Are you raking leaves in your yard this fall or are you leaving them alone to decompose? Spoiler alert, I’m on team leave the leaves!

Feast your eyes on the English countryside, gorgeous gardens and beautiful blooms.

Blue flowers for the garden are sometimes difficult to grow. But Ageratum plants, with fluffy blue flowers, add the desirable blue color to your garden, and caring for them is simple. This article wil

How Blue Does Your Garden Grow? via The other day I went shopping for a few flowers and plants to go on my back deck. We've had a cold spring and so I'm getting a late start. But as soon as I got to the nursery I was bombarded with hydrangeas. http://www.endlesssummerblooms.com Endless summer hydrangeas to be specific. I've planted these in my front beds in the past and they haven't been very successful. Too much sun in my front yard. But I vow to try them again...this time on the side of my house. via How amazing is this? via trailing hydrangeas via Hydrangeas bloom in many colors. via Mine were blue which is my favorite but they turned kind of a mauve color. Which I didn't care for. via I know the color has to do with the ph of your soil and I've read many times what to add to the soil to make them grow blue or make them grow pink but I can never remember. So I was happy when I discovered on the Endless Summer website this... Now you can just buy the blue bottle or the pink bottle. No confusion. via A garden full of hydrangeas is a beautiful place to be. Tweet

The 2018 Welcome to Yorkshire Show Garden is the public’s favourite at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The gold medal-winning garden, which is designed by

The 2018 Welcome to Yorkshire Show Garden is the public’s favourite at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The gold medal-winning garden, which is designed by

Garden designer Mark Gregory admits there's an 'extra layer of magic dust' on the Welcome to Yorkshire garden after winning the coveted People's Choice Award for his Show Garden at the Chelsea Flower Show.

I had my camera with me on a recent visit to Annie's Annuals and Perennials in Richmond and caught a few images of their demonstration gard...

What if we could make the earth healthy by making more eco-conscious choices in our garden? Using regenerative gardening practices, we can have a positive

"Gravel garden" sounds like an oxymoron. Why dump a load of stone in a garden instead of planting grass or installing a more permanent hardscape surface? T

Carolyn’s Shade Gardens is a retail nursery located in Bryn Mawr, PA, specializing in showy, colorful, and unusual plants for shade. The only plants that we ship are snowdrops and miniature hostas…

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Learn about full sun perennials, including daylily, Shasta daisy and penstemon, from the experts at HGTV.

Clare Foster explains how to grow dahlias, how to care for them, whether they are perennials, and chooses favourite varieties

SunPatiens® is a more vigorous impatiens a popular color choice in the garden for decades. Here's how to grow and care for Sunpatiens® [DETAILS]

Pteridophyllum racemosum is a broadleaf semi-evergreen perennial with. In spring white flowers emerge. Grows well with dappled shade - shade and even moisture water. Does well in well-drained and rich soil. CHARACTERISTICS OF Pteridophyllum racemosum Plant type: perennial Plant family: papaveraceae Mature size: 8 IN - 15 IN - wide, 6 IN - 12 IN - tall Flowers: white blooms in spring Uses: rare, woodland garden GROWING CONDITIONS for Pteridophyllum racemosum USDA Zones: 5a - 9b Sun exposure: dappled shade - shade Watering frequency: even moisture Soil needs: well-drained and rich

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Graceful semi-double flowers, of a pleasing apricot, are produced from the ground upwards, and are held in large heads of up to fifteen, nicely spaced blooms. They have a beautiful open-cup shape, loosely filled with about twenty petals, arranged around a cluster of golden stamens. It forms an extremely healthy shrub with tall, airy growth. Named after the much-loved piece of music by Ralph Vaughan Williams. David Austin, 2012.

Maine's rocky coast is known for its natural beauty and weather-worn charm. From rosa rugosa to Adirondacks, here are a few classic garden ideas to steal.

Getting ready for your next home renovation project, and planning on taking the DIY approach? Whether you’re trying to figure out the best configuration for your doorway, the perfect type of hardwood for your kitchen

The Millennium Park in Chicago is a part of the extensive Grants Park situated between Lake Michigan and South Michigan Avenue. In Grants Park you will among other attractions find the Art Museum, the spectacular and famous Buckingham Fountain and in the very south of the park the Shedd Aquarium with a very wide range of aquatic animals including sharks, turtles and jellyfishes. On my daughter’s birthday, July 16th 2004, the Millennium Park in the Northern part of Grants Park, was opened to public. Here you can visit the Lurie Garden made by Kathryn Gustafson, Piet Oudolf and Robert Israel. It is a 20,000 m2 (5 acres) big garden divided into two different parts, the light plate and the dark plate, divided by a formal water channel and a broader pathway. Both sides are planted with perennials and are traversed by several walking paths. The perennial planting design is made by Piet Oudolf from the Netherlands. It is a kind of naturalistic planting although the plants are arranged in distinct blocks rather then spread naturally in a meadow like pattern. Piet has used a mixture of plants from North America, Europe and Asia. The Salvia River known from Drömparken in Enköping in Sweden is here used in a bigger scale and its movement through the planting breaks the static planting blocks a bit in a very beneficial way. When we visited the park in the end of July the Echinacea purpurea was blooming as best together with especially Hemerocallis and Allium senescens.

