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There are several plants that are well suited for the bog garden setting. This article highlights the Periwinkle.

Common Periwinkle is an evergreen bog plant that grows fast and easy.

There are four award winning plants in three categories for 2007. Here are some details about growing them, why they're special and how they won.

Madagascar periwinkle, or just periwinkle, is a very popular heat and drought tolerant annual in summer gardens. In warmer climates, it can be almost a perennial.

Blue flowered ground covers offer another opportunity to add the color blue to your yard and flower garden.

With harvest parties, Halloween and Thanksgiving autumn containers can be a dramatic focal point on a deck, patio or open garden spot.

It can be difficult to find good plants for shaded areas in your garden design, but many attractive evergreen and flowering shrubs will grow well in a shady garden.

Summer blooming plants, like annual geraniums, are easy to grow. Geraniums are low maintenance plants, whether planted in a container or garden bed.

Putting together a seasonal container planting full of color and excitement means combining plants with contrasting growth habit, color and foliage texture.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has wide boulevard gardens throughout its public streets. Gardeners will be inspired by the free garden plantings easily seen in this Midwest city.

Plant these summer flowers to keep your garden looking fresh and blooming all season: choose from annuals, perennials, shrubs, bulbs, vines and tropical plants.

External situations are extremely important when growing plants from seed.

Perennial groundvers can be attractive and useful and you don't have to restrict your choice to just Ivy or Vinca.

Summer is a time for enjoying the outdoors. These colorful summer container plants make it easy to create interest and drama in an outdoor porch or sitting area.

Over-wintering annual geraniums as houseplants save plants and money for next summer's gardens. Pelargoniums make good plants for indoor flower gardens.

Are deer eating your plants and making gardening a nightmare? The following tips to keep deer out of the landscape may be helpful.

On the West Coast many homeowners would rather plant groundcovers than suffer the embarrassment of the brown front lawn emerging from restricted summer water use.

Flowers for the white garden or moon garden include multitudes of white flowered annuals, biennials, perennials, bulbs, rhizomes, and tubers.

There are a number of plants which can be used for groundcovers in desert gardens.

The stunning, delicate beauty of a moon or night time garden is unique and timeless. Learn how to select plants for a moonlight garden and design your garden.

In garden designs, evergreen and flowering shrubs, in their huge variety, offer an ideal backdrop for other garden plants. Many can give year round colour and interest.

Good deer control methods start with prevention. Stop deer damage in your organic garden by growing plants that deer rarely browse.

Spring in Andalucia brings an unsurpassed wildflower display from January to its climax in May. See Mediterranean wildflowers at their best in the Alpujarras and Axarquia

A shaded white garden or moon garden can be the most magical of all: sharp contrasts of white flowers and silvery foliage against deep shadows and dark corners. Oooh!

Ursolic acid is a component of many herbs that seems to have a protective effect versus inflammation and its various ramifications.

Window boxes allow city dwellers to create miniature gardens offering a feast for the eyes and decoration for the interior and exterior of the home on a manageable level.

Rhododendrons are shrubs for all seasons. Evergreen leaves in winter with multicolored blooms from early spring. Most types of gardens are enhanced by Rhododendrons.

Residents of Beacon Hill's North Slope (Boston, MA) and civic and government groups work to transform derelict spaces and passageways into neighborhood garden spaces.

Nicotiana, sweet alyssum and marigolds have similar growing needs. Beginning gardeners will find these annual plants easy to grow when starting a garden hobby.

Old fashioned cures, remedies, protections, amulets and charms from your herb and flower garden to make your Halloween trick or treat night a safe, relaxing experience.

Herb gardening isn't limited to gardens and yards with full sun. There are many herbs that thrive in the shade.

Gardening at altitudes above 6500' is challenging, but with a little effort and proper plant selection, the rewards can be spectacular and unique.

Use these tips and plant lists to select red, white and blue annual and perennial flowers to plant a traditional flower garden design with a patriotic theme this summer.