FEATURES

PLAYING IT STRAIGHT
To create harmony between the house and the garden, turn to simple straight edges instead of curved beds
by Gordon Hayward

PLANTS WE LOVE
A host of must-haves, described by the gardeners who can't live without them

GROUNDCOVERS
Our native flora includes many choices for good-looking, hard-working cover
by Joe Eck

PLA NTING EARLY
With the right preparations, a surprising number of favorite annuals will thrive in the garden well before traditional planting time
by Alice McGowan

CONCRETE DREAMS
Third-generation sculptor Carlos Cortés puts a San Antonio spin on faux bois garden art
by Ken Druse

DEPARTMENTS

PEST WATCH
How to identify and control daylily rust

CLOSE TO HOME
Ideas and advice from gardeners across the country.
In this issue: Southeast, Southern California, Pacific Northwest, Interior West

LIVING IN THE GARDEN
Mud Shoes
by Meghan Lynch

A GARDENING LIFE: ELISABETH SHELDON
by Ruth Rogers Clausen

GARDENER'S WORKSHOP
Dividing Hybrid Hellebores
by Carolyn Walker

REVIEWS
by Jodi Torpey

POWER PLAY
Tools That Multitask
by Karen Weir-Jimerson

COLLECTOR'S CHOICE
Genus Aristolochia
With their oddly shaped flowers and bug-trapping abilities, these vines and shrubs are among our most intriguing
by Daniel J. Hinkley

HIGH GROUND
No more concocted "common" names, pleads Carol Hall