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How to make your garden bloom

   The West's best flowers for borders, beds, bouquets, and containers
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Design a great garden border

   See how to use foliage and flowers to soften a wall, accent a lawn, or
   fringe a path
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   Making a great garden border
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Great garden borders: The basic ingredients

   Creating a border isn't difficult if you break it down into its basic
   elements ― lacey fringes, accent colors, layers of short-to-tall
   plantings, and color echoes.
   Curving borders, like this one in Ralph Hasting's Whidbey Island,
   Washington, garden, are more interesting ― and more complementary with
   casual landscapes ― than straight-edged ones.
   Before planting, test out possible outlines for your border with a rope
   or hose.
   Click ahead for 13 inspiring border designs to get you started.

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