GARDENS Magazine - January/February 2005

Feature Articles

Flowering Groundcovers

Trade in thirsty lawns for generous beds of low-maintenance blooms.

Tabletop Landscaping

It's easy to create the garden of your dreams when it's in miniature!

Four-Season Fragrance

Add a little sensory depth to your landscape with sweet-smelling plants.

Build-a-book

aspidistra; eldarica pine

From the Sperry Garden

On a Personal Note

Renovate, redesign, renew.

Ask Neil

Growing queen's wreath, treating red oak fungus, using rocks as mulch and more.

Lone Stars

Rising Star: 'Azure Skies' Heliotrope

Months of blooms and a tough nature make this plant a Texas garden must-have.

Chinese Ground Orchid

Hardy garden orchids brighten shady spots.

RedBuds

When you're this beautiful, everyone wants you around!

African Violets

Secrets to growing these well-known collector's houseplants.

Designing Texas

Green Fences

If good fences make good neighbors, green fences might make great neighbors.

Recycled Redo

This amateur artist and devoted gardener designed her newly acquired adjoining lot using cast-off objects in a creative way.

Texas Tips

Getting the Most from Your Veggie Garden

Top 10 tips for intensive gardening.

The Well-Stocked Insect Arsenal

Five products you can.t afford to be without to survive the year-round battle with insects.

Finishing Touch

Potting Benches

Hard-working potting stations get the job done.