A recent blog described planting a strawberry jar with my son. But a strawberry jar doesn’t have to be planted with strawberry plants alone. Here are five different ideas for non-strawberry strawberry jars! Each combination describes plant choices for the various levels of the strawberry jar. Salsa Strawberry Jar: Homemade salsa is popular at our house…
Category Archives: Garden Design
Mailbox Planter Through the Seasons – Spring
I have heirloom lilies planted around my mailbox. I like them because they are tiger lilies that my husband’s grandmother planted as a new bride when she first settled at the ranch, and now I have divisions planted at my house. However, tiger lilies bloom beautifully in the summer and do not give any color…
Seasonal Fragrance Garden Plants
One of the often overlooked beauties of a garden landscape is the fragrance given by certain landscaping plants. Sometimes in an effort for ornamental or long-lasting flowers, we forget to think about fragrance. But a fragrant flower is somehow MORE of a flower, in my opinion. So to that end I am writing a series…
What Are Some Spring Blooming Plants for Garden Landscapes?
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…
Creating Winter Interest Ebook!
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…
Using Bark Texture for Winter Interest
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…
Plant Silhouettes Create Winter Interest
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…
Winter Gardening with Colorful Berries
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…
Plants With Attractive Winter Seeds
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…
Seeds and Seedheads in the Winter Garden
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…
