We often think of shapes as two-dimensional: squares, rectangles, circles, and triangles. This isn't how we perceive them in the landscape, however. We see them in three dimensions, like cubes, spheres, and cones.
I'm officially a HUGE fan of beautyberry (Callicarpa dichotoma). This is the time of year when plants are putting on the grand finale. Blaze orange, deep scarlet, brilliant yellow, and a multitude of
[caption id="attachment_1111" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Photo credit: The Garden Professors Blog (click for link)"][/caption] I don't have to tell you this is bad, right? Wrong plant, wrong place and all that? Obviously you've seen
Common? Maybe. Still, there's no denying that this is a showy plant in the fall. Just keep in mind that it wants to get to be a ten foot by ten foot plant.
ICON_PLACEHOLDEREstimated reading time: 3 minutes Can we speak frankly? We're friends, right? This is an issue that I encounter a lot: A lot of folks are thinking too small when it comes to
I realize that I have already posted about Cryptomeria japonica, but I wanted to do a quickie Plant Profile card for it because hey, I find them fun. I recommend the use of
These beauties have mostly stopped blooming at this point (although I've seen an oddball bloomer here and there), and now the big, dangly seed pods are doing their thing. Koelreuteria is a good
Thanks to the magic of Twitter (do you follow me?), I stumbled across the Garden Designers' Roundtable, a really cool blog to which designers from around the country contribute. Their latest group of
One area of my industry I've wanted to do more with is garden coaching- working with homeowners to teach them how to care for their gardens themselves. The curse of running a small
Sorry for my absence from this blog- spring rush and all. But hey, ignore the tumbleweeds and check out the most amazing plant blog I've found! No quick hit and run posts with