Dahlias, roses and hydrangeas command attention, while other plants go seemingly unnoticed. Yet their impact as the garden’s support staff — better known as see-through plants — is nothing short of a superpower in layered garden design. These airy garden plants float effortlessly above, through and next to plants with more presence, adding height without…
In search of easy, good looking, hardworking and adaptable with an all-around pleasant disposition. Sounds more like a dating app profile wish list than a plant description but the latter is exactly what it is. And my prince charming, or the plant version of it, is a pretty amazing perennial that checks all my must-haves….
Place the word “tough” in front of a word and oftentimes you get a negative meaning. Meat. Disposition. Decision. Childhood. No one likes tough meat or a tough childhood for that matter! But put it in front of “plants” and every gardener listens. Tough plant you say? To survive in my garden, you (the plants)…
I have a love/hate relationship with dry shade. Love for the leaf textures that make the space interesting, hate for the time it’s taken me to discover what works in this most challenging of garden situations. I’ve killed a lot of stuff in my search for plants that can tough it out without much coddling….
It was a joy to collaborate with Wave Petunias on this post! What better way to spread the love of gardening than through a no-strings-attached potting party? Thank you Wave for such a wonderful evening shared with new friends at gorgeous venue! Few parties come without obligation. There’s the “your gift is your attendance but…
Spring is overwhelming. There are a million things to do in the garden, not to mention all the family stuff. One daughter coming home from college. The other about to graduate high school and playing lacrosse all over the Chicago area. Everything’s a blur right now. Then I decide to plant a new garden complete…
