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If a vibrant, sizzling garden color is what you’re looking for, this design is made to order. Fiery shades of golden-yellow, orange, and scarlet are the attention-getters here, but it is the addition of complementary rich purple and cooling lavender that makes the combination distinctive. Silvery Artemisia and Buddleia foliage, along with feathery ornamental Grasses, serve not only as mediators […]
As pleasing to our eyes as it is to its winged visitors, this garden shimmers in scarlet, purple, orange, and yellow, the vibrant colors most attractive to hummingbirds and butterflies. The selected perennials also feature fragrance and special characteristics—clusters of small flowers and tubular forms—essential to drawing your small guests. The Butterfly Bush (Buddleia) and Caryopteris …. shrubs provide shelter […]
A Garden Corner flower plan Turn a corner into a beautiful perennial display with the colorful plants Spring Hill has selected for this versatile Corner Garden. While the diagram shows a garden designed to fit into an 8′ x 12′ area, the 14 plants can be arranged in a number of different ways in any area of approximately 96 sq. […]
When it comes to the garden, there are plenty of reasons why it’s worth focusing on the curb edging you choose. This is because the curb is more than a neat way to mark where your garden comes to an end; it is an essential addition that can divide areas, help the garden to flourish, and even keep you safe. […]
Garden, Lamppost Full-Circle Plan An elegant touch for any landscape is a lamppost surrounded by beautiful perennials. You don’t even need a lamppost to create this floral display. You can substitute a signpost, small tree, trellis or a metal or wooden post with a decorative top. (Consider, for example, a post topped by a charming weather vane.) To create an […]
Butterfly Garden Design Helpful hits Asclepias or Butterfly weed is the host plant for monarch butterflies. If it growns native in your area, allow it to naturalize Spring flowering shrubs such as Azaleas adn Rhododendrons attract hummingbirds to your garden early in the season. Plant Butterfly garden near a wild area or nearby a collection of shrubs and trees so […]
A place may have flowers in abundance without any space being set aside for a garden. Vines, beds beside the house or terrace, planting along the boundary fence, flowering trees and shrubs can accomplish this. If, however, there is to be a definite garden there are certain fundamentals to be considered. The very name garden comes from garth, meaning an […]
Butterfly Garden Design Helpful hints Asclepias or Butterfly weed is the host plant for monarch butterflies. If it grows native in your area, allow it to naturalize Spring flowering shrubs such as Azaleas and Rhododendrons attract hummingbirds to your garden early in the season. Plant a Butterfly garden near a wild area or nearby a collection of shrubs and trees […]
Shady Oasis garden, a woodland wildflower retreat Gardening Hints Plant near the brightest edge of a high canaopy of deciduous trees protected from the hot afternoon sun. Zone 4 gardeners can have this garden by simply subsituting the Chelone obliqua with another Physostegia or Astilbe. Adequate moisture is the key to success in a woodland garden. Drip irrigation and biannual […]
Hostas are among the most treasured and beloved of all shade plants. With so many varieties of differing foliage color, texture, and floral characteristics, Hostas provide special seasonal contrast and interest in the shady perennial border. Many of the Hostas in this Etera Signature Collection are prize winners of such prestigious awards as the American Hosta Society Eunice Fisher Award, […]