Posts Tagged ‘annuals’
My Top 5 Survivors
When I test plants I really test them! No primadonnas for me thank you very much; they have to perform well under ‘average’ conditions without excessive primping. You see I plant hundreds of containers every season for my clients and myself. Everything I use has to perform 100% – there’s no room for slackers.…
Read MorePoppy Love
Summer has finally arrived in Seattle, beginning as it always does on July 5th. I therefore didn't take much convincing when my husband suggested a day out. Even less so when he suggested we visited some of my favorite nurseries on the Kitsap peninsula! Sunscreen, camera and a large tarp were loaded in no…
Read MoreGetting Black and Blue – without injury!
I found myself wandering around the garden yesterday with a wheelbarrow full plants in need of a new home – a lonely blue star juniper, a beautiful blue scabious just starting to bloom and several sections of a blue hosta. The question was, where should I put them? Sound familiar? I spend a lot of…
Read MoreContainers – Sassy or Classy?
When it comes to color schemes for container gardens the only limitation is your imagination. To avoid the mad professor look it does help to have a plan before you hit the nurseries, however. In my last post we looked at ‘happy’ colors and a romantic theme. Here are another couple of options my…
Read MoreColor Inspiration for Container Gardens
This is an exciting time of year for container garden designers. I was asked recently if I ever ran out of ideas. Well it hasn't happened yet thanks in no small part to my clients themselves who like to keep me on my gardening toes! Here are a couple of this year’s requests and my…
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