Connecticut may well be on its way to finally banning the sale of Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii). I saw this intriguing little article in a recent update from the Connecticut Nursery and Landscape Association (CNLA). Following is the article in its entirety: “CT Green Industry reps are proposing self-imposed voluntary phase-outs on several cultivars of Japanese barberry, starting [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Wordless Wednesday
Posted in Wordless Wednesday, tagged butterfly on agastache, Wordless Wednesday on January 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Book Preview: The Gardener’s Color Palette
Posted in Book Previews, tagged Clive Nichols, The Gardener's Color Palette, Tom Fischer on January 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Color in the garden is such an intensely personal choice. A color scheme that whispers calm and serene to me, may scream boring and uninteresting to you. The Gardener’s Color Palette by Tom Fischer is a soon-to-be released book that will speak to every gardener, regardless of how you use color in your garden. The [...]
Connecticut Native Trees and Shrubs
Posted in Deer-resistant, Gardening in Connecticut, Natives, tagged Amelanchier canadensis, American Holly, Clethra alnifolia, CT Botanical Society, Hamamelis virginianarborescens, Hydrangea aCommon Witchhazel, Ilex glabra, Ilex opaca, Inkberry, Low Bush Blueberry, nativar, native shrubs for Connecticut, native trees for Connecticut, Plant Native, Serviceberry, Smoothleaf Hydrangea, Summersweet, Vaccinium angustifolium on January 23, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Gardening with native plants is an important step towards sustainable landscaping, in part because native plants use fewer resources than non-native plants. Over thousands of years, native plants have adapted to not only tolerate but thrive in typical regional growing conditions. When sited and planted correctly, native plants do not require much, if any, additional [...]
Wordless Wednesday
Posted in Wordless Wednesday on January 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Foliage Follow-Up
Posted in Gardening in Connecticut, tagged Carex oshimensis ‘Evergold’, Foliage Follow-Up, Leucothoe fonatanesiana 'Rainbow', nandina Harbor Dwarf on January 16, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Thanks to Joene over at joenesgarden, I have just learned about a new opportunity to post photos of my garden – it’s called Foliage Follow-Up (FFU). The inspiration for FFU comes from Pam at Digging . Pam started FFU to give ‘foliage as well as bark, berries, and other non-flowering features a day of celebration. FFU falls on the [...]
Wintery Garden Bloggers Bloom Day
Posted in Bloom Day, tagged Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, memories of spring on January 15, 2010 | 15 Comments »
It is January 15th and that means it’s time to celebrate another Garden Bloggers Bloom Day (GBBD), a day when bloggers can stop for a moment and celebrate the beauty in their own gardens, as well as gardens around the world. GBBD all began a few years ago with Carol, the author of May Dreams [...]
Wintery Wordless Wednesday
Posted in Wordless Wednesday on January 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
And the Award Goes to…TigerEye Gold Rudbeckia
Posted in Gardening Inspiration, Plant Possibilities, tagged American Garden Awards, TigerEye Gold rudbeckia on January 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
In 2009, visitors to seventeen prestigious public gardens located throughout the US had an opportunity to vote for their favorite garden plant. As a sign of our mobile, always-connected times, voting was done via cell phone text message or by dialing an 800 number. The award, dubbed the American Garden Award, was hosted by All-American Selections. Six different flowers were [...]
Celebrating Garden Porn Month, aka National Mail Order Gardening Month
Posted in Anything's Possible, Gardening Inspiration, tagged Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, garden porn, Genevieve Schmidt, National Mail Order Gardening Month, North Coast Gardening, White Flower Farms on January 7, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Admit it, you’ve felt it before…the excitement when a favorite catalog arrives in the mail, the building sense of anticipation as you wait for the ideal moment to steal away and start acquainting yourself with some new possibilities, the surge of excitement when you find that special something that makes your heart beat faster, and the joy [...]
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