Posts Tagged ‘cut flowers’
Hydrangea Companion Planting
On a recent trip to the Bellevue Botanical Gardens I was blinded by a dazzling display of a golden barberry paired with a kaleidoscopic Pistachio hydrangea – which got me thinking. What other plants make good companions for hydrangeas? So in the interest of helping your create artistic plant combinations and have another excuse to…
Read MoreA Unique Rose Garden
How do you use roses in your garden? Do you have a traditional, formal rose garden bordered with low boxwood hedges? Or are they part of a mixed border where they jostle with perennials such as delphiniums and phlox? Perhaps you prefer climbing roses and allow them to scramble up pergolas or use them…
Read MoreGarden Emergencies
Help! As a designer there is one fundamental expectation when friends and clients visit; that my garden will be alive. This year that has been questionable as we've battled a plague of voles, unrelenting high temperatures, unprecedented drought and recovery from last winter which although mild arrived with a drop in temperature of twenty degrees or…
Read MorePunch Up the Color!
Looking for a new color twist this year? Try magenta on for size. Neither pink nor purple, magenta leans towards fuchsia but is deeper. Designer Daniel Mount is one of the best colorists I know. Where I would settle for a pleasing color echo he achieves that but then kicks it up a notch to become exceptional. In…
Read MoreFit for a Princess
It's raining – again. Trying to work in the garden at this time of year means donning full waterproofs and accepting I'm going to be as muddy as the dogs by the time I come back indoors. Those on the east coast are probably jealous of my mud, however, since they haven't seen the ground…
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