In my ongoing search to find native plants to use as groundcover in my wildlife garden, I am ‘trialing’ some Geranium maculatum ‘Espresso’ . When I say trialing, I don’t mean that I have access to a new plant that hasn’t been introduced through retail outlets yet (although I wish I did!). I mean trialing as in testing [...]
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Espresso – A Jolt For Your Garden
Posted in Gardening in Connecticut, Natives, Sustainable Gardening, tagged Geranium maculatum 'Espresso', landscape plugs, native plants for groundcovers, wildlife garden on June 7, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Top 5 Reasons I Choose to Garden with Native Plants
Posted in Natives, tagged reasons to use native plants on May 27, 2011 | 13 Comments »
The Top 5 Reasons I Choose to Plant Native Plants in my Garden 1.) When it comes right down to it, I’m a pretty lazy gardener. I like to enjoy my garden, not work in. I’d rather be snoozing in the hammock than pruning and pulling weeds. In general, native plants need less maintenance than the [...]
Pinch Me, Alex!
Posted in Anything's Possible, Natives, Sustainable Gardening, tagged Native Plant & Wildlife Gardens blog on April 21, 2011 | 4 Comments »
I have exciting news…I was asked to join Carole Brown‘s latest group blog, Native Plants & Wildlife Gardens, as an author. I’m still pinching myself because I am joining an incredible team of fellow native plant enthusiasts, many of them authors of well-known books and blogs on the topics. Carole created Native Plants & Wildlife Gardens to [...]
Light Up Your Garden with American Smoketree
Posted in Gardening in Connecticut, Landscape Design, Natives, tagged American smoketree, Cotinus obovatus, native flowering tree for small garden on April 15, 2011 | 5 Comments »
I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about native trees for small gardens. I’m working with a new landscape design client who has a fairly small back yard that she wants help redesigning. Like most homeowners, she wants her garden to be a quiet and private respite after a hectic day but she also [...]
Pagoda Dogwood: Refined & Versatile
Posted in Natives, Plant Possibilities, tagged Cornus alternifolia, Pagoda dogwood on February 14, 2011 | 16 Comments »
For fellow cold climate gardeners, winter is a time for dreaming, planning and longing. Winter is the time we evaluate our gardens. We analyze, deliberate and just plain lust over the plants that catch our eye in the latest mail order plant catalogs. We anticipate the coming of spring and, with it, the beginning of [...]
The Natives are Restless
Posted in Gardening in Connecticut, Natives, tagged habitat garden, native plant for Connecticut, native plants on February 4, 2011 | 18 Comments »
One of my new favorite blogs is Ecosystem Gardening by Carole Brown. The other day, Carole was blogging about the importance of native plants and she posed the question ‘What are you doing in your wildlife garden to give a little back?’ That got me thinking about a post I had written back in March 2010, [...]
Plant Possibilities: John’s Find White Pine
Posted in Natives, Plant Possibilities, tagged dwarf white pine, Pinus strobus 'John's Find', using dwarf conifers in garden on January 18, 2011 | 12 Comments »
Conifers are an easy way to add year round structure and interest to any garden. But, it can be difficult to find room for some of the traditional conifers that grow quite large. Over the past few years, I have been adding dwarf conifers to my Connecticut garden and one of my favorites (OK, they’re [...]
Blue Muffin Viburnum – A Feast for Birds
Posted in Natives, Plant Possibilities, tagged arrowwood viburnum, attracting birds, native shrubs for attracting birds, shrub with berries, Viburnum dentatum 'Blue Muffin' on November 24, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Attracting birds to their garden is a primary objective for many gardeners. And one of the best ways to do that is to plant shrubs that produce berries that birds like to eat. But, let’s face it, it’s not always easy to incorporate berry-producing shrubs into a new or existing garden. Many of them tend to [...]
Ornamental Grasses for Dynamic Privacy Screens
Posted in Gardening Inspiration, Natives, Plant Possibilities, tagged Andropogon gerardii 'Lord Snowdon's Big Blue', Miscanthus 'Giganteus', Panicum virgatum 'Dallas Blues' on October 18, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Every garden has a spot or two that could benefit from some screening – whether it’s for privacy, to make a space feel more intimate or to simply hide an ugly view. But instead of installing a fence or planting a row of evergreen soldiers, why not consider planting tall ornamental grasses? A privacy screen comprised of [...]
Perennials for Bird-Scaping
Posted in Gardening Inspiration, Natives, Plant Possibilities, Sustainable Gardening, tagged aster, bee balm, bird-scaping, cardinal flower, coneflower, Liatris spicata, little bluestem, perennials to attract birds, switchgrass, tickseed, yarrow on August 21, 2010 | 5 Comments »
This is the fourth post in a series about landscaping specifically to attract birds to your garden – bird-scaping. The first post, an overview of bird-scaping can be found here. The second post, about the importance of trees to a bird-friendly garden which includes several suggestions for trees that are especially attractive to birds can [...]
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