1.   A Southern gardener trying to grow Sweet Spanish, a long-day onion, has the opposite problem.

2.   For generations, Southern gardeners have been imposing order on nature through formal designs, influenced by our European counterparts.

3.   Johnson, who volunteers at the garden, and Determann see it as a demonstration and education project to encourage Southern gardeners to use more conifers.

4.   Southern gardeners will manage several months of excellent eggplant.

5.   Southern gardeners can plant leaving the bud union above ground.

6.   Sure, lawns can be high maintenance, but Southern gardeners welcome the challenge, the author notes.

7.   Yet Southern gardeners insist on making a rewarding hobby a dreaded chore by trying to grow things that will never make it in this climate.

8.   Yet the plants often are overlooked by many Southern gardeners.