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1) CREEPING JENNY
(Lysim achia num m ularia
‘Aurea’, Z ones 3-10)
2) ORANGE SEDGE
(Carex
testacecty
Zones 7-10)
3) YELLOW DAFFODIL
(‘G eranium ’)
4) BICOLOR DAFFODIL
(‘Carlton’)
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DEBRA’S GARDEN
I t ’ s
n
o t
t o o
l a t e !
Even if you didn’t
plant bulbs last fall,
you can still enjoy
their beauty now.
Garden centers
sell forced bulbs
in spring—just in
tim e to create easy,
color-coordinated
com binations.
1
S e le c t b u lb s
w ith b lo o m s th a t
m a tch y o u r c o n -
ta in e r ’s color.
2
A dd c o o l-se a so n
a n n u a ls, g r a sse s,
su c c u le n ts,
or p eren n ia ls
th a t m a tch or
co m p lem en t th e
p a le tte .
P lant b u lb s
first, th e n pack
o th er p la n ts around
th e m so th e b u lb s
se e m to b e em erg -
in g th ro u g h th e
p la n ts. R em em ber
th e b a sics: U se
p o ttin g m ix and a
c o n ta in er th a t h a s
p ro p er d rain age.
W ater regularly.
Go O n lin e
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container ideas, go to
BHG.com/containers
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS | MARCH
2011
| BHG.COM
