This is the second post in a series about using native plants in designed landscapes. The first post in the series, which discusses defining what native plants are, can be found here. In this post, I’ll start with the part of my submission to the APLD‘s Sustainability Committee’s project to promote the use of native plants that deals with [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Difficult Planting Site?…Try a Native
Posted in Natives, Sustainable Gardening on September 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Update on Lagerstroemia indica ‘Tuscarora’
Posted in Gardening in Connecticut, Gardening Inspiration, Test Garden, Zone 6 gardening on September 10, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Back in June, I wrote a post about my Tuscarora crape myrtle which was supposed to be cold-hardy to zone 6 but appeared to have died back during the winter. When I wrote the original post, there was a bit of new growth coming from the root ball but all the trunks and branches had [...]
Tooting my own Horn…A Mention on Businessweek.com
Posted in Landscape Design on September 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I thought I’d share an exciting happening for me and my landscape design company, Roberts & Roberts. I was recently interviewed by Carmine Gallo, communications coach and author of a blog on Businessweek.com about communications for small businesses. Carmine was writing a post about giving away your expert knowledge for free as a means to building your [...]
Adding Fall Color to your Garden
Posted in Gardening in Connecticut, Gardening Inspiration, Plant Possibilities, Zone 6 gardening on September 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It’s early September and if your garden is like mine, some areas are still looking fresh, lush and colorful while others are looking tired and in need of some interesting fall color. Here in Stamford, CT (zone 6), I am already seeing some signs of fall in my garden – the leaves on my dogwoods (Cornus florida) [...]
September GOOPs
Posted in GOOPS (gardening Oops!) on September 1, 2009 | 4 Comments »
It’s the first day of September and in addition to being the first official day of school here in Stamford, it’s also time to post my monthly Gardening OOPs (GOOPs) story. The inspiration for GOOPs comes from Joene Hendry, the author of the blog joenesgarden . I think I’ll follow along with Joene’s theme of her September [...]
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