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The Best Perennial Plants for Cottage Gardens
Choosing the best plants for your style of gtardening takes some time and thought process. If you have an informal garden then perhaps the cottage mix would work well for you, I like perennials not only because you only have to plant once, but because they put on a magnificient showy display year after year with very little pruning or maintenance. You get more bang for the buck. The best perennials plants for your particular garden should include a mix of short, medium and tall plants that…
Papaver rhoeas, Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna', Oenothera speciosa, chanticleer garden.
The Mill Garden, Warwick
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Mottisfont Abbey, Hampshire
Evidently we visited Mottisfont Abbey and the National Collection of Roses on the perfect day in June. I have never seen so many roses in bloom in one place in my entire life. animumadvertere.blogspot.com/2011/02/mottisfont-abbey-gar...
Sunken Garden
The Butchart Gardens in Brentwood Bay on Vancouver Island, Canada, is one of the world’s premier floral show gardens. Jennie Butchart began to shape this magnificent landscape in 1904. She established, in the style of the grand estates of the period, several distinct gardens to evoke a range of aesthetic experiences. An abandoned limestone quarry was transformed into the dramatic Sunken Garden.
Joe's Garden: Part 1
As I sat down to write this post, I tried to think of the perfect adjective to describe Joe and the word "gentleman" sprang to mind. Joe is a gentleman in the most traditional sense of the word. Retired for a number of years now, he is a petite, shy man. He is also a serious plant collector, who weather permitting, can't wait to rush out the door each morning to work in his garden. A regular feature on garden tours and open on a number of occasions each summer, Joe's garden is probably one…
20 Secrets to Landscape Success
Create a knockout yard with these simple landscape strategies.