Posts Tagged ‘trees’
Fall Containers Boot Camp
Are you ready to refresh your containers for fall? When your coleus turns to mush you know it's time! Yet many of us have a complete brain freeze at the start of a new season and can't remember what fun things we have used in the past to create the 'wow' factor. I call it…
Read MoreFrom Wilderness to Woodland (or almost)
Once upon a time there was a mess. A very icky sticky mess. Think mosquito-infested swamp type mess. Cottonwoods, chunks of concrete, asphalt, beer cans, rocks and general debris were all in the scrub. And invasive weeds of course – Japanese knotweed (foreground above) and reed canary grass to name just two. Let's just…
Read MoreEpimediums with a Twist
I'm always looking for new ways to pair old favorites. I typically combine the heart shaped leaves of Bishop's hat (Epimedium sp.) with lacy ferns and bold hostas for example. But a recent visit to the inspiring garden of Mitch Evans in Kirkland, WA showed me all sorts of exciting new possibilities to get me out of my design rut!…
Read MoreThe Emerging Garden
It's been 3 1/2 years since we moved into our mosquito-ridden swamp. Of course we didn't know that's what it was when we first saw this 5 acre property in July of 2009 – that realization came as we squelched our way from house to barn and back in ankle deep water all winter, and…
Read MoreJoin in the Foliage Fest! (& giveaway)
The past couple of weeks have been a true whirlwind since my book FINE FOLIAGE, co-authored with Christina Salwitz was launched at the 2013 Northwest Flower and Garden Show, Seattle. My first talk at the show – a demonstration style seminar called ‘Spotlight on Foliage’ was standing room only and by the end of that…
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