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How to make your garden bloom

The West's best flowers for borders, beds, bouquets, and containers

Design a great garden border

See how to use foliage and flowers to soften a wall, accent a lawn, or fringe a path

Garden border for a pool
Photo by Norm Plate , story by Kathleen N. Brenzel

Great garden borders: A few well-chosen plants

Borders don't have to be large or complex to have visual impact; just four or five well-chosen plants can work wonders.

Here, a border of purple African daisies, lobelia, sea lavender, and silvery dusty Miller hugs a pool in Scottsdale, AZ.

Design: Graham Smith, Arcadia Studio (602/955-0301)

NextGreat garden borders: Accent a lawn

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