GARDENS Magazine - January/February 2010

Feature Articles

Bare Beauties

Trees with exfoliating bark that provides winter interest

Growing Potatoes

Culture of the beloved spud is surprisingly easy

Seedling Secrets

Starting your own transplants from seed

Raised-bed Gardening

An overwhelmed vegetable gardener finally tastes success

From the Sperry Garden

On a Personal Note

Things aren't always as they seem.

Ask Neil

Holly leaf-drop, pruning guidelines, rampant ivy, and more.

Lone Stars

Rising Star: 'Frizzle Sizzle' & 'Fizzy Lemonberry'

These new pansies sport ruffles and frills.

Soapwort

'Bouncing Bet' is a cleaning herb

Designing Texas

Garden Saints

Statuary celebrates historic figures' love of nature.

Step by Step

Beautiful ways to climb from here to there.

Texas Tips

Clearing the Air

Dispelling some popular garden myths.

Shade Too Dense?

Solutions for shady lawns and thinning turfgrass.

Finishing Touch

A Way with Windows

Architectural relics that add light and air.