Dec 26, 2011 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Pet Peeves, Things I Hate About Your Garden
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – December 26 Lining up the Usual Suspects Here’s a mystery: Why do people with perfectly attractive homes settle for unattractive foundation beds? And why do those with less-than-appealing houses not use foundation plantings to...
Dec 24, 2011 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Pet Peeves, Things I Hate About Your Garden
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – December 24 Hacked Plants This pruning style makes shearing (see 15 Things #1) look artful. In fact, you can’t really call this pruning at all. This isn’t even renovation cutting…hacking or butchering is more accurate. A renovation...
Dec 23, 2011 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Perennial Maintenance, Things I Hate About Your Garden
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – December 23 Plant and Forget Perennial Gardens Perennials come up every year, so they’re really low-maintenance, right? Wrong. Terribly, horribly incorrect. Yet this is not only a commonly held belief, but a widespread practice as...
Dec 22, 2011 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Things I Hate About Your Garden
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – December 22 Edged Out No doubt about it, a freshly edged bed can make a garden look spiffy. There is something about having distinct borders between lawn and beds that is attractive. Sometimes that line is made permanent with a...
Dec 21, 2011 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Things I Hate About Your Garden
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – December 21 Upholstered Shrubs Yes, slip-covered shrubs and, oh dear, even trees get wrapped for the winter. The motive here is usually good. People want to protect their plants from cold and desiccation. The results of this desire...
Dec 19, 2011 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Things I Hate About Your Garden
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – December 19 No Contrasting Foliage Considering that there are thousands of plants available with all types, colors and textures of foliage, it’s amazing that so many people opt for such boring landscapes. So many gardens and...