Returning year after year, perennial plants are a great investment in your garden. We'll help you find the best perennials to grow to have a beautiful yard nearly year-round.

We all love vinegar in our kitchen but after reading this post, you will also love vinegar in your garden. White vinegar is like a…

Geraniums are a beloved summer plant with a myriad of varieties. Here, we break down the most common iterations and explain how to care for these splashy blooms.

The “Shades of Beautiful” guidebook offers 10 palettes you can take with you on your next trip to the garden center. Use our plant recommendations, or just let the fresh color combos inspire new choices. With these gorgeous palettes, you can achieve eye-catching beauty this season.

Looking for low maintenance plants for your garden? Try growing this assortment of flowers that don't need deadheading to keep blooming and looking great.

Lost Horizons Nursery, Acton Ontario. "May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day. May songbirds serenade your every step along the way. May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that is always blue. And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through." Old Irish Blessing. The plan of Larkwhistle Garden from the book The Art of Perennial Gardening by Patrick Lima, Photographs by John Scanlan, Published by Firefly Books in 2000. If you look at this drawing of Larkwhistle Garden or at the layout for David Tomlinson's garden called Merlin's Hollow, you will notice that the pathways make up the skeleton or framework for each garden. Pathways link each of these gardens into a cohesive whole. Merlin's Hollow Garden Plan With a pathway, a gardener channels visitors through a garden. How a garden is viewed is determined, to some degree, by the nature and even the shape of a path. Lost Horizons Nursery, Acton Ontario. You are more likely to motor down a straight path... Lost Horizons Nursery, Acton Ontario. than one that twists and turns. Merlin's Hollow, Aurora Ontario. How wide should a path be? I personally think that the spacing needs to feel comfortable, not claustrophobic. If a pathway is tight, a visitor has to pay too much heed to each footstep and this can distract from all the visual delights along a path's length. Brain Folmer's Botanical Gardens near Walkerton, Ontario. So, what about materials? Even an ordinary lawn can function as a pathway between plantings. Pea gravel is a nice option that has a pleasant crunch underfoot. Larkwhistle Garden, on the Bruce Peninsula. This garden has a hard-packed combination of sand and very fine gravel. Private garden, Mississauga, Ontario. Flagstone is a classic choice. (Note here that the gardener here has continued the flagstone onto the lawn and around to the front of the house. In doing so, he saves wear and tear on the grass by directing visitors away from cutting across the lawn.) Private garden, Mississauga, Ontario. Stonework is more costly and requires a greater degree of skill to install, but is hard-wearing option and it looks incredible doesn't it? Private garden, Mississauga, Ontario. Mulch is yet another alternative and is softer underfoot. It also helps to create a nice woodland effect. Private garden, Mississauga, Ontario. Of course, you can always combine pathway materials. Here we have mulch combined with flagstone. Private garden, Mississauga, Ontario. Pea gravel and flagstone. This is Heather Bradley's Garden, Mississauga, Ontario. Moss and flagstone. (Deborah of Deb's Garden Blog has written a wonderful post on creating a moss pathway. She has a spectacular woodland garden that you should definitely check out.) Edwards Gardens, Toronto. Plantings along a path can be crisp and tidy. Private garden, Mississauga, Ontario. Brain Folmer's Botanical Gardens near Walkerton, Ontario. Or they can be uneven and more natural. Brain Folmer's Botanical Gardens near Walkerton, Ontario. In the end, it comes down to the overall look and feeling you are after. I hope you feel as inspired by these gardens as I do. Have a great weekend!

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Beth Chatto, the legendary plantswoman and nursery owner, invented the mantra "right plant, right place"–that is, choosing plants that are perfectly suited

Lobelias produce delicate, showy blooms all summer long. They are a perfect choice for garden beds and containers. Carpet Lobelias look excellent in hanging baskets or borders. This pretty Lobelia bears deep-blue flowers on foliage that turns bronzy-green as the plants mature, and is ideal for hanging baskets, tubs and rockeries. Compact plants covered with tiny flowers throughout the summer, usually grown as edging for beds and borders, often with alyssum. Lobelia prefers rich, well-drained soil with a pH between 5.5 and 6.2 (slightly acidic). Prepare your lobelia beds by working aged compost into the top six inches of soil. For potted plants, add Perlite and peat moss to prevent soil compaction. Loose, well-drained soil is paramount to lobelia's root health. Be sure to never let your container-grown lobelia dry out. Bottom-watering is the theme for these plants, and it's a good idea to dunk hanging baskets or pots in a pan of water to ensure the roots can soak up the moisture. You can also gently water mature plants at surface level.

If you're looking for a no-fail and no-fuss hydrangea for your landscape, panicle hydrangeas are the answer. Meet three gorgeous varieties of Hydrangea paniculata that produce large, conical blooms each and every season. (AD)

From shade-loving varieties to drought-tolerant types, these easy-care groundcover plants are perfect for filling in empty spaces in your garden.