Last time, I began to show how winter garden design principles could be used in an actual design. Now we will complete that simple front yard design I started in Part 1. … [Read more...]
Front Yard Design for Winter Interest part 1 of 2
Today, I would like to show how some of the winter garden design principles I talked about in my last post could be used. I figured the best way to show this is to do a front yard design using these winter garden design principles. … [Read more...]
Architectural plants for winter gardens
I would like to continue the discussion of adding winter season interest to your garden. In this post I will discuss of the use of architectural plants. This was suggestion #4 on my post a couple of weeks ago. … [Read more...]
Four season interest crabapples
On my last post, I talked about how to add winter interest to your garden. Number 5 of my 7 pointers was to add plants with colorful winter berries. Today, I am going to talk about my favorite type of tree for winter berries, the four season interest crabapple. … [Read more...]
What is the best evergreen shrub for your foundation?
BEST EVERGREEN SHRUB? I was recently asked the following question by a visitor to the garden: “What would be the best evergreen shrub for under my kitchen window in full sun? I don’t want an arborvitae that turns brown in the winter or an Alberta spruce. I want something that stays green.” … [Read more...]
Rose care questions
"Hi, Jim. I have two questions related to roses. I have two varieties of roses in my flower bed, although I am not sure what variety either are. The one was purchased at the Chicago Botanical Garden a few years ago. It is blooming very well although I am not sure how to prune for the remainder of the season, then how to properly prune in preparation for the winter? The second rose bush (different variety, I believe) I thought I had removed from my garden 3 years ago, however the … [Read more...]