In the process of creating a new bed, I rejoice in the resiliency of a plant and vow to avoid inflicting future plant stress.
Read more . . .Interested in using grasses in your landscape? Consider these principles when deciding what to plant with them.
Read more . . .Looking for some plant ideas that don't show up on every "Best for ..." list? Here's the first in a series of posts that will highlight some plants you may not know about and that deserve to be used more often. The topic here is deciduous flowering shrubs.
This is the second part of blogs providing substitutes and alternative plants to some of the more commonly found invasive plants. Part 1 focused on shrubs while this post covers other plant types.
Read more . . .The joy of the abundance of plant options!
While my last blog - Invasive plants: avoid these very bad boys! - was not very joyful, with listings of plants to avoid, I will get back to the "joy" of landscaping by providing substitutes for some of them. This post will cover shrubs while a future post will address other plant categories.
Read more . . .Interested in an iPad/iPhone app that helps you create Perennial Combinations for your garden? See our Perennial Match App on this website.