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    SOUTHERN LIVING Ultimate Garden Guide: 143 Ideas for Containers, Beds & Borders
    SOUTHERN LIVING Ultimate Garden Guide: 143 Ideas for Containers, Beds & Borders
    SOUTHERN LIVING Ultimate Garden Guide: 143 Ideas for Containers, Beds & Borders
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    SOUTHERN LIVING Ultimate Garden Guide: 143 Ideas for Containers, Beds & Borders

    By The Editors of Southern Living

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    Grow a lush garden-in your yard or in your window box-with this handy guide! From herbs and tomatoes to a relaxing oasis, your gardening dreams can come true with glowing photographs and step-by-step advice from the experts at Southern Living, America's favorite magazine dedicated to the best of the South.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLiberty Street
    Release dateFeb 23, 2018
    ISBN9780848758240
    SOUTHERN LIVING Ultimate Garden Guide: 143 Ideas for Containers, Beds & Borders

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      SOUTHERN LIVING Ultimate Garden Guide - The Editors of Southern Living

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      SPRING

      Checklist

      March

      ASSESS YOUR AZALEAS

      As this Southern classic comes into bloom, mark the color of each plant, if you haven’t already planted them by color. For maximum impact, group azaleas in masses of one hue or in layers of different shades. It’s okay to move them while they are blooming. But if you wait until they finish, they can be rearranged, pruned, and shaped for a better show next year.

      ROOT A BOXWOOD CUTTING

      It’s easy to get more boxwoods without spending a dime. Cut off a twig about 6 inches long. Strip off the two or three lowest pairs of leaves. Dust the cut end with rooting powder. Stick the cutting into a pot of moist potting soil, and place it in shade. It should root within one month.

      FEED YOUR LAWN

      Fertilize warm-season lawns, such as Zoysia, Bermuda, and St. Augustine, after they turn green.

      SHAPE UP SHRUBS

      Prune spiraeas, forsythias, flowering quince, and azaleas once they have finished blooming. If you wait until summer to cut them back, you will remove next year’s blooms.

      DIVIDE PERENNIALS

      Crowded bloomers, such as Shasta daisies, chrysanthemums, and black-eyed Susans, should be divided and replanted now. If you have room, space them out in your beds. If not, pass some along to a neighbor or fellow gardener.

      April

      PLANT TOMATOES

      Choose large containers, or plant them in a sunny spot in the garden. Tomatoes prefer moist, well-drained soil with lots of organic matter. Before planting, remove the lower leaves of your tomato plants with clippers or sharp scissors. Bury the stem up to the first two leaflets on the plant. It will develop roots along the entire buried portion of the stem.

      GROW VINES

      Moonflowers, morning glories, and hyacinth beans are pretty additions to the garden. Wait until the soil has warmed to sow seeds. Soak seeds overnight in water to soften the seed coat and help speed up germination.

      PLANT HERBS

      Culinary herbs are easy to grow. Once the frost period has passed, you can safely plant. Be sure to plant enough of the ones you frequently use. Keep this in mind: It generally takes twice as many fresh herbs as it does dried ones to equal the same amount of flavor in cooking.

      CUT THE GRASS

      It’s time to start cutting warm-season turf, such as Bermuda, St. Augustine, and centipede. Be careful not to scalp your lawn. Adjust the blade height on your mower so that you remove only about the top third of the grass blades each time you cut the lawn. During periods of fast growth, try to mow your lawn at least once a week.

      ATTRACT BEES

      Don’t be afraid! Bees are a gardener’s friend because they help pollinate. Plant some flowers near your tomatoes and squash to lure them.

      May

      SOUTHERN MAGNOLIA

      {MAGNOLIA GRANDIFLORA}

      Fragrant flowers and glossy evergreen leaves make this Southern native a must for gardeners. Magnolias bloom best and grow fuller in a sunny spot. They prefer rich, well-drained soil but tolerate a range of conditions. Use as specimens, or plant several as a large screen. Look for named selections when buying, and water regularly TO transition them into your yard.

      Note: They’re messy and drop leaves.

      SOUTHERN MAGNOLIA SELECTIONS

      ‘Brackens Brown Beauty,’ ‘Claudia Wannamaker,’ ‘Little Gem’ (good for small spaces), ‘Edith Bogue’ (cold hardy), ‘Alta,’ ‘Teddy Bear,’ ‘Baby Grand’

      TRY HYDRANGEAS

      Plant different types for gorgeous garden blooms. Our native oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) offers the earliest blooms in snowy white. The summer blooms of French hydrangeas (H. macrophylla) respond to the soil pH. Blue flowers are produced in acid soil (pH 5.5 and lower), and pink flowers are produced in alkaline soil (pH 7 and higher).

      TRIM YOUR HEDGES

      Boxwoods will benefit from a little pruning now. Shear them into formal hedges, if you like, or use hand pruners to open up the plants and remove some inner branches. This improves air circulation and reduces disease.

      SET OUT ANNUALS

      It’s time to finish planting your summer annuals, such as petunias, marigolds, salvia, and impatiens. If the plants are in pots or trays, make sure the roots are not so matted that they can’t expand into the soil easily. If they are, gently pull the roots apart.

      SUMMER

      Checklist

      June

      BLACK-EYED SUSAN

      {RUDBECKIA HIRTA}

      Among the South’s most beautiful native wildflowers, these bright yellow blooms will cheer up any border. Various selections offer new and different color combos. They can be biennials or short-lived perennials. Plant seeds or transplants in sunny spots with average, well-drained, slightly moist soil. Black-eyed Susans make great cut flowers and will attract butterflies, plus deer tend to avoid them.

      BLACK-EYED SUSAN SELECTIONS

      ‘Irish Eyes’ (green centers), ‘Denver Daisy,’ ‘Indian Summer’

      GROW CALADIUMS

      For easy, dependable color in shade, caladiums can’t be beat. The leaves come in a variety of colors and shapes and pair well with impatiens, silver ribbon fern, asparagus fern, Korean rock fern, and variegated creeping fig.

      MULCH NEW PLANTINGS

      Apply extra shredded bark or pine straw mulch around newly planted trees and shrubs. This will reduce water loss and heat stress on the new roots.

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