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You Can Grow That! ~ Sorbaria sorbifolia ‘Sem’
I’m joining in on the You Can Grow That! meme started by C.L. Fornari over at Whole Life Gardening. You Can Grow That! is a celebration of gardens and plants and the joy they bring to our lives. Subtle...
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You Can Grow That! ~ Doublefile Viburnum
Once again, I’m joining in on the You Can Grow That! meme started by C.L. Fornari over at Whole Life Gardening. You Can Grow That! is a celebration of gardens and plants and the joy they bring to our...
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Garden Designers Roundtable: Our Home Gardens
This month on the Garden Designers Roundtable, we have a special treat for you. Rather than exploring a specific garden design topic, we thought we’d let you peek into our own gardens. OK, I have to...
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Native Plant for Shade ~ Spigelia marilandica
Every garden has its trouble spot(s) – that place where nothing really seems to work. In my Connecticut garden, one of those trouble spots is a low-lying partially shaded area that periodically gets...
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Garden Designers Roundtable ~ Designing with Native Plants
This month on Garden Designers Roundtable we’re exploring the topic of Designing with Native Plants, an issue that is near and dear to my heart. But, truth be told, one that I also find a bit...
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Recycling Plastic Plant Containers
Recycling plastic plant containers is a big issue for many towns, cities and states, not to mention many green-minded gardeners. The lack of an industry-wide standard for container sizes, coupled with...
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Small Spring-Flowers Trees
Here in Connecticut, spring means the three big names in non-native spring-flowering trees – Magnolia, Malus (crab apple), and Prunus (cherry) – are in full bloom. Here’s a look at one reason why...
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Native Spring-Flowering Trees and Shrubs
Spring gardens are a bounty of colors and fragrance. Here in southwestern Connecticut, the pink candy cotton flowering cherries compete with the sweet fragrance of koreanspice viburnum which is vying...
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Creating a Habitat Garden
My Connecticut garden is in a constant state of flux. As a garden designer I use it as a laboratory not a showcase. I test and trial new plants, plant others in less than ideal site conditions and...
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Groundhog Resistant Perennials
Over the past few years, I’ve seen more and more damage from groundhogs (aka woodchucks), not only in my Connecticut garden but also in many of my client’s gardens. Several years ago, deer were my...
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