Winter can be a difficult time to design containers for outside your home. In a previous post I outline key elements to a successful container – thriller, filler, and spiller. While it’s not always necessary to have all three, it’s helpful to know design rules before you decide to break them. Knowing the rules can […]
Mailbox Garden Ideas
If you’re new to gardening, have a new home/landscape, and have no idea where to begin, creating a mailbox garden can be a great place to start. It’s a small area, so it’s a good place to try out different things. You can use annuals, perennials, vines, groundcovers, or shrubs. Express yourself. Go wild. Perennials […]
Flowering Evergreen Plant Ideas
During the winter months, it becomes clear why evergreens are so important. While all those pretty perennial flowers are dormant, evergreens stand strong, unphased by the cold weather. Evergreen plants give gardens color and shape when the dominant color of the winter season is brown. And, unlike deciduous plants that shed their leaves all at […]
