginia, coincided with peak bloom of its wonderful collection of Japanese irises (Iris ensata, Zones 3–9). Unlike their more…
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DesignA Teaching Garden
The Hahn Horticulture Garden on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, is not only a beautiful public display garden that shows off a wide range of plants grown…
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DesignDesign a Garden With Bold Colors
As an amateur artist, I know that four is the number of hues I can use in a painting without it starting to look garish. The more colors you use…
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Plant GuideMuhly grass
Muhlenbergia capillarisIn autumn, this unique specimen creates a spectacular, billowy inflorescence of massed, vibrant pink, airy flowers on 4-foot stems.
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Plant Guide‘Royal Purple’ smoketree
Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’This shrub or small tree has stunning dark red-purple foliage that turns scarlet in autumn.
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