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Made in the Shade: Tips from the Experts
Margaret Roach at last weekend’s shade gardening workshop, above LAST WEEKEND, along with a few dozen other garden nerds, I attended a half-day shade gardening workshop in Columbia County, and took 8 pages of notes. We started at Margaret Roach’s … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, HUDSON VALLEY, LONG ISLAND
Tagged ajuga, begonias, Bob Hyland, borders, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, cardboard, cimicifuga, citronelle, Columbia County, deep shade, dividing perennials, dolls eyes aceta, dropout memoir, early bulbs, epimedium, full sun, hakonechloa, hellebores, heuchera, hostas, Jeffersonia, Loomis Creek, Margaret Roach, nursery, part shade, petasites, primulas trilliums, rosin paper, shade gardening, shade gardens, smother weeds, Spanish bluebells, tips, woodland plants
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Happy June
NOW THERE’S YOUR PROPER JUNE BORDER, above. A little ahead of time, as is everything in this accelerated spring. Peonies; irises; columbine; foxgloves and phlox on their way. In front of a very proper old house, below, on Long Island’s … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, LONG ISLAND, NORTH FORK
Tagged annuals, beds, border, borders, catmint, columbine, cottage garden, dianthus, farmstands, foxgloves, greenhouses, hanging baskets, irises, June, ladies mantel, lambs ear, LONG ISLAND, North Fork, peonies, phlox, vegetable starters, wineries, yarrow
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GARDEN VOYEUR: Backyard Architecture in East Hampton
“BACKYARD” IS HARDLY ENOUGH WORD for the gorgeous green acre my friend Stephanie Reit been lovingly tending and tweaking for the past 13 years. It’s more like a private park. This is an artist’s garden. Stephanie is an accomplished painter … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND
Tagged bay windows, birdhouses, borders, Bradford pear, cedar trees, chuppah, deck, deer fence, euonymous, French doors, grasses, landscape design, ornamental flowering cherry, Pee Gee hydrangea, perennials, pergola, pool, rustic, shrubs, trees
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Coleus Dreaming
YOU HAVE TO LOVE A PLANT with varieties named Bada Bing, Tilt-a-Whirl, Oompah, Fishnet Stockings, King Kong, and Texas Parking Lot. I’m talking about coleus, popular in Victorian times, then out of favor for decades, and now hot once more, … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, GARDENS & GARDENING
Tagged borders, Brooklyn Horror, coleus, containers, house plants, window boxes
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