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...
Dec 18, 2011 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Things I Hate About Your Garden
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – December 18 Plants in Bondage! Some plants are sturdy and grow upright, and some do not. Not much news there, right? So why do we humans think that they should all be vertical, not to mention tidy? When a plant sprawls, what...
Dec 17, 2011 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Things I Hate About Your Garden
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – December 17 Too Much Mulch! Just to remind you all that I’ve committed every design mistake that I’m writing about here, I present #6: too much mulch. The illustrating photo was taken in my garden in September. Note: focus on the...
Dec 16, 2011 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Things I Hate About Your Garden
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – December 16 But it’s still alive! There are some people who can’t get rid of a plant if it’s still alive. But to paraphrase Tina Turner, what’s life got to do with it? Not to mention that it just isn’t true. I venture to...
Dec 15, 2011 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Things I Hate About Your Garden
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – December 15 Narrow Beds Whoever coined the saying that “you can’t be too rich or too thin” isn’t a gardener. Gardens are certainly better if they are full and abounding…almost impossible if the beds are too skinny. In the...
