Fine Gardening Magazine

Written for passionate gardeners, Fine Gardening provides inspired ideas backed by detailed instructions for creating healthy gardens, outdoor rooms, and beautiful landscapes suited to the region. Horticulturists, nurserymen, and designers share their expertise on plants, care, soil, eco-friendly pest control, propagation, design, and landscaping.

Close encounters of the feathered kind

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Fine Gardening Magazine

OVER THE FENCE

Readers’ Tips • FROM ONE GARDENER TO ANOTHER

Super Cool Plants • FIND OUT WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE GROWING

Garden Shed • TOOLS YOU CAN DEPEND ON, TESTED BY EXPERTS YOU CAN TRUST

Plant MD • SCIENCE-BASED INFORMATION FOR A HEALTHIER GARDEN

Indoor Gardening • HOUSEPLANTS FOR SMALL SPACES

A big impact in a small space

Edible Garden • HOW TO GROW FIGS

VARIETIES TO TRY

Overwintering tips for colder climates

Garden Photo of the Day • CELEBRATING OUR READERS’ LANDSCAPES

Tropical inspiration for SHADE CONTAINERS • Add flair to low-light areas using unique houseplants and perennials

Easy-peasy maintenance for season-long performance

NATURALISTIC PLANTING • If you mimic the look of nature, and add a little art of your own, you’ll have a garden that is better for the environment and requires less work from you

Plants that do the job • Now that you know the roles plants might play in a matrix-style design, here are some ideas to get your designs going.

What makes up the layers?

Putting it into practice • Once we understand some of the concepts of naturalistic design, questions of a more practical nature tend to pop up. We reached out to landscape architect Thomas Rainer and garden designer Piet Oudolf to get some answers.

GREEN SOLUTIONS FOR LAWN CARE • Build your earth-friendly yard with healthy soil and a diverse plant community

Burnet The best plant you’re not growing • These perennials are the ultimate choice for bridging the gap between summer and fall

Get the bigger picture of burnet

Sanguisorba trial results

Bring IN/THE Birds • THE RIGHT NATIVE PLANT SPECIES CAN MAKE YOUR GARDEN AN AVIAN HAVEN

Bird-friendly features to enhance your landscape

NORTHWEST

SOUTHWEST

MOUNTAIN WEST

SOUTHERN PLAINS

MIDWEST

SOUTHEAST

NORTHEAST

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE • Here is a handy guide to help you pronounce the botanical names in this issue.

LAST WORD

CAPTIVATING COMBINATION