Using Color to Create a Tropical Garden
Add a Touch of the Tropics The mai tai colors of DahliaSimplicity and Alstroemeria Beatrix give this garden tropical flair. Dramatic structure and colors tip a gardens design into the tropical zone. The tiger-stri
Add the sound of water to your patio with this easy-to-install inground pool and fountain. An underground reservoir captures the water and houses the pump and components that make this pretty fountain function.
What You Need: Once you have the materials, this project will take less than an hour. 2 sets of wooden quilters rings 14 inches in diameter, the stouter the better (1-1/2 inches wide is ideal). You can find thes
Round Out Your Garden with Purple Purple spans a wide range, from deep, velvety hues that appear almost black to pale periwinkle. Red-dominated hues of purple add suspense and drama to plantings. They also media
What You Need: Whimsical cup-and-saucer bird feeders with exuberant painted designs enliven the garden and serve as feeding stations for freewheeling birds. Patterns China teacup and saucer Ruler Marking pen Dri
Reds Properties Red takes on different properties depending on what colors you pair with it. The most effective framing color for a red-flowered standout is its complement: green. When a border focuses on green
Step-by-Step to a Landscape Plan
With a site analysis and personal inventory in hand, youve already accomplished a large part of the design. Now take it a step further by thinking of your yard as a whole and drawing a conceptual plan. Using the proces
Simple Strategies Bring your flowers inside and delight in their cheerful blooms. Lush flowerbeds overflowing with colorful blooms make you want to snip a few stems and take them inside. But you may be reluctant t
What Youll Need Log slices* Sandpaper Wood stain in assorted colors 2-inch paintbrush or rags Clear varnish Clear outdoor sealer *To make log slices, use a circular saw to slice tree branches and logs to 1½ to 2 inch
Snapdragons and alyssum take root in this roomy 4-foot-long planter. Placed next to the house, the planter can hide a gloomy window well and still allow circulation. For safetys sake, however, never block a fire-exit w
Creating Colorful Foliage Gardens
The Essential Leaf Silver fern, hosta, columbine, andthe blue leaves of euphorbiagleam in this shady vignette. Foliage has an essential and complex function in the plant world. It converts sunlight to life-susta
Bring In Outside Features Once a birdhouse has achieved the proper sort of aged patina, move it to a protected spot such as a porch or covered patio. Or, bring it inside the home for a visual link to the outdoor
Make an entry more welcoming or wake up a lackluster corner of your patio with this clay pot tower. Easy-to-find and inexpensive, clay pots are stacked together to create color on high. Fill the planters with yo
A great garden doesnt have to jack up your water bill. Heres how to keep watering costs down. When you water your garden lavishly, your checking account isnt the only thing going down the drain. Increasingly, land
At first, it doesnt seem like a Colonial-style cottage garden should work. Colonial gardens, after all, were mainly utilitarian -- a place to grow vegetables and herbs tidily behind a white-picket fence. They of
Protective Paint We turned a trashed craigslist.org china cabinet into a powerhouse potting bench, starting with coats of exterior primer and paint to help protect it from the elements. continue reading below
To turn your backyard into a winged haven, follow these simple suggestions: continue reading below Go organic. Never use pesticides or herbicides on your property. Establish multiple habitats. Birds
Chalk It Up In the garden, change is only natural. Seasons change, climates change, and gardeners change, too. Change comes to gardens -- especially among the plants. As seeds are sown, new varieties are brought h
Outside the offices of the corporate headquarters of Better Homes and Gardens®, near the heart of a traffic-clogged downtown, lies an oasis of green -- and yellow, and red, and purple -- you get the idea. This r
Quick Ways to Add Color to Your Landscape
Meet the Quick-Color Players Annuals and tender perennials grown as annuals headline the quick-color theater. The stars of the show include traditional favorites, such as cosmos, zinnia, and impatiens as well a
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