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Myrtle is an easy topiary to maintain.

How to make an elegant topiary

A touch of formality is not out of place in most gardens. Trimmed cones and spheres of foliage — classic topiary — are especially suited to containers.

Tall blue salvia, coleus, double impatiens and English ivy. (Garden Making photo)

Container gardening

Perfect container plants

When shopping for container plants, it helps to have a list of favourites that you can always count on. Here are Beckie Fox’s suggestions.

'Wine Dipt' coleus grows well in bright shade. (Photo by Brendan Zwelling)

Making a Garden

Summer-to-winter coleus

Traditional coleus can be grown from seed and thrive in part shade or dappled light. New sun-tolerant coleus hybrids are propagated from cuttings (and can’t be grown from seed), and are comfortable in full sun.

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