Most people who are learning to garden go nuts for anything that blooms, and they fill their garden beds with blooming plants. This is fine for a time but soon one learns that having something blooming all the time is a goal that takes time to accomplish, and may not really be what is most … Read more
For anyone who has any amount of land, be it small or large, there is a place for boxwood. It has a royal lineage throughout plant history, it’s been planted for centuries in large estates and kingdoms with castles. There are about seventy species in the family but here in the Americas we generally have … Read more
Everywhere you look you can find grass varietals now being used in both residential and commercial landscapes. They provide a wonderful angular look that is different from any other plant or shrub. They also provide movement in your garden which is a hard to establish design element for many landscapes. Due to this boom in … Read more
Many of us lament the fact that we have a lot of shade in our gardens when in fact, a shade garden can be a more wondrous area to visit than a full sun garden. In this day and age where warmth is becoming ever warmer it is wonderful to have an area where you … Read more
We all have places in our gardens where the soil quality is not that wonderful or the irrigation is spotty or where there are lots of rocks. Creeping sedums are wonderful plants to fill in these spaces with vigor and beauty. All sedums are desirable plants for the garden because of their tough, drought resistant … Read more
If you sit still in your garden long enough you will begin to notice all the movement and noise of tiny visitors. Almost all of these visitors are a friend of nature and beneficial to your garden in many aspects. With flowering perennials, shrubs and trees you must have the pollinators, these include bees, bats, … Read more
Winter doesn’t have to be a slack time for the gardener; it leaves time for those things we run out of time for in the growing season. You have time to tidy up, clean up some more leaves (assuming they are not snow covered), mulch and tend to some tools. For those of us who … Read more
The animals and birds which live in the outdoor space around us are very appreciative of anything we can provide for them. There are many ways to welcome them into our space and they are very useful for the flow of nature and help to keep the garden pretty. Any area which can be kept … Read more
If you are a flower person you really need to try the plant which doesn’t truly have flowers but the whole plant is a flower! Coleus provides great texture and a great array of colors to brighten your garden. Having been around since the 1850’s this genus has provided color and décor to gardens for … Read more