Have you ever considered the impact that integrating built-in planter box ideas into your living or working space could have? These cleverly designed features

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Brighten up your entranceway or porch with a hanging basket full of easy to plant and grow...

Some pictures from today, while taking a break from house painting. Russian Veronica: Edelweiss: A lily: Four clamps: Front deck colorful flower boxes: Little deck flower boxes: Geranium sanguinium "cranesbill": Geranium Victor Riter, Jr: Sedum spurium - Fulda glow:

Turn a drab deck or patio into a festival of flowers with containers packed with easy-care perennials. It’s a snap to mix and match different perennials in the same container for a spring-to-fall color show. By Doug Jimerson

Whether it’s privacy you are craving or wanting to screen out the sun or an unsightly neighbor’s yard, this post on attractive privacy screens is for you. Today I am sharing over a doze…

This week the Gardenista editors explored the seaside and lounged by the pool—the hallmarks of a summer spent outdoors. Here's a look. Plus, don't forget t

Maybe you’ve already bumped into these photos on Pinterest or tumblr, which surfaced in May 2013, of some startlingly robust Verbena bonariensis bursting skyward from an enviable geodesic con…

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Every Coral bell is distinctively beautiful! Check out the Best Heuchera Varieties and decorate your garden and house with this bright foliar plant!

We used a variety of flowers and plants in the same white color to bring this classic planter idea to life!

Container gardening is a great way to exercise your green thumb if you only have a deck or balcony for growing plants. These pretty annuals ...

The right colours and finishes are the key for a successful Australian Coastal Style to ensure that the look is laid back and relaxed

These beautiful compact perennials can be used as ground covers for shade to add interest to your garden while helping to keep the weeds down.

"When life gives you lemons, make lemonade" is a proverbial phrase used to encourage optimism and a can-do attitude in the face of adversity or misfortune. The underlying message is to make the best out

Early in February I shot a few pictures of this garden and promised a follow-up once it was in Summer mode. Well it’s only late April but there are already signs of the owners taking the public space (driveway) and making it private, all they needed was a little Bamboo! Happy heathy Bamboo... Love the knobby canes… A few more pictures of this garden… Same day, same walk, different house. I suddenly felt that I’d ended up in the middle of some strange experiment, an alien landing pad maybe. What other explanation could there be for a front yard full of this many solar lights? I counted at least 18. And why are the pink flamingoes in the trees? We’ve had some windy days but nothing strong enough to send poor flamingoes hither and yon! Finally, walk almost over; nearing home I see a very healthy patch of the dreaded Bishops Weed. Inching it’s toward my house…noooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When the sun shows us some warmth I like to revamp my outdoor alfresco area. I either re-pot existing plants, or add a few new ones. I need hardy plants that can tolerate lots of heat and then also survive during the cold months. Here’s a few I know will…