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Gardening > Choosing Plants

09.30.08

Amid fall hues, a splash of blue

Easy to grow and drought tolerant, this shrub blooms at summer’s end.

Elisabet Ginsburg talks about a true-blue shrub that will brighten fall yards.

Elisabet Ginsburg talks about a true-blue shrub that will brighten fall yards.

09.29.08

Anemones for autumn

Like kinetic sculpture, stems sway in the breeze, moving buds and flowers as one.

08.29.08

August lilies — wallflowers worth noticing

Large flowers and a lush scent should make these hostas the belles of the horticultural ball.

Elisabeth Ginsburg discusses some of the things she enjoys about Hosta plantaginea.

08.26.08

Sheer artistry in the garden

08.20.08

Save water with succulents

08.13.08

Creative combo in pink and gold

Correspondent Craig Summers Black talks about Linda Cochran's use of plants.

08.07.08

Like a breath of sea air in the garden

07.11.08

A palette of garden grasses