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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Plants for April Colour
Because I want my garden (and those I design for other people) to be beautiful and carefree (well . . . within reason), I try to avoid pushing the limits of my plant hardiness zone. On any plant hardiness map, … Continue reading
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Tagged April, Canada, colour, colour in the garden, crocus, daffodil, early blooms, forsythia, fritillaria meleagris, galanthus, garden design Toronto, gardening, gold foliage, grape hyacinth, hellebore, landscape design toronto, narcissus, Ontario, plant hardiness map, plant hardiness zones, scilla sibericus, snake's head lily, snowdrops, spider wort, spirea, Toronto, tradescantia, tulip, USDA plant hardiness, zone 5, zone 6, zone map
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Underplanting
“Eh?! What’s that?” you ask. Well, underplanting is a really nifty and easy concept in gardening that magnifies the impact of the plants you put in. We grow plants we are attracted to. We place them in clever combinations that look … Continue reading
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Tagged albo-marginata, annuals, bergenia, bleeding heart, Canada, Canadian, classic english, companion, companion plant, cordifolia, cotoneaster, creeping jenny, dicentra, english garden, english ivy, english style, euonymous, flower garden, forget-me-nots, garden design Toronto, golden, grape hyacinth, groundcover, hosta, impatiens, landscape design toronto, landscaping, leaves, lilac, old english, Ontario, pansies, perennials, plant combination, planting, putting plants together, rhododendron, shrubs, Toronto, tulips, underplanting
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Lovers in the Garden
Uh-oh. If you found this post when you were looking for the reason all the faults of mankind are blamed on women, then try adding “Bible” or “Eden” to your search terms. This is not a post about Adam and … Continue reading
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Tagged allium, annabelle hydrangea fortunei, bulbs, catmint, classic english, classic pairings, combination, companion, companion plant, complement, complementary, day lily, daylilies, early spring, english garden, english style, euonymous, feverfew, flowers, foxglove, garden design, garden design Toronto, gardening, hosta albo-marginata, japonica, landscape design, landscape design toronto, late summer, maiden grass, mid-summer, old english, plant combinations, plant pairings, planting, primula, red-twig dogwood, rhododendron, romantic, roses, shrubs, together, tulips
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Spring Beauty Update
As promised in my March 20 post, “Spring Beauty“, my daughter has again been outside visiting the latest blossoms, and the following are her perspective. and last but definitely not least: Here’s to seeing spring beauty in new ways.
Posted in Garden Design
Tagged beauty, blossoms, early blooms, flowers, garden, garden design, GTA, Ontario, photography, photos, spring, spring beauty, Toronto, tulips, york region, zone 5
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Everybody Needs Beauty as Well as Bread . . . .
I came across a most inspired post in the garden community, and without much fanfare, I just want to share it with you so please click on the word beauty and enjoy. Here’s to the value of beauty in the … Continue reading
Posted in Garden Design, Quote of the Day
Tagged beauty, beauty as well as bread, garden design, gardening, inspiration, longwood gardens
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Gardens of Canada
This is just a short post to share a really exciting link that I found in the Butchart Gardens’ Twitter posts. This site, Canada’s Garden Route , is a resource of Via Rail. I love it because it lists Canada’s top garden … Continue reading
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