Searching for a shrub that is wonderful to bring some pizzazz to your landscape? Carol Mackie daphne has the”fantastic four” elements of planting design: shape, foliage, blossoms and fragrance. And its trim size works well in tiny gardens, in which plant selection has to be particularly fine-tuned. What’s not to enjoy? Jocelyn H. Chilvers Botanical …

There are a number of colors that anglers often abhor. Magenta might top the list. It is garish and ridiculously loud — a showoff. Most gardeners shun the color and reach instead for the palest shades of blush, deep colors of purple and lovely whites which light up the garden at night. I believe we …