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Article: PATIO ART; TRY CREATIVE COMBINATIONS OF ANNUALS, PERENNIALS AND HERBS IN POTTED GARDENS.(HOME & GARDEN)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- June 7, 2001
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Byline: Lynn Underwood; Staff Writer
Walk into your neighborhood garden center with a new attitude.
Think outside the box. Experiment. Take a chance.
If you follow these take-charge rules, you're on the right track to designing container gardens that go beyond the overused spike and geranium.
Bypass "old reliables," such as petunias, marigolds, impatiens, vinca vine. Search out the tables of herbs, vegetables, perennials, ornamental grasses and indoor houseplants that can make a potted garden special. This time, consider some plants with names you can't pronounce. Try purple heliotrope, campanula, silvery gazania. Pair wax begonias ...