Designing A Border That Delights
By Sandra Nelson As much as I love plants and gardening, I have always felt that my gardens were — to put it bluntly — markedly mediocre. The individual plants were lovely, but somehow they just didn’t fit together to make the dramatic impact I dreamed of. So, with all of the extra time …
Lantana: A Must Have For Your Garden
By Sandra Nelson
This week’s pick by Jo Ann Prieto, horticulturist and seasonal color specialist. Lantana “A great, sturdy heat tolerant plant that can be used en mass in the landscape and in pots as trailers.” Each bloom a living rainbow for the garden, lantana adds a playful zest to …
Calla Lilies: A Must Have For Your Garden
By Sandra Nelson This week’s pick was submitted by an anonymous staff member at Embassy Landscape Group. Calla Lilies “Peaceful…an almost indescribable peacefulness…” Simple elegance; calm, stately beauty; exotic other-worldly grace — just a few of the ways that the calla lily has been described by those who love them. Not …
English Cottage Gardens -- The Original Rambunctious Garden
By Sandra Nelson Although it was never called by name, in retrospect I realize that my grandmother’s wild and free style of gardening that I talked about last week — her rambunctious garden — was her personal version of what we would call an English cottage garden. Cottage gardens can be traced …
Lily of the Valley: A Must Have For Your Garden
By Sandra Nelson Today’s pick is by Shawn Eptig, Lily of the Valley I’ve heard it said that this is the fragrance of heaven. Straight from your grandmother’s garden, the familiar lily of the valley is a hardy ground cover for shady spots. Masses of …
Connect To The Past With Heirloom Plants
By Sandra Nelson
My grandmother was famous in our neighborhood for her rambunctiously beautiful flower gardens. To my knowledge, she never purchased a commercially produced seed or plant. Instead, each fall she carefully collected and saved seeds from her favorite flowers, dug summer bulbs and took some cuttings to grow on …
Virginia Sweetspire: A Must Have For Your Garden
By Sandra Nelson This week’s pick is by Philip Grubb, Horticulturist Virginia Sweetspire Graceful in the spring, fragrant in the summer, striking in the fall and structural in the winter, this native deciduous shrub is truly an all-season plant. Virginia Sweetspire (Itea virginica) is easily grown in moist, well-drained soil, making …
Bloomerang Lilac -- A Must Have For Your Garden
This week’s pick is by Art Hayzlett, Irrigation Service Manager Bloomerang Lilac If you’re longing for the sweet scent of lilacs all summer long, then the reblooming Bloomerang Lilac could be the answer. At only 4 feet tall, this easy to grow variety is suitable for foundation plantings, hedges, …
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