Why wait until the 4th of July fireworks? Plant allium bulbs in your garden and enjoy the show in late spring and early summer! What do these flowers look like? If you’re not familiar, peek to the photos below; this will give you a visual of how enticing these globe-shaped flower bulbs are. My favorite, […]
Ideas for Topiary, Clean Lines and Crisp Shapes in the Garden!
Topiary in the garden follows traditional geometry with crisply formed shapes. Globes, pyramids, cubes, spirals, pom pom trees, and pleached trees set the stage for an all-out topiary garden or just a touch. In this post take a look…
9 Daisy-Like Perennials for Spring and Early Summer Bloom: Zone 6
Every gardener knows that keeping the garden in bloom from spring to summer takes careful planning. Knowing what plants grow in your zone, your town, and your neighborhood is essential to grow with success. Microclimates are real. Soil texture is real. Aspects of sun and shade are real – so knowing what you have, and […]
14 Spring Flowering Trees & Shrubs Worth Knowing in Zone 6!
A lot of the most GORGEOUS flowering trees and shrubs bloom during the 3-months of spring and it’s hard not to be mesmerized when they’re in flower. Blooms come in many colors, shapes, and sizes. The showy bracts of the dogwood (Cornus), the pea-like flowers of both the redbud (Cercis), and yellowwood (Cladrastis.) Shrubs with red foliage and smoke-like flowers in smokebush (Cotinus), white flower panicles in both the false spirea (Sorbaria), and oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea). Enjoy this post featuring 14 all-time favorite trees and shrubs for your spring garden.
San Francisco’s Small Coastal Planting in a Surfer’s Paradise!
Great Highway is a long street that runs parallel to Ocean Beach and the Pacific Ocean. Homes along the Great Highway face west and there’s little buffer from the elements, just a large man-made berm and Highway 1. With extreme conditions such as fog, salt-laden air, and high winds, (and the bonus of tunneling gophers chewing away at plant roots) growing a garden full of plants can be challenging.
A look at an East Coast and Midwest Urban Forest in Winter
It’s winter and the hardwood trees have lost their leaves…
A fresh view through the trees is available now and you can see another side of them – admire the gorgeous forms and silhouettes. So much architectural beauty to enjoy, and yet so often we see none of this. If you’re a hiker or even enjoy a walk around your neighborhood, don’t miss out on this winter’s trees where you live.
In this post, enjoy two urban forests…
Small Garden: 11 Best Hedges for Screening and Privacy
One of the best ways to get privacy from your neighbors, or to screen unwanted views is to plant a hedge. But which shrubs make the best screens? If you have a small garden, I’d like to steer you in a direction that cuts down your overwhelm:
Short Fence Ideas for Privacy, Community or Boundary!
Short Fence Love! The short fence interests me particularly because the community feel still exists, as does the interplay between public and private. With a short fence, the home’s boundaries are clearly delineated and in place, while at the same time, the home garden’s aliveness and personality are still there – and sometimes – for […]
October’s Beach and Coastal Gardens, Stinson Beach and Seadrift
In this short photo post, I want to highlight the beauty of plants and life close to the waves of salty sea air. Not a lot of plants are acclimated to salt air and heavy winds. In this post, natives by way of beach grasses, perennials, and trees are included. Also, designed home garden plantings […]
13 Best Evergreen Climbers
But a lot of times we need and appreciate a little fencing in… a little privacy from neighbors and a busy world. Outdoors, we can put up fencing, walls, arbors, pergolas; just about any architectural structure to create privacy and dimension, or, just the wall and ceiling planes to our gardens and outdoor rooms. So when you need the perfect marriage of evergreen climbers for architectural structures, (or vice-versa) here are some choices:
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