Two designers meet the challenges of seaside gardening in New England
by NAN BLAKE SINTON and DAVID C. MICHENER photography by RICHARD W. BROWN
SEASIDE GARDENING conjures idyllic images of colorful cottage gardens, grasses swaying in ocean …

What to condider before you even start planting
NO MATTER how large or small your property, chances are that sooner or later— and probably sooner—you’re going to want a border of some kind. This irrepressible desire …

Imaginative choices make all the difference
by SEAN CONWAY photography by WEBB CHAPPELL
WHEN YOU ENTER A ROOM that is empty except for a single chair, that chair demands to be noticed. To achieve the same effect …

The art and science of growing wildflowers beneath the trees
Woodland
A spectacular mid-spring display of wood phlox (P. divaricata) and the rare double form of showy trillium (T. grandiflorum ‘Flore Pleno’). This kind of lavishness is …

Extension Consumer Horticulturist, Clemson University
What is your opinion of zoysia as a turfgrass?
—S.R., Cherry Hill, NJ
Answer: Zoysia was introduced to North America from Japan in the 1890s. The cultivar ‘Meyer’, which is sold as ‘Amazoy’ …

by LUCY HARDIMANPhotography byLYNNE HARRISON
With their billowing mounds of Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’, the curved stairs on the north side of the garden have become an icon of modern design.
In Portland, Oregon, a visionary garden epitomizes …

Lotuses are the most magnificent of aquatic plants
BY CATHY GREEN
Our love affair with lotuses isn’t new; one glance at their exquisite flowers explains why they have been symbols of transcendence in art and literature for …

In Connecticut, Steve Kinkade has mastered the art of growing and harvesting unusual blooms
IF YOU HAPPEN TO DRIVE by the quiet crossroads of Washington Depot, Connecticut, before noon on a summer morning, you’re bound to …

When it’s hot, dry, and daunting, baptisias beat the pants off their temperamental cousins
byTONY AVENT
PLEASE FORGIVE ME, but I’m in my baptisia phase. Fellow plant lovers will understand and sympathize with my compulsive need to …

You’ll need paper, pencil, and a little flexibility
ONCE YOU’VE DECIDED on your priorities in creating a border (see “Border Basics 1: Laying Plans,” January/February 2002), how do you go about designing it? We’ve found that …

Genus by genus, two Pennsylvania gardeners have blended their collections into a dazzling display
AS DAVID CULP AND MICHAEL ALDERFER showed me around their garden last November, what I saw was, in many ways, typical of …