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Dear Ann: Thank you again for your coming up with the new, less expensive design--think it will do just every bit as well, too for the clematis. We are now enjoying the last of the beds which were just finished, and I am pleased to have this now accomplished. By the way, the plant I kept referring to as a Penstemon and which I just loved was fountain grass, Orientale and it is now happily up near the front part of the bed near the flag pole. The new rhododendron on the front of the house south bed are now in, too and look so nice. The new pergola will now go in in a couple weeks.

It was a pleasure reading your columns over the weekend (I promptly went out and gave my three-year-old blueberry bushes their first pruning!). You’re writing is clear and conversational, which would make your columns a great addition to our Home & Garden sections.