Learn how to select plants that can withstand drought, so you can be more waterwise in your garden! Follow these tips from Melinda Myers.
I was lucky to spend several weeks in sunny Cape Town recently, staying with my parents in their Constantia home. Long, hot days filled with flowers provid
Everything you need to give the hose a rest, from unthirsty plant picks to inspiring gardens
Our customer Chelsea created a stunning park strip garden at her Utah home. Learn more about her garden and shop her plant list, too!
When Mary Kathyrn Dunston with Dripping Springs Ollas reached out to me to try her Ollas in my garden, the first thing I thought was “what is an Olla” ? Ollas are unglazed, porous, terr…
Learn how to select plants that can withstand drought, so you can be more waterwise in your garden! Follow these tips from Melinda Myers.
Drought-tolerant landscaping is a viable and attractive alternative to thirsty green lawns. Waterwise plants reduce maintenance while using fewer resources.
Removing the tired, water-intensive patch of lawn made our small property so much more inviting and usable. We connected our front side and back spaces
Oyas come in three sizes, designed to fit just right with your growing plan. They work with almost any way you want to grow.
Waterwise gardening: learn about collecting rainwater, weather-resistant gardening, drought-tolerant landscaping, and other water conservation strategies.
Stumped by that dry, hot area of the garden? This water-wise planting transforms that blank spot into something beautiful — and conserves water, too!
Join Nicole and Dana from Sugar Water Manor as they discuss Agritourism.
We spoke with Leslie Bennett and her team at Pine House Edible Gardens to bring you Monrovia-exclusive tips and favorite plants to achieve gorgeous, low-maintenance results.
This, my friends, is Grevillea 'Long John'. I'm very excited to introduce you to him because there is nothing about this plant not to love. It is waterwise, easy to grow, and a real show-off whether it is in flower or not. It gets about 8' tall, so plan on making it a focal point in your…
Create a beautiful landscape and conserve water with xeriscaping, a landscaping method that reduces irrigation needs and maximizes the use of natural precipitation.
As leaders in waterwise plants and sustainable design, our landscape design services team can create a beautiful and resilient home garden.
Join Nicole and Andrea of Ramsgate Ranch as they discuss philanthropic gardening and hugelkultur garden beds!
HGTV Gardens offers tips for transforming your hellstrip into something beautiful.
Artemisia x 'Powis Castle' (Wormwood) is a superb foliage plant with finely textured silver-gray foliage and an attractive mounding habit. Use this plant to accentuate ornamental grasses and other perennials with differently colored foliage. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).
Join Nicole and Dana from Sugar Water Manor as they discuss Agritourism.
Discover how to transform your tiny yard into an outdoor haven with an outdoor shower and surfboard shed. Get budget-friendly tips and FAQs!
In a world where climate change is reshaping our landscapes, it's crucial to embrace sustainable gardening practices. As passionate gardeners, we witness the
Groundcovers are the flowering carpets of our gardens, acting as a living mulch to shade the soil, holding the soil in place on slopes, and providing flowers for pollinators when they’re in bloom. A well-designed garden uses groundcovers to edge pathways to soften the edges, planted between flagstone to help color-up expanses of flat rock and to soften the borders of raised beds when they cascade over the edges. And groundcovers are excellent to plant bulbs and taller growing perennials into. W
PART ONE My primary study in gardening is the creation of successional planting schemes for mediterranean-climate types. Succession planting is the layering of plants to create dramatic change in the garden over the growing season, and to extend bloom over a long period. This has long been part-a
Tips from WA garden designer Cherise Haslam on what to consider when designing a waterwise garden.
