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• Lady beetles, 1
• Lagerstroemia indica (crape myrtle), 1
• Lamium (lamium, dead nettle), 1
• Lamium galeobdolon (yellow archangel), 1
• Lamium maculatum (spotted lamium, spotted dead nettle), 1
• Landscaping, 1, 2, 3, 4. See also Garden design;
• Gardens
  • for birds, 1, 2
  • edible, 1, 2, 3–15, 4
  • evergreens in, 1, 2, 3
  • ferns in, 1, 2
  • flowers in (See Annuals;
  • Biennials;
  • Perennials) garden rooms in, 1
  • maintenance schedule, 1
  • with native plants, 1
  • renovation of old, 1
  • shrubs in (See Shrubs) stonework in, 1
  • trees in (See Trees)
  • vines in, 1
  • water-wise landscaping, 1, 2, 3 (See also Water)
• Larkspur (Consolida), 1
• Lasagna gardening, 1, 2
• Lathyrus (sweet pea), 1
• Lavandula (lavender), 1
• Lawns, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • maintaining, 1
  • planting new, 1
  • problems of, 1
  • reducing maintenance, 1
  • repairing existing, 1
• Layering, 1, 2, 3, 4
  • air, 1, 2
  • simple, 1, 2
  • tip, 1
• Leaf blisters and curls, 1
• Leaf spots, 1, 2
• Leek (Allium spp.)
  • edible, 1
  • lily, 1, 2
• Lenten rose (Helleborus orientalis), 1
• Lettuce, 1
• Leucanthemum maxima (Shasta daisy), 1, 2
• Liatris (gayfeather, blazing star), 1
• Liatris aspera (button gayfeather, rough gayfeather), 1
• Liatris spicta (spike gayfeather), 1
• Ligustrum (privet, ligustrum), 1
• Lilac (Syringa), 1
• Lilium (lily), 1, 2
• Lilium candidum (Madonna lily), 1
• Lilium speciosum (showy lily), 1
• Lilium superbum (Turk’s-cap lily), 1
• Lilyturf (Liriope), 1
• Lingonberry, 1
• Liriope (liriope, lilyturf), 1
• Liriope muscari (big blue lilyturf), 1
• Liriope spicata (creeping lilyturf), 1
• Lobelia (lobelia), 1
• Lobelia cardinalis (cardinal flower), 1
• Lobelia erinus (edging lobelia, bedding lobelia), 1
• Lobelia siphilitica (great blue lobelia), 1
• Lobelia × speciosa (hybrid cardinal flower), 1
• Lobularia (sweet alyssum), 1
• Lolium multiflorum (annual ryegrass), 1
• Lonicera (honeysuckle), 1, 2
• Lonicera × brownii (Brown’s honeysuckle), 1
• Lonicera fragrantissima (winter honeysuckle), 1
• Lonicera × heckrottii (goldflame honeysuckle), 1
• Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle), 1
• Lonicera mackii (Amur honeysuckle), 1
• Lonicera morrowii (Morrow honeysuckle), 1
• Lonicera nitida (boxleaf honeysuckle), 1
• Lonicera pileata (privet honeysuckle), 1
• Lonicera sempervirens (trumpet honeysuckle), 1
• Lonicera tatarica (Tatarian honeysuckle), 1
• Loosestrife, purple, 1
• Lupinus (lupine), 1
• Lycoris spp. (spider lilies), 1
• Lycoris radiata (red spider lily), 1
• Lycoris squamigera (magic lily), 1