Alliums are a long-blooming perennial that are rich in color and height. Learn how to grow alliums in your garden so you can enjoy its blooms all Spring!
Do not think you need to follow everybody’s ideas of what tall garden troughs should look like, do use your imagination and match the planters to...
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Start propagating plants from your plant cuttings! Use what you have to propagate plants so they regrow. Learning how to propagate plants will save money, time and assure the best results.
Got a plain house? Get planting. No matter how plain your exterior is, you can improve your curb appeal with landscaping.
Designed by Matthew Cunningham, this garden is an ode to Maine: colorful and tough, with perennials that stand up to all kinds of weather and varmints.
Private Garden in Burlington, ON We are heading into November, which is a bit of a grey and gloomy month. By late fall, winds have stripped the garden of most of its autumn color. Neutrals like tan, brown, grey and black carry the garden through the winter. This seems like a perfect time to be talking about the uses of grey in the garden. A grey church steeple in a garden in Rosedale, ON. Shades of grey and beige are restful colors. They are undemanding and that makes them feel calm and serene. In this pathway, grey and beige work together to great effect. Brain Folmer's garden near Walkerton, ON To break up to endless variety of green in any garden, the natural tendency is to think of foliage variegation. Grey foliage can the same job. Liz Mallcki's garden, Mississauga, ON The Harrison sister's garden in Hamilton, ON Not only does grey sing sweetly in amongst the greens, it also provides a nice foil for brighter colors. Blue Seakale, Crambe maritima in front of blue Salvia at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton, ON Brain Folmer's garden near Walkerton, ON Vivid colors seem even more vibrant against a neutral backdrop. In terms of grey foliage, there are leaves splattered with grey like this Lungwart, Pulmonaria. Lost Horizons Nursery Here is the Pulmonaria in a garden (see lower left corner). (Going forward, I am trying to make a point of photographing plants in the context of a garden and not just doing close-up glamour shots.) And there are also leaves broken with grey like this Brunnera 'Jack Frost' ... or this Coral Bells, Heuchera, 'Berry Marmalade'. Here is another Heuchera to show you an example of how this plant might be used in combination with other perennials. There are also solid greys like Lamb's Ears. (And here is Lamb's Ears in a garden setting.) A lovely bonus of grey foliage is that often it has a soft, downy texture. In the next part of my grey series, I will look at some of the many grey plant options.
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Landscaping with Lavender is easy and adds a colorful carpet in the yard! We have some of the best ideas for you!
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Never forget to water your plants again with these DIY gardening tools! I love these gardening tools!
Whether you have a modern landscape, or just a bit of patio space, you can incorporate some kind of corten steel element to make your outdoor space more interesting. From planters and retaining walls to beautiful water features, the possibilities are almost endless!
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…
Clematis is the workhorse of so many yards and gardens across the country.
I am still mourning the recent loss of my beloved overgrown rosemary bush that greeted me at the front door with an energizing aroma. It provided an ongoin
Are your perennials flopping in the garden? Try this quick and inexpensive fix to prop up fallen perennials.
Learn how to prune lavender to keep it covered in flowers and looking good.
Having a beautiful garden is everyone’s dream. No matter how big the garden you have, the presence of this garden is able to change the atmosphere at home. The presence of the garden benefits the clean, fresh air and beautiful scenery. Not only that the garden is also able to add aesthetics in decoration with their beauty. But, to shape the aesthetic, you have to design your garden to be a beautiful garden and look pleasing. You can do many things to beautify your garden, one of which is to make a flower garden there. If you talk about a […]
From vertical gardens that climb skyward to multifunctional furniture that doubles as storage, small garden decor ideas can turn even the tiniest patch into
I originally wrote this post about transforming a side yard eight years ago. However, I've re-written this post to share this gem of a garden...
