Designing a small garden, or for that matter, an outdoor room in a larger garden, can be challenging on many levels. On the plus side, a small garden is by nature cozy and intimate. While the principles of good landscape design still apply, a small garden is typically designed around eating or entertaining areas. Since space [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Shade-Tolerant Trees for a Small Garden
Posted in Landscape Design, Natives, Plant Possibilities on August 31, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Vines for Shady Areas
Posted in Gardening Inspiration, Plant Possibilities, Zone 6 gardening on August 28, 2009 | 12 Comments »
Gardeners often use vines in their gardens simply for their beautiful flowers. But vines have a functional purpose as well. They can be used to hide the ‘uglies’ that every garden seems to have, whether it’s an old shed, fence or view into the neighbor’s yard. And since many vines grow quickly, they can give [...]
Picture This Photo Contest Entry
Posted in Gardening Inspiration on August 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Every month, the folks at Gardening Gone Wild have a Picture This photo contest and for the month of August the theme of the contest is ‘down on your knees’. I’ve decided to enter a photo I took a few weeks ago in my garden when I was writing a blog post about Agastache and it’s [...]
Time In A Garden
Posted in Gardening in Connecticut, Gardening Inspiration, Zone 6 gardening on August 19, 2009 | 7 Comments »
I was reading an interesting post by Nancy Ondra over on the Gardening Gone Wild blog about how one of the hardest things we gardeners do is try to predict the future. You may not realize it but you do it all the time. Exactly how big will that Kousa dogwood grow in my garden? Will [...]
Crocosmia…A Brilliant Addition To The Mid To Late Summer Border
Posted in Gardening in Connecticut, Gardening Inspiration, Plant Possibilities, Zone 6 gardening on August 17, 2009 | 6 Comments »
The bright orange flowers of Crocosmia ‘Emily McKenzie’ are like a beacon to nearby humming- birds. I replaced some old, tired annuals in one of my containers with pale pink pentas and these vibrant crocosmia. I’ve already seen a few humming- birds visiting, but I have not been quick enough to snap a photo. Crocosmia [...]
August Garden Bloggers Bloom Day
Posted in Bloom Day, Gardening in Connecticut, Gardening Inspiration, Zone 6 gardening, tagged Agastache 'Blue Fortune', Crocosmia 'Emily McKenzie', Limelight hydrangea, Pinky Winky hydrangea, Rose of Sharon on August 15, 2009 | 6 Comments »
It’s the 15th of August and that means it’s Garden Bloggers Bloom Day. GBBD is the brainchild of fellow garden blogger Carol of May Dreams Gardens. On the 15th of each month, garden bloggers show off what’s blooming in their respective gardens. It’s a wonderful chance to peek inside some incredible gardens around the world [...]
Great News For Native Plant Enthusiasts
Posted in Gardening Inspiration, Natives on August 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
According to reports on several green industry websites and blogs, it’s soon going to be much easier to find native shrubs in local garden centers and nurseries. Spring Meadow Nursery, a major propagator and wholesale supplier of flowering shrubs, is teaming up with American Beauties Native Plants to begin growing a variety of native shrubs. Seems that [...]
Healthy Tomato Plants Need Pruning
Posted in Gardening Inspiration, Sustainable Gardening on August 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
If you live and garden on the east coast like I do, it seems like every time we hear about tomatoes it’s in reference to another case of late blight. While it’s certainly important to check plants on a daily basis for signs of late blight (check out this post on joene’s garden for links to new [...]
Are You Suffering From Garden Envy?
Posted in Gardening Inspiration, Sustainable Gardening on August 10, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Do you ever find yourself looking at the glossy photos of lush, colorful, perfectly manicured gardens in gardening magazines such as Garden Design, Fine Gardening or Better Homes & Gardens and thinking…no matter what I do, my garden never looks like that? Well, apparently, neither do those gardens! I’d always assumed there was some creative editing happening [...]
Agastache ‘Blue Fortune’: A Pollinator’s Paradise
Posted in Deer-resistant, Gardening Inspiration, Plant Possibilities, Zone 6 gardening on August 9, 2009 | 4 Comments »
August can be a difficult time in many perennial gardens, the weather is hot, the rain is scarce and many early-blooming perennials, frankly, do not look their best. One of the stars of my August garden is Agastache (common names are Anise Hyssop or Hummingbird Mint). Not only does Agastache still look good, it is [...]
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