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My passion for foliage wins out for this week’s pick from the TBG gardens. Although I do love flowers, I must admit that I love leaves even more. This week, …
Paul’s Plant Picks: Fine and Bold Textures in Every Season Read More
Earlier this season I spent time admiring the assorted patches of Opuntia, winter hardy prickly pear cactus, that were blooming in our Mediterranean terrace garden. Recently I had to stop …
Paul’s Plant Pick: Unlikely Partners and Colour Echoing Read More
I love designing and planting decorative urns and containers. It’s like designing a small-scale garden, but without the worry about sub-contractors, heavy machinery and delivery trucks. I can indulge in …
Wild About Design: Designing Fall Planters – No More Mums! Read More
Anna Pavord said it best: “A garden that is all flowers is like a cake that is all icing.” The antidote to the saccharine sweetness of short-lived blooms is foliage. …
Wild about Design: Foliage Read More
This is very special garden specimen (aka Seven Son Flower) that although in cultivation after its discovery in 1907, is sadly very rare in its native environment of central China. Habit …
Paul’s Plant Pick: Heptacodium miconioides (Seven Son Plant) Read More
Many gardeners are familiar with golden coneflowers such as Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldsturm,’ seen blooming en masse in the background of this image. But “reliable, long blooming, and unique” are just …
Paul’s Plant Picks: Rudbeckia subtomentosa ‘Henry Eilers’ Read More
Strolling in a garden in the cool of the morning, coffee in hand, admiring foliage combinations and looking for new blooms, insects and birds is made so much nicer when …
Wild about Design: Down the Garden Path Read More