Line, Form And Texture In The Garden
By Sandra Nelson For years, I thought that color was the most important element in garden design. I thought that if only I could learn to get the colors right, then I would finally have that show-stopping yard I had been dreaming about for years. It’s only been in the last few weeks that …
Celandine Poppy: A Must Have For Your Garden
By Sandra Nelson This week’s pick by Sandra Nelson, Blog Writer Celandine Poppy The perfect plant to brighten up a dark corner of the yard. Anything from dappled sunlight to deep shade suits this luminescent native wildflower! The Celandine Poppy, or commonly called wood poppy, blooms profusely from early April until the …
Designing Beds That Delight
By Sandra Nelson I don’t know how you are handling stress these days, but I find myself drawn more and more to my yard. When I feel anxiety building, I stroll through the yard, stopping every few seconds to discover the changes from the day before and to soak in the calming power of …
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 …
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