Like hydrangeas? You'll love the Chinese snowball (Viburnum macrocephalum). Here's how to care for the classic flowering shrub, which is semi-evergreen in the South.
Arredare il giardino in stile provenzale è un’ottima idea per renderlo confortevole ed accogliente. Se stai cercando idee per creare decorazioni provenzali per gli esterni…
Zwiebelblumen in Töpfen unter Zierkirsche (Tulipa ‚Apricot Beauty‘, Muscari, Hyacinthus)
A picture speaks a thousand words. Get inspired and come on a journey through our gardens by clicking on the galleries.
Like a lot of gardeners, I peruse Pinterest and see photos that offer inspirational design ideas and plant combinations. One, a garden bed filled with Allium ‘Globemaster’ surrounded by…
Create a flower color wheel for your garden as you explore your plant color palette. It's the perfect meeting of gardening and decor! We'll help you discover how to use complementary, analogous, cool, warm colors, and more!
I absolutely love spending time in my outdoor space, especially when the weather is nice.
Learn how to create a cottage garden in a weekend with the DIY Network pros.
Big On Flowers Make a bold colour and size statement with this vibrant plant...
Architectural plants, or structural plants are a great way to add one, or more focal points to your yard or garden. Read on to get great tips!
Sweet alyssum is a beautiful flower, well-known for its delicate blooming and romantic, honey-like fragrance. You can grow this flower in a container, garden bed, or decorative hanging baskets. If you make an excellent plan,
Most gardeners are familiar with daylilies, peonies, hostas, and iris, but other perennials can add color and interest.
Explore KarlGercens.com GARDEN LECTURES' 191314 photos on Flickr!
This reader shares photos of his low-maintenance coral bells and hybrids featuring their fresh expanding foliage, lush colors and silvering.
My Garden Pyramid Guide will help you to visualize how many of each plant type you should include in each garden. Get the right plant ratios to achieve a layered garden with 4-season interest.
Design articles are always guiding us into the various ways to refresh a room, let's switch it up and do the same for the garden. 1. PRUNE This is one of my clients who called asking for some pruning. On my! I personally love to prune when a major renovation is required, believing anything can be re-shaped and saved. While the crew was busy, I pulled out the shears Yes, there was an entryway and an address. 2. EDGING AND MULCH Can I say mandatory? Looks clean and fresh, represses weeds and retains moisture Look for the best mulch you can afford, preferably black and fine. We use LEAF mulch, decomposed leaves, rich, black and finely ground. When laid, any mulch will begin to decompose. As wood mulch decomposes, that process robs the soil of nutrients. As leaf mulch goes, it feeds the soil, improving it's texture and adding nutrients Unless you reside at a Shell station, this is a big NO! Ugly, and the dyes are toxic 3. Stabilize structures and paint if needed In winter climes, snow and ice takes it's toll on our structures. Examine closely for needed repairs. A fresh coat of paint does wonders! 4. Clean, and/or replace outdoor soft goods What a renaissance for outdoor pillows; the fabrics and the designs. We carry a line whose style matches any interior pillow, some with gorgeous fringe, trim and down inserts! The rug line we carry, Dash and Albert, has a tremendous outdoor collection. New for 2014 is the collaboration with Bunny Williams, above 5. Declutter It can happen.......one day you are bringing home ornamentation, the next you are in a newspaper, misguided, posing and smiling Benches, table, fountain, watering cans.......complimentary to each other and tastefully arranged. Look around, what might be redundant, in disrepair......generally employ a good edit 6. Re access your front door Charming? Massively so if you live in a cottage, in Czechoslovakia. Enter your home as a guest would, is all clean? Decluttered? In good repair and painted or stained? Outdoor lamps sparkling clean? Consider a color change, this focal point for your home can be unassuming or exciting 7. Give up on low performing plants "I hate to kill plants!" I do too. Often as a landscape designer I am both executioner and nurturer. There are times when a plant is simply "taking up space", overgrown and beyond pruning (not too often), a blob, that is it just sits there, offering little No focus, many blob type plants, all green, no stand-outs and yes, a few weeds To live in my garden, the criteria is; must be of appropriate size must be interesting most of the growing season must be a strong performer; long bloom, colorful foliage, multi-seasonal interest I'm ruthless..... This Hydrangea above is the Incrediball, in bloom from early June to frost....nice! 8. Interesting foliage? Take a close look. Have a section where there is too much green? (disregard if all green is your goal, lovely in a formal setting). Too many leaves of the same size and shape? Insert some of the colorful foliage plants and pay close attention to the shape, mixing it up. 9. Consider the addition of Annuals To me, they are the link for a garden. They perform throughout the season weaving in and out of perennials and shrubbery that have their day until next year 10. Reevaluate your containers Are they in good order? Remove old soil, which no longer has any nutrients, and refill. How about their style and size, appropriate? Charming? YES! Appropriately sized? NO, too small That's better. Take note of the terra cotta color, which pulls from the homes bricks....nice! One of our clients. When we designed the gardens, instead of a pair of urns at the front entrance, we placed oversized, statement urns in front of the two front windows. Enjoyed from inside and out, they make a statement as they are planted fresh, four times a year, celebrating each new season. Cheers! Debra
Proper gardening will save you a lot of time and money. Take a look at 27+ creative gardening hacks below and apply them to your garden.
