Spring is a beautiful time for the garden landscape and presents gardeners with a wide choice of blooming plants including bulbs, shrubs, perennials and annuals to include in your garden. Here are a few favorites. Spring Blooming Bulbs One of the first categories of plants many spring gardeners think of are spring blooming bulbs. These…
Last week I was able to pick up several 4″ pots of herbs from a local inexpensive garden nursery – it is a sweet old lady who, I think, starts most of the herbs and plants herself. Lovely plants at fabulous prices. What herbs did I get? Cilantro – a must for homemade salsa Parsley…
You all have seen how I’ve been blogging about some of these great ways to add interest to the winter garden. I’ve taken all the tips and tricks and compiled them into one, easy-to-read book – Using Plants for Winter Interest: Creating a Year Round Garden. 33 pages long, this book details the six…
When the foliage falls in autumn, some shrubs and trees reveal what might be their most ornamental and beautiful element; their bark. So easily overlooked when first selecting a tree or shrub for your garden design, this is an important aspect to consider when looking at a year-round garden. After all, with fewer flowers to…
In the winter, more than any other season, the basic structure and outline of our garden takes on a greater importance. The rest of the year poor silhouettes can be hidden with masses of color and blooms, but in winter, with so little activity in the garden they become more noticeable. Pleasing or interesting silhouetted…
Learn how to use plants with winter fruits or berries to add color and delight to your garden. There are so many delightful trees, shrubs and others to choose from! Winter berries are a familiar way to add color and interest to a landscape. Just picture one of the classic winter icons, the holly (Ilex…
The Japanese Anemone is a late-summer blooming perennial. In the winter, however, the seed heads unfold into white cotton ball-like puffs. This herbaceous plant grows 2’ tall but the flower stalks come another 2’ above the bulk of the plant creating a unique look. Some varieties self-sow freely so be prepared for the possibility of…
Just because a flower doesn’t bloom in winter doesn’t mean it can’t still provide interest to the garden. These plants all have seeds or seedpods that catch the eye in the garden, or catch the snow and make beautiful sculptures in the landscape. A tree you can utilize in the garden to provide winter interest…
Previously we looked at three types of plants that provide flowers during the winter months. Today let’s look at two more winter blooming plants. There is a bulb that is so well known for blooming in late winter that its common name is glory-of-the-snow (Chionodoxa lucillae). The bright, starlike flower naturalizes readily in the lawn…
By carefully selecting a few of the plant varieties we’ll discuss in this article, you will be able to enjoy beautiful blossoms with even with snow on the ground. Some of the most useful winter-flowering shrubs in the average landscape are the witch hazels (Hamamelis spp.). These shrubs usually grow around 12 to 20’ tall…