Whew, this time of year is sheer madness, garden designs and installs, interior designs and installs, equals one tired gal! Thankfully the shop is in the best of hands with the best of staff. One bit I am focusing on constantly when adding plantings into the designs is my clear focus on foliage shape and color, the two most important elements to an interesting landscape, with impact. It is how to extend a colorful garden Gorgeous? YES! But.....what happens when those flowers are gone? Sure there may be some flowers to follow however it could have season long impact. In this case all green, smallish leaves = b-o-r-i-n-g Same here. It is easy to create a lovely garden in mid-summer, it is the remainder of the year that is important too Uniquely attractive, in a subtle way. Today however it is all about impact created with diverse foliage POW! YES! Virtually few perennials, massive interest with diversity of colored foliage and varying leaf shapes GROUND COVERS Lamium 'White Nancy', sparkles in the evening Ajuga 'Bronze Beauty' with the added bonus of blue flowering spikes in Spring Lysimachia 'Aurea' ORNAMENTAL GRASSES Miscanthus 'Zebra Grass' Festuca 'Elijah Blue; Miscanthus 'Purpurascens ' For shade, 'Hakonechloa 'All Gold' HERBS Purple Sage Purple Basil Variegated Thyme 'Lemon' ANNUALS Caladium 'Ansel Adams'........to die for! Caladium 'Gingerland' Coleus 'Watermelon' Helichrysium 'Icicles' Ornamental Cabbage FERNS Japanese Painted fern HOSTAS Hadspen Blue June 'Coast to Coast' 'Fire and Ice' PERENNIALS Heuchera's......In every imaginable color, well, almost Geranium 'Espresso' Brownish foliage with delicate pink flowers that blooms from late April to late September. I like to underplant it with the ground cover Lysimachia 'Aurea', shown above. This is a real POP, as this beauty can fade into the mulch. You do mulch don't you? Heucherella 'Sweet Tea' Brunnera 'Jack Frost' Actea 'Black Negligee'. Tall with architectural foliage blooms in late Autumn with bottle brush spikes laced with the scent of vanilla Stachys 'Big Ears' VINES Hello Gorgeous! Clematis 'Stolwijk' Hardy Kiwi Vine Only the MALE has this coloration Climbing Hydrangea 'Firefly' SHRUBS Physocarpus 'Amber Jubilee' This is year round, not just Autumn! Pittosporum 'Irene Paterson' Sambucus 'Plumosa Aurea' Fothergilla 'Blue Mist' CONIFERS Again, not a flower in sight False Cypress 'Gold dwarf' Abies 'Silberlocke' TREES Pyrus 'Silver Frost' Cercis 'Forest Pansy' Yes, a burgundy leafed Redbud! White Birch Cornus 'Golden Shadows' And........that is just for starters! Now, how to combine these plants in your borders. This is where the leaf shape takes center stage. The best neighbors are opposites; thick leaf next to thin leaves More of the above Thick and thin Something else to note......if you have a bed that appears to be messy, the cause is often too many small leaves. Large leaves lend order. Imagine if the above tropical was not there, there would be no focal point and the Verbena would appear medowish Let's take a look at great examples of this conversation Hope you found some inspiration, I love this topic! Thank you for reading...... Debra
Cactus are starting to gain popularity, and it's no wonder! They are very waterwise and some can be easily grown from a single pad. Learn how in this post!
Guide to some of the best species of drought tolerant vines, including native drought tolerant vines and climbers that thrive in dry climates.
There are plenty of gorgeous drought tolerant perennial plants that waste our water resources. These are some of our favorites!
Chondropetalum tectorum (Elegia t.) is a striking accent plant with upright, arching, thin, reed-like, evergreen clumping stems. This small beautiful, grass-like plant has dark brown flowers in narrow spikes that contrast nicely with the green stems. Planted for its graceful texture and form, Sma...
Rain gardens are special spaces, designed to collect rainwater runoff from roofs, driveways, and other hard surfaces. They’re nature’s way of saying, “I got
Don't let water use restrictions or a lack of rain put a damper on your garden dreams. Create a gorgeous, water-saving yard with these drought-tolerant landscaping ideas.
It's part folklore, part science, but companion planting just may help your garden grow.
As leaders in waterwise plants and sustainable design, our landscape design services team can create a beautiful and resilient home garden.