With the help of Simon Irvine, curator and potter Joanna Bird has turned her garden into an exhibition space, where modern sculpted ceramics meet calming evergreens
I think I struck a cord with my last post highlighting a small suburban shade garden. Obviously gardeners are hungry for planting suggestions for shade. In this…
Santolina herb plant is a must-have specimen for the water-efficient garden or an excellent replacement when eliminating a lawn entirely. Read this article to learn more about this plant.
How to cultivate allium the ball-like flower – great ideas for your garden Allium is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants that includes hundreds of species, such as onions, garlic,…
Like flowers? These Crazy Fuchsia Variety Colors will Make You Plant Them Instantly for sure! Pick your favorite one out!
Fritillaria consists of over 100 different species, and it will grow mainly in the northern hemisphere.
Certes, il en faut pour tous les goûts mais pour ce qui me concerne, les jardins au gazon tondu bien ras, troués de quelques arbres et les jardins à la Française en général, aussi beaux soient-ils, ne sont pas ma tasse de thé. Je préfère, et de loin, les jardins à l'Anglaise. Ukka Tales from Carmel Emilialua Indulgy The Star Flickr Three Dogs in a Garden Wander the Wood HGTV Pinicio Bo-hemia Everything Fabulous Picgard Garden Decoration Ideas Tuinen Struinen Villa Vanilla Fine Art America Better Homes and Gardens Flickr This Ivy House Linen House Design HGTV Enchanted England My Garden Diary 500px Wohnidee Wunderweib Occult Living Backroads Britain Better Homes and Gardens Facebook Moosey's Country Garden Garden Photos The Garden House Flickr One Kindesign Image à la Une : Jardin d'André Ève à Pithiviers. Photographe : Clive Nichols
Let's escape to some beautiful places for a little while....maybe a pretty little stone bridge deep in the woods or city park... or patio side of a pot of succulents... And sit on the garden steps... near the pleasant scent of a pile of blooms... or where ever you want to be for just a few minutes.
If you love the color 'BLUE,' learn about the best blue flowers you can grow in containers!
Explore our gallery of beautiful alliums
SUMMER may be a distant memory, but one plant is about to put on a truly spectacular show: the beautiful Nerine bowdenii.
Simple tips for going zero-waste in the kitchen - with a goal of progress, not perfection.
Klematis og klatreroser skal matches – du vil elske disse planters naturlige parløb.
Before re-potting, it is important to know why and when to repot orchids. Knowing the answers will tell you if you really need to, or not
Horsetail (Equisetum hyemale), also called scouring rush, is a slender, green, reed-type...
Position: Full sun to partial shade Soil: Moist, well drained Flowering period: Summer Eventual Height: 1.2m Eventual Spread: 45cm Hardiness: 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a Family: Plan…
Dusty miller is an attractive, silvery plant that can serve as a stunner or offer a more subtle bit of color. Learn how to grow it now on Gardener's Path.
La nature se réveille doucement de son long sommeil, la rosée du matin se réchauffe, les oiseaux s'activent pour trouver leurs brindilles qui serviront à bâtir leur nids. L'heure d'été sonne et les premières fleurs sortent timidement de terre ... Le...
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Are we warming to the idea that terracotta is making a comeback? Hmmmm I was a little skeptical at first. But I can say YES to the aged terracotta pot. That’s a big tick from me. You don’t have to go for the orange shiny terracotta pot. You can choose…
Dichondra is a prostrate plant belonging
"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
Beleef de mooiste tuinen!
Early spring is the season of hope: for the most beautiful garden ever. And you can have that. You also can lay the most charming front path in the history
Hydrangeas are a Southern garden staple. The only thing better? Hydrangeas in containers that you can use to decorate everywhere. Get inspired with these easy arrangements.
