Designing with three’s company
With so many plants to choose from, selecting a combination that works can be tricky. The “three’s company” design technique can help you make decisions about what planting combinations work for you.
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September 2008
Common burdock
If you’ve ever walked through a patch of weeds and come out with spiky brown balls stuck to your clothing, you’ve found common burdock.
Dividing bleeding heart
The best way to propagate bleeding heart, either fernleaf or the old-fashioned type, is by division.
Kudzu
Known as “the vine that ate the South,” this perennial weed thrives in USDA zones 5 to 11 from Florida to Oklahoma and north to Connecticut to Illinois.
New England aster
If you want to attract butterflies to your garden, planting asters is a good start.
Potato leafhopper
You may never have seen a potato leafhopper up close before. They move quickly, scuttling sideways to hide under leaves, or simply flying to another plant.
Bring out the bulbs
Why wait for summer to fill your containers? Beautiful blooms like ‘Pink Pride’ daffodil, ‘Big Chief’ tulip and the grape hyacinths here add a blast of spring color, and they’re so easy to grow.
Purslane
This edible annual weed pops up almost anywhere in the garden. It forms low mats of succulent green leaves and red-pink stems that spread up to 2 ft.
Slide show: Designing with chartreuse
When it comes to bold colors, nothing has the power to wow like chartreuse!
Maple leaf scorch
If your maple looks like someone used a torch on the leaves — especially near the top and on the southern side — your tree is probably suffering from leaf scorch.