Taken at the Piet Oudolf designed Millennium Garden at Pensthorpe Wildfowl Reserve, Norfolk, UK. - 15th September, 2008
In my area, the garden tour season kicks off with the annual Canadian Cancer Society Tour in late May. Not only does the tour support a worthy cause, it is a wonderful opportunity to see local gardens in all their late spring splendour. Today I want to share with you a garden that was a standout on last year's tour. The lot runs wide to the road and so it was hard to get everything in a single shot. This is a view of the central portion of the front garden. In the beginning, Liz Maliki inherited a builder's beige front garden with a few rather nondescript planting beds and some basic hardscaping. What she really wanted was a garden with interesting sight lines, texture, color and a full four seasons of interest. To determine a new layout for her garden, Liz stood at the front of the house in the dead of winter, when there are less visual distractions from foliage and flowers, and devised her plan. The lot she had to work with was a wide rectangle that sloped gently down to the road. Though the plantings were initially unspectacular, Liz was lucky to have inherited some mature trees including some pines and a red maple. In her new design, Liz incorporated a sweeping series of curved flowerbeds, a fresh mix of plants, and new pathway leading to the entrance to the house. Let's take a look at this pretty garden over twenty years in the making and still evolving to this day: Everywhere you look there are beautiful combinations of color and texture. Even when there is little in bloom, this planting bed will still be colorful. Here we are looking at the same bed as in the previous shot, but this time from the opposite angle. The pink flower in the middle foreground is the Tree Peony in the next shot. Tree Peony A closer look at that mix of perennials and shrubs including hosta, blue and golden colored evergreens, a maroon colored Barberry bush, a golden colored Heuchera (to the left of the Barberry) and Zebra grass (middle foreground). Most of the planting beds can be viewed from both sides and a variety of perspectives. The plantings are not stepped in the traditional way: shorter perennials in front, intermediate and then taller perennials at the back. Instead, Liz has made a point of keeping sight lines visually appealing by varying plant heights like notes in a musical score. A few of the perennials in this bed are hightlighted below: a mix of Heuchera (top right), Hosta (left) the unexpected use of Chives (lower left) and a creamy yellow Tree Peony (lower right). Hostas aren't ordinary when you combine a bright, lime-colored cultivar, a deeply-ribbed, solid green one and bookend them with two variegated varieties. What I think Liz has created here is visual music. The busier variegation of the Euonymous is like the lively notes of a violin singing above the deep, mellow notes of a chello or base, which in this case, are the big-leafed hostas. This is the walkway leading to the front door. On the left, boxwood frames a flowerbed filled with Rhododendrons, Euonymus, a Korean Lilac (on the left edge of the picture). And this is a portion of the flowerbed on the opposite side of the front walkway. Two final pictures of the front walkway. That is a pink Weigela cascading down into the picture frame on the right. In this detail shot, Liz has planted a combination of Hosta, Heather (lower left) pink Azalea and a Spirea (lower right corner). In the next post, we will head into the back garden. More Information and Links: Here are all the details you need to know to attend this year's Canadian Cancer Society Tour. I am going to link this post with the Garden Party at Fishtailcottage and to Fertilizer Friday at Tootsie Time.
I feel very apprehensive, a bit like the little boy and the emperor’s lack of clothes, because I am about to commit a heresy – criticising Betto Chatto’s Gardens. As a garden designer, I know my ‘Anthriscus sylvestris Ravenswing’ from … Continue reading →
The authors of Planting in a Post-Wild World make the case for breaking with horticultural tradition to create sustainable landscapes that are no less beautiful
Christopher Bradley-Hole made a stir a few years ago with his Chelsea Flower Show garden, mainly consisting of different heights of boxwoods. Was it cold,
Here's a little inspiration to transform your outdoor space (or even just get started gardening).
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These drought-tolerant plants will add life and color to your garden, even if you live in a hot and dry desert environment.
I am excited to share that The National Garden Bureau has chosen the allium as the bulb of the year! They pick one annual, one perennial, one bulb crop and one…
"You might be surprised by how many shades of pale there are (and by how lovely they look by moonlight," writes Michelle of this week's horticultural journ
Do you want a cute cottage garden? I found a lot of beautiful cottage garden ideas on Pinterest that will inspire you.
Beautiful ideas for landscaping with tall or short ornamental grasses that you can plant yourself! Creative gardening ideas!
I reallllllly want this... I saw this over on Heather Bullard's FB page yesterday and have been daydreaming of pretty little herb beds wrapped in wattle. It also has me itching for spring! Love these beds too... I have been scouring the internet for places to buy such panels, but it seems the UK is the only one onboard. I found a how to here, but I really don't have the time, patience or access to enough branches on my property. Anyone have a good source for wattle panels? On the home front, it is school vacation week. Both kids have been fighting a lovely cold that has led to a cough, and now it has landed in their ears. Boo. So to keep myself sane I have made them little beds on the couches, got ON DEMAND going with movies and I am in spring cleaning mode. I am painting and rearranging everything! Here are a few projects I have going... Priming... The big bamboozle is finally getting its day to shine and is going green... It is now the center of attention in the family room. Sadly, anything with a TV on it is the center of attention in our house... It is huge, like 8' long and fits a lot of crap. And the entry is getting zhushed up. Pretty french table going dark, and some art and lighting is about to change... All because I am trapped in the house and hut happy for spring. I hope to have some afters for you by Friday. xo Danika
A shrub or bush is a small to medium-sized woody plant. Here are some ideas to use them for gorgeous landscaping projects.
If you don’t want to dig and you don’t want to pile, try this. When I first started gardening, the “proper” way to prepare a garden bed was double digging. I wouldn’t …
Even the smallest garden will benefit from the addition of a tree – but which type to choose?
Because every tiny apartment could use a levitating garden.
